Latest articles by Andy Jones
Best budget audio interfaces 2024: Start recording today for less than $60/£60
Kickstart your recording journey with an incredible interface that won't break the bank. Here’s our pick of cheap audio interfaces for PC, Mac and iOS
5 pieces of '90s studio gear that we need back right now: "Making music in the '90s, you needed an awful lot of awfully average music gear, a lot of space and a vivid imagination"
1990s music gear might be a bit rubbish compared to today's, but its genius was in its limitations…
Audiotonix releases a build-it-yourself DJ mixer to encourage a new generation of sound engineers
As Kevin Costner might have said: "If you build it, you will learn"
Solid State Logic goes off-road with Module8, an easy-to-use modulation plugin aimed at sound designers and experimentalists
And you thought the company was all about grown-up mix plugins, right?
"Say hello to a new, inspiring workflow": Tracktion adds clip launching and Wavetable Synth to Waveform Pro 13 update
It gets the live performance workflow you'll recognise from Ableton, Logic and Bitwig, and might just be the tempter you need to switch DAWs
Universal Audio launches Verve Analog Machines saturation effects, and makes the 'Essentials' version free until the end of April
That's a freebie worth $99, if you act quick…
"If I'm taking high-end off my vocals, I like Soundtoys FilterFreak": Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff reveals his top 10 vocal plugins and recording techniques
But even with those plugins, you might not be as successful as him…
At last! Behringer ships the MS-5, a "faithful reproduction" of the Roland SH-5
The long-promised synth is in the shops and yours for just $599
Roland updates its SP-404 sampler "in celebration of 404 Day" (and to v4.04, before you ask)
The update brings enhanced looping, multitrack output, Koala Sampler integration and a 15-waveform sound generator to the popular sampler
"Now small home studio setups, or artists on the road can access the famed 1073 sound": Neve announces the "world’s first genuine" 1073 interface
The 1073SPX-D combines the legendary 1073 preamp with a USB and ADAT interface for the first time ever
Spectral Plugins makes three of its plugins free to download as it closes its doors: "It has been an honour serving you"
The company's three plugins worth $210 are now free in exchange for your email address
"You were the glue that held the band together": Ultravox bass player and Vienna co-writer Chris Cross dies aged 71
Chris played bass and co-wrote many hits in various lineups of the band stretching back 50 years
"Its impact on music will continue to resonate for decades to come": Sequential to discontinue the Prophet X due to component shortages
'X' marks the stop of this fantastic Sequential hybrid synth…
"He knows very little about an awful lot, but it’s how he applies that knowledge - and it’s down to confidence, too": How Brian Eno became music's ultimate renaissance man
Producer, collaborator, hard-to-use synth champion, ambient maestro, app developer and chancer Brian Eno is certainly a pioneer, but of what? Well, how about everything?
The best new microphones, audio interfaces and mixers coming out in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The must-have studio gear coming your way this year
Listen up: here are the best new studio monitors and headphones making waves in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: These speakers and 'phones are going to cause a stir in home and project studios this year
The biggest names on the biggest brands: the best new signature guitars of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Find out who is putting their names to what this year
From optional to essential: the best guitar accessories of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: From wooden stands to headphone amps, we round up the must-have additions to your guitar setup
Bored of your 'board? Stomp this way for the must-have new guitar effects pedals of 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The pedals you need to try this year, from psychedelic to out-of-this-world
The most exciting new samplers, grooveboxes and drum machines for 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: These all-in-one production wonders can handle beats, chords and melodies, and all without a computer in sight
8 of the best new immersive audio plugins for 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Here are our picks of some of the slickest routes to creating and mixing in surround or 3D sound
The 9 best creative and mix effect plugins coming your way in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: The delays, reverbs, compressors and more that you can look forward to running your audio through this year
The essential new electric guitars you need to play in 2024
GEAR EXPO 2024: Classic ranges, major updates, all-new designs... and the Strat is 70
“We spend a month on the sound and five minutes on the chord changes”: Remarkable classic interview with Kraftwerk reveals how the band created their iconic electronic tunes, and what really went on in their mythical Kling Klang studio
If you like don't like having your music myths busted, you might not want to read this…
