Latest articles by Andy Price
“Learning how to mix is almost as important as hitting on your original musical idea”: New to the mixing process? Start here
Don't let a brilliant song be swallowed up in a bad mix by following our guide to the central principles of the process
"As nuanced as the real thing, but only if you know what you're doing": The ultimate guide to plugin guitars
After spending decades trying to emulate the guitar, it might have been easier just to pick one up and learn how to play it…
"Our aim with ShaperBox is to make it easy for any producer to get complex-sounding results, all in one plugin": Cableguys talk modulation-mad multi-effects plugins and more
We sit down with the developer behind ShaperBox and Kickstart to find out more about Cableguys' inspired creations
"It’s the best reverb for the buck": Composer Jason Graves on his go-to reverb plugin
After scoring Dead Space and Call of Duty, Graves' most recent video game project takes him offshore to a monster-infested oil rig
“We were even encouraged to dig out some particularly gnarly old stuff that hadn’t seen the light of day in years”: Freqport FreqInOut FO1 review
We take a look at Freeport’s latest in/out box which promises to morph your hardware into plugin form without breaking a sweat
Osmium - a new collective featuring Hildur Guðnadóttir - talk self-built instruments and exploring wild frontiers of sound
The Chernobyl and Joker composer’s new project leans on self-built instruments - and the brutal vocal textures of Rully Shabara
The unlikely encounter between a pre-fame Freddie Mercury and David Bowie at a London market
The future Queen frontman encountered his eventual Under Pressure collaborator when working as a shop assistant at Kensington Market
Expressive E launches its all new super-realistic virtual strings collection
These MPE-based string instruments aim to make nuanced and humanistic performances a reality
The strange, sad day that Syd Barrett unexpectedly showed up in the studio when Pink Floyd were making Wish You Were Here
The making of Pink Floyd’s 1975 masterpiece was partly a tribute to their former frontman - but when Syd Barrett himself appeared at the studio, his former bandmates took a while to realise it was actually him
The intriguing mystery of the ringing phone captured at the end of David Bowie’s Life on Mars
The ringing phone that closes out Bowie’s Hunky Dory epic was captured by accident - and nobody quite knows who was on the other end
Unpicking the Beach Boys’ classic that confirmed Brian Wilson’s creative genius
Conceived as an all-in-one ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations was thematically triggered by the notion that dogs could sense the positive or negative energies of humans
10 underrated Air tracks you absolutely need to hear
The beloved French duo behind Sexy Boy and All I Need have a deep well of spellbinding music every bit as superb as their most well-known tracks
Paul McCartney unwittingly met the girl who’d later inspire the Beatles’ She’s Leaving Home years before writing the song
She’d later crop up in a newspaper story and trigger Paul to pen the Sgt. Pepper classic - but did he remember that he’d already met the girl in question?
The beloved British band whose comeback gig actually caused the earth to move
Surrounding residents had to be escorted from their flats the day Madness reunited due to suspected seismic activity
How Lorde established herself as Bowie's creative heir with her weirdest and most brilliant single
Co-written with Jack Antonoff, the first taste of Lorde’s modern classic Melodrama was stacked with inspired choices
Music world reacts to news that major labels are in talks to allow AI firms to train on their catalogues
The details of a new Bloomberg report into major labels trying to reach an agreement with controversial AI companies has caused uproar
When Kurt Cobain deliberately sabotaged Nirvana’s Top of the Pops appearance
Cobain later said his mock-baritone vocal was an attempt at imitating Morrissey
Reference tracks can be your secret weapon when mixing - but be mindful of replicating other artists' choices too much
Comparing your mix to another can nudge you into a safe technical zone, but remember to maintain your originality
“Gracefully injects authentic grit and harmonic girth into our developing tracks”: Arturia Tape J-37 review
Harness the beloved character of a remarkable reel-to-reel via this faithful reproduction of Studer’s tube-driven legend
When Keith Moon overdid the pyrotechnics for the Who’s most explosive television moment
The blast left a lifelong mark on Pete Townshend’s hearing…
Pachyman on the gear behind his characterful and sun-kissed sound
The Puerto Rico-born musician talks us through the key tools in his arsenal, and expanding his dubby sonic universe without enraging the purists
How a frosty band meeting in a fish and chip restaurant signalled the end for the Smiths
The Smiths story came to a close shortly after completion of 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come, and a tense exchange of words over fish and chips…
The day Rage Against the Machine struck at the very heart of capitalism
The Wall Street shoot for Sleep Now in the Fire ended up making history as RATM descended on the New York Stock Exchange
