Latest articles by Andy Jones
“Do you dare to ditch those ‘normal’ beats in favour of hands-on tweaking and extreme sounds? Of course, you do”: Sonicware CyDrums review
As many beats and blips as you need, and as much sound-design depth as you dare to dive into
Best MIDI keyboards for beginners 2025: Entry-level controllers for those starting out in music production
Get producing your own music with my pick of the best MIDI controller keyboards for beginner musicians
“It will get on with the job, with or without your involvement”: Waves Curves Equator review
This dynamic EQ will improve your tracks and entire mixes, and doesn’t cost much – what else do you want?
“It’s a mighty emulation of an emulation of an emulation”: GForce Novation Bass Station review
Fancy some 16-voice 303 acid lines? Of course you do
UA is giving away its 1176 plugin as a Valentine's gift – here's how to get it and use it!
Forget flowers, chocolates or champagne – give your loved one a free vintage compressor plugin instead! Better still, just get it for yourself…
We tested the best and worst AI love song generators for the 'perfect gift' this Valentine's day
Get AI to create a special song for your loved one. Who said romance is dead?
"An enormous amount of fun with a side helping of inspiration": Kiviak Instruments WoFi review
Start saving for some instant sonic mayhem…
Charli XCX producer reveals a possible about-face in the direction of the multi-Grammy winner
Post-Brat, anti-Brat, Brat-sat-on-the mat… Whatever Charli's new image and direction is, it ain't going to be Brat, ok?
Best synthesizers 2025: Top analogue, digital, mono and polysynths
From mini monosynths, through to mighty polyphonic workstations, our experts have hand-picked hardware synth recommendations for every budget
A new scientific study confirms what we all knew: that music was much better back in the day
New scientific research confirms what we all knew: that music was much better 'back in the day'
New set of chance composing cards could be the 2025 update to Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies
Pick a card, any card, create a tune, any tune…
Mike Dean tells streamers to switch off auto levelling and hear the music as it was meant to be heard
He has a point, but you might get a rather 'bumpy' listening experience…
Best cheap MIDI keyboards 2025: Inexpensive MIDI controllers starting at just £39/$49
Start making music for less with our selection of affordable MIDI keyboards from Arturia, Akai, Nektar, Novation, and more
A producer recreates the Human League's Don't You Want Me using the original synths
He nails it, but ultimately proves how cushy we've got it as music producers today
Clive Langer on why he turned down Madonna, blew it with Grohl, but got majestic with Bowie
He said no to 'her Madge', but recording Bowie and Jagger more than made up for it
Behringer's new Chorus Symphony is a clone of pedal made famous by The Police, Joe Satriani and Nirvana
We might be in the middle of winter, but it's already time for the sound of Summers, apparently
“If you're listening to amazing gear through terrible monitors, you've wasted your cash”: Why monitors are the most important part of your studio
Don't know where to begin with buying and using studio monitor speakers? Listen up
Someone's built a full-sized Lego Minimoog, and it's so good that it might go into production
Although its creator put so much effort into it, he might as well have built the real thing
Melbourne Instruments' new desktop device could revolutionise studio software and hardware control
ROTO Control is cool, compact, and uses motorised controllers to tame your gear and plugins
Behringer's BX1 synth might well be the biggest surprise of NAMM 2025
The biggest surprise is how much it adds to the original
“Let's go back to the mid-'80s where dance music began”: Your guide to creating a classic house track from scratch
Produce an authentic-sounding house track with a dose of acid in 10 easy steps
The Roland Jazz Chorus and its "king of clean" guitar tone is coming to a DAW near you
The 50th anniversary of the original amp and chorus effect is being celebrated with a software recreation
Universal Audio delivers a big update to Luna - its free DAW just got even better
No UA hardware required, so no reason not to download it now and give it a go
