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NAMM announces Winners of 36th Annual NAMM TEC Awards
Blog January 23, 2021
KVR is hiring
Focus Article January 13, 2021
Gibson Announces the Addition of Mesa/Boogie
Focus Article January 6, 2021
Best Audio and MIDI Software - 2020 KVR Readers' Choice Awards Winners
Blog November 13, 2020
Bob Moog Foundation announces Virtual Moogseum Tour focusing on Early Big Briar Years
Focus Article October 22, 2020
KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2020 - Voting Open
Blog October 17, 2020
KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2020 - Nominations Open
Blog October 2, 2020
KVR Experts Forum - Demystifying MPE with KVR Expert Peter Nyboer
Focus Article September 11, 2020
Songs in Isolation: An Interview with Joe Satriani
Interview August 23, 2020
AES Show Fall 2020 Convention to feature "An Intimate and Compelling Journey to the Amazing World of Imogen Heap"
Focus Article August 18, 2020
Management Shakeup at Native Instruments: Changing roles for Daniel Haver and Mate Galic
Focus Article August 12, 2020
Bob Moog Foundation announces Online Synthgeek Trivia Games
Focus Article July 14, 2020
Max Innovation: An Interview with David Zicarelli
Interview July 10, 2020
Max For Live with KVR Expert Phelan Kane - Part 2
Focus Article June 26, 2020
Max For Live with KVR Expert Phelan Kane
Focus Article June 19, 2020
KVR interview with Christoph Kemper: An exceptional product designer
Interview May 30, 2020
Acclaimed Electric Violist Martha Mooke to Perform for Moogmentum In Place
Focus Article May 25, 2020
Legendary Earth, Wind, and Fire Keyboardist Larry Dunn to Live Stream for Bob Moog Foundation
Focus Article May 18, 2020
Renowned Keyboardist Greg Phillinganes to Appear Live for Moogmentum In Place
Focus Article May 11, 2020
Putting in the time: An Interview with Guitarist and Film Composer Lyle Workman
Interview April 26, 2020
KVR Interview: PreSonus founder Jim Odom talks about 25 years of innovation
Interview March 31, 2020
NAMM 2020 Report
Focus Article February 21, 2020
MIDI 2.0 Adopted at Winter NAMM 2020
Focus Article January 27, 2020
Best Audio and MIDI Software - 2019 KVR Readers' Choice Awards Winners
Blog December 20, 2019
The Scoop About Spark: An Interview with Positive Grid
Interview December 6, 2019
Robert Godin's lifetime building guitars with BONUS factory tour
Interview September 2, 2019
Creativity, craft, and career: An interview with Steve Vai
Interview August 6, 2019
Sound Designers RoundTable in the KVR Experts Forum
Blog July 12, 2019
Mackie donates Loudspeakers and Headphones to Bob Moog Foundation
Focus Article June 28, 2019
Julian Colbeck Shares Insight into Working and Presenting Workshops with Master Producer Alan Parsons
Interview June 26, 2019
20 Years and counting: An interview with Arturia's Frederic Brun
Interview June 19, 2019
No pre-conceived notions - An interview with iZotope founder Mark Ethier
Interview May 5, 2019
Andrew Huang Interview: Launching a music career on social media
Interview April 4, 2019
Winter NAMM 2019 Show Report
Focus Article February 13, 2019
TEC Award Winners announced at NAMM
Focus Article January 29, 2019
An interview with Ignite Amps: KVR Developer Challenge 2018 Winner
Interview January 23, 2019
The Ableton LiveStyle - An interview with Craig Schuftan at Ableton Loop
Interview January 15, 2019
Winning the KVR Developer Challenge: An interview with Julijan Nikolic (Youlean)
Interview August 14, 2018
Embracing change the right way: An Interview with David Rosenthal
Interview July 11, 2018
The beat of a different drummer: An interview with Mattias Eklund from Toontrack
Interview May 29, 2018
Cutting Edge Technology meets Cutting Edge Craft: An interview with Jordan Rudess
Interview April 9, 2018
NAMM 2018 Show Report - New places and faces
Blog February 27, 2018
Philosophy of design: An interview with Roland Lamb from ROLI
Interview January 19, 2018
Renaissance Music Man: An interview with ARP co-founder David Friend
Interview July 31, 2017
Berklee College of Music hosts Voltage Connect to honor one of its own
Focus Article April 18, 2017
Continuing a Family Tradition: An Interview with Steve Porcaro
Interview April 7, 2017
Dream into action: An interview with Ikutaro Kakehashi (Founder of Roland)
Interview March 14, 2017
KVR Audio 2017 NAMM Show Report
Focus Article January 31, 2017
NAMM and the world of Music Software: An interview with NAMM CEO Joe Lamond
Interview November 17, 2016
The Phoenix Rises: Tom Oberheim Interview Part 2
Interview October 7, 2016
Sampling the inner and outer worlds: An interview with Eduardo Tarilonte
Interview September 23, 2016
An Interview with Tom Oberheim - From Boom to Bust to Boom (Part 1)
Interview September 3, 2016
An interview with Plugin Alliance Founder Dirk Ulrich
Interview July 23, 2016
Adding new meaning to DIY: An Interview with Moldover
Interview July 3, 2016
No Fear: Report from the 2016 Frankfurt Musikmesse
Focus Article April 25, 2016
An Interview with Doug Rogers: Taking advantage of the shift from Ownership to Loanership
Interview April 8, 2016
Interview with Roger Linn
Interview March 16, 2016
Art and Technology: An Interview with Imogen Heap
Interview February 19, 2016
The NAMM 2016 Report
Focus Article February 9, 2016
Software.NAMM: Bringing Software Developers back to the NAMM Show
Interview January 13, 2016
Fun and Games in New York City: Show Report from AES
Focus Article November 18, 2015
Native Instruments Daniel Haver and Mate Galic Interview
Interview October 26, 2015
An interview with Michael Hoover from Cakewalk
Interview July 24, 2015
Managing Change: An Interview with Avid's Tony Cariddi
Interview July 9, 2015
KVR Guest Interview: EarthMoments Rututu - A New App with Indigenous Roots
Interview July 6, 2015
Doing your best to promote your products: Interview with Enrico Iori
Interview June 19, 2015
Frankfurt Musikmesse Highlights
Focus Article May 20, 2015
Pushing the Limits: An Interview with Andrew Souter from 2CAudio
Interview March 31, 2015
NAMM 2015: Welcoming Back the Masses
Focus Article February 10, 2015
Sowing the Seeds for Today's Electronic Music: An Interview with Jon Appleton
Interview January 24, 2015
Women in the Musical Instruments Industry: An interview with Ingrid Linn
Interview November 12, 2014
Chuck Surack Part 2: Sweetwater Builds Their Own Computer
Interview October 11, 2014
An Interview with Sweetwater Founder, Chuck Surack, Part: 1
Interview September 23, 2014
Differentiating from the crowd: An Interview with Joe Trupiano from Sample Logic
Interview September 8, 2014
Small Room Acoustics On A Budget
Blog August 28, 2014
#KVRDC14: Acon Digital Multiply Chorus AU, AAX & VST Plugin Effect for Mac OS X & Windows wins the KVR Developer Challenge 2014
Focus Article August 26, 2014
KVR Interview with iZotope and BT: Artists Making Products/ Products Making Art
Interview August 4, 2014
A3E - Just the FAQs Jack
Interview July 2, 2014
Let's Post More Product Reviews on KVR
Focus Article June 17, 2014
In Search of Reason - An Interview with Propellerhead's Ernst Nathorst-Böös
Interview May 23, 2014
The Accidental Business - An interview with Larry Fishman
Interview April 14, 2014
NAMM 2014 Report - Optimism in Anaheim
Focus Article February 10, 2014
Hero Worship - An Interview with John McLaughlin
Interview January 15, 2014
Something important!
Focus Article December 5, 2013
Peter Neubäcker: A deep appreciation of musical instruments and a fascination with the science of sound
Interview August 20, 2013
Caring about Music, Software, and the Planet - Interview with Ben Gillett from Camel Audio
Interview June 24, 2013
Learning to Master Innovation: An interview with Stephen Webber
Interview June 3, 2013
Innovation Driver: Interview with Marcus Ryle
Interview May 14, 2013
Frankfurt Musikmesse 2013 - Where have all the software companies gone...?
Focus Article April 29, 2013
Gerhard Behles - PUSHing Ableton into new territory
Interview April 7, 2013
Testing the softsynth waters - Interview with Amir Vinci from Waves
Interview March 8, 2013
2013 NAMM Show Report
Focus Article February 11, 2013
Trevor Rabin - Harmony of mind and spirit, analog, and digital
Interview December 17, 2012
Fun and technology at Austin City Limits (ACL)
Focus Article October 25, 2012
Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method - The computer is a musical instrument
Interview October 5, 2012
Steven Slate - Getting vertically integrated
Interview September 6, 2012
Rob Papen - 9 products in 7 Years
Interview August 10, 2012
David Mash - Looking at the past and future of technology learning
Interview July 26, 2012
Hartley Peavey - Historian, Innovator, and Industry Driver - Part 2
Interview July 20, 2012
Interview with Hartley Peavey - Historian, Innovator, and Industry Driver
Interview July 6, 2012
Joe Satriani - Balancing Real-time with Non Real-time in the Real World
Interview June 7, 2012
Keeping it in the family - An interview with a founder of Universal Audio: Bill Putnam Jr
Interview May 11, 2012
2012 Musikmesse Report - Lost in Frankfurt
Focus Article April 17, 2012
A conversation with Bryan Bell - Stories about using synthesizers in the days before MIDI (and LONG before plug-ins)
Interview March 2, 2012
East West - Crossing from creating content to creating applications
Interview February 16, 2012
MacWorld and NAMM 2012 Show Reports
Focus Article February 7, 2012
Auto-tune For Guitar is here
Focus Article January 19, 2012
Technology Crossover: Adjusting Mid-Course For The Future
Interview October 14, 2011
Steve Jobs passed away yesterday
Focus Article October 6, 2011
Eric Persing Interview
Interview July 30, 2011
A visit backstage at the Beatles LOVE Show
Focus Article June 11, 2011
Diversifying for success: Some thoughts about getting your music out
Focus Article May 20, 2011
MusikMesse 2011 Show Report
Focus Article April 26, 2011
Interview with Jordan Rudess
Interview March 25, 2011
"It was 21 years ago today..." - How The First Software DAW Came About
Focus Article February 11, 2011
NAMM 2011 Show Report
Focus Article January 25, 2011
Interview with Dave Smith
Interview January 15, 2011
The Early Days of Software Sequencers
Focus Article December 20, 2010
An Introduction - Who is Chris Halaby?
Focus Article November 22, 2010
Interview with Enrico Iori, CEO, IK Multimedia
Interview July 22, 2010
Interview with Roger Linn
Interview July 22, 2010
Interview with Angus Hewlett of FXpansion
Interview October 22, 2009
Interview with Daniel Haver and Stephan Schmitt of Native Instruments
Interview August 22, 2008
Interview with Doug Rogers from EastWest
Interview March 21, 2007
Interview with Ohm Force
Interview August 19, 2006
Interview with Peter Linsener (LinPlug)
Interview June 21, 2005
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