How to use noise in your music-makingBySi Truss published 17 June 24From white noise to incidental ambience – ‘noise’ plays an important role in sound design, and could be the secret weapon for bringing your tracks to life
"It’s all about that filter that Bob Moog patented all those years ago": Mike Parker on DispatchesByRoy Spencer published 17 June 24Mike Parker talks us through his 2001 minimal masterpiece track by track
“So many people hate this thing”: Musician explains why he thinks the DX7 gets a bad rapByBen Rogerson published 17 June 24It’s all because of that FM electric piano, reckons Pierre Piscitelli
“A superb option for podcasters, streamers and musicians”: Lewitt Ray reviewByChris Corfield published 17 June 24£299€338$309Beat the proximity effect with Lewitt’s exciting new range detection technology. We go live
“The Nanobox range gets a sampler and a powerful one at that”: 1010music Nanobox Tangerine reviewBySimon Arblaster published 15 June 24£388€444$399This latest Nanobox could be pushing for the title of world’s smallest sampler. We ask if it needs to be that small…
Behringer says that recreating and enhancing the Prophet-5 is “extraordinarily complex”ByBen Rogerson published 15 June 24“Recreating this synthesizer was no small feat,” says the company
AudioThing’s Wurly electric piano plugin uses both samples and physical modellingByBen Rogerson published 14 June 24Company takes a hybrid approach to tackling the sounds of the 200 and 200a
New Ableton podcast to “challenge the myth" that creativity is something that not everyone hasByBen Rogerson published 14 June 24Each episode features an artist discussing their creative strategies
“Can make subtle harmonic changes or be a hugely creative plugin, but either way it makes your mixes sound better”: Plugin Boutique Scaler EQ reviewByAndy Jones published 14 June 24£49 / £4 per month€57 / €5 per month$61 / $5 per monthScaler EQ delivers harmonic processing we didn’t know we needed, but once heard, we might just apply it to everything
6 ways to get more from Waves TuneByAndy Jones published 13 June 24Waves Tune is the fast way to tune your vocals naturally or get that hard-tuned, robotic effect - here’s how to become a power user
"It does the job of improving vocal recordings in sub-optimal acoustic spaces": t.akustik PET Vocal Booth reviewBySimon Arblaster published 13 June 24£759€888$799Need a vocal booth that you move about and pack away easily, without the need for any tools? t.akustik has got you covered
"I don't really enjoy dance music," says deadmau5, "but I love the process of making it”ByBen Rogerson published 12 June 24“In my time of existence, so much has changed for electronic music,” he says as he looks back on his 25-year career
zplane’s Peel Stems plugin brings realtime stem separation to “almost every DAW”ByBen Rogerson published 12 June 24A better way to break up your mixed tracks?
Best audio interfaces 2024: for producers, musicians, streamers and more - tested by our expertsByAndy Jones last updated 11 June 24Upgrade your home studio with our tried and tested pick of USB and Thunderbolt interfaces across every budget
Kits.AI’s Kits Earn feature promises a “passive income stream” for vocalists who are willing to share their voiceByBen Rogerson published 11 June 24Upload your voice to the Kits Verified Voice library and you can earn $.085 for every downloaded minute
“The most accessible UIEM to date”: 64 Audio unveils its new Aspire 4 in-ear monitorByWill Simpson published 11 June 24Aiming to hit the sweet spot between comfort, performance and accuracy
Chaka Khan on hearing Stevie Wonder playing the Clav intro to Tell Me Something Good for the first timeByBen Rogerson published 11 June 24Khan also says that she was “devastated” when she first heard the rap intro to her cover of I Feel For You
“I had too much going on”: Jazz musician Anomalie on his reworked version of Taylor Swift’s Lavender HazeByBen Rogerson published 10 June 24Pianote gave him just the vocal and drum track to work from
The Pharrell Williams biopic is going to be a Lego movie, and it looks like it could be pretty goodByBen Rogerson published 10 June 24Pharrell Williams releases the trailer for his Lego biopic, Piece by Piece
Forget the Prophet-5 - here's a free plugin version of the Sequential Circuits Six-TrakByBen Rogerson published 10 June 24One of the first MIDI multitimbral synths comes to your DAW for free
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