Electric guitars are great, but they’re just so 20th century. You’d think decades of musicians riffing on the instrument would mean there are no hacks left in the humble axe. You’d think so, but you’d ...

Ain't nothing like the real thing... is there? We take a look at some of the most realistic software guitar emulators When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Lately we've been covering a whole smorgasbord of options for producers that are looking to incorporate guitar into their music, without actually playing (or buying) a guitar. There's plenty of ...

Are gentle guitar samples shaping the future of rap? We take a look at the two genre's collaborative history and explore how the sounds might blend in the near future. While hip-hop continues to ...

For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive ...

Sampling is a common practice in music, where an artist uses a piece of an older song to create something new. We rounded up 15 popular singles that include prominent samples you may have missed.

We’ve covered plenty of interesting human input devices over the years, but how about an instrument? No, not as a MIDI controller, but to interact with what’s going on-on screen. That’s the job of ...

We list the best music samples, to make it simple and easy to add royalty-free music, audio and sound effect loops to your recordings, whether for composing music or for a video audio tracks. Most ...

She may be less known on an international level, but Unni Wilhelmsen is something of a star in her own country, with her 1997 debut going gold and winning two Norwegian Grammy Awards ("Best Female ...

In 1981, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five opened for The Clash in New York City. The crowd that gathered to see the British punk rockers found the choice offensive, and quite literally booed, ...