Latest articles by Andy Jones
This under-the-radar synth has just received its biggest update ever, and if that doesn’t make it ‘over the radar’, what will?
After a series of big updates, Waveform hits v13 and it might be lucky for some. This could be the DAW you’re waiting for
Rave stabs, detuned saws, a frantic pace and gnarly bass. Let’s toast the 30th anniversary of one of The Prodigy's best tunes
AKG's reasonably priced cans make a bid for a place in your studio
"Come on, do you have to kick the shit out of one another?" - The making of one of the biggest hit songs ever made, in the words of The Police and producer Hugh Padgham
These tricks won't land you an instant invite to the Swift, Lorde or Del Rey HQs but he certainly knows his stuff
KingKorg Neo is a bi-timbral VA synth packed into a small-form 37-key compact body, and is not as ‘Neo’ as the name implies
In the '60s and '70s, you needed a cumbersome metal plate strapped to some springs to create quality reverb, but it was so good that we still yearn for that EMT 140 sound today. Here’s how to recreate it, without a plate in sight…
Here's our step-by-step guide to making your speakers and interface work in perfect harmony
Get those vintage vibes without the price tag…
We celebrate some of the great softsynths that may have flown under your radar
These are the machines that rocked the 1970s and popped the 1980s…
Synthflation means you can pay nearly six figures for some of these synths (but also get most of their sounds for free)…
Incredibly, some of these under-the-radar beauties are over a decade old, but still available (and still very good)
Nearly a quarter of a century after v1, Reason reaches the not so unlucky v13, but is this once influential DAW still relevant?
Scaler EQ delivers harmonic processing we didn’t know we needed, but once heard, we might just apply it to everything
Waves 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
From tuning to bending, listen to what these plugins can do to your vocals!
Desolate Guitars could be the guitar library you didn’t know you needed, and is one of the most inspirational tools we've used this year
In the market for a music production Mac? We’ve compared every model in Apple's latest range - from the older M2 machines to the latest M3 MacBook Pros and iMac - to see which is the best fit for you…
The unsung hero of music production, Burgess has been there or thereabouts in just about every major innovation of the last 50 years…
Korg’s Gadget is unusual in that it made the move from iOS to desktop, but is there room for it in 2024?
Another day, another smart EQ, but does this rather blandly-named processor do a great job without stressing you out?
