Latest articles by Andy Price
Soundtracking secrets: How to get started writing music to picture
Writing to picture means responding musically to visual events on-screen. We explore some of the best practices that will serve you well during this process
Chace: "I spend way too much on gear, but it’s never enough. Right now, I’m craving my own Korg PS-3100"
Becoming the first Chinese DJ to play Tomorrowland at only 17, Chace is an EDM savant. We find out more about his beat-driven approach to production
Audified GK Amplification 3 Pro
Perfecting Audified’s meticulous modelling of Gallien-Krueger’s bass amps, this updated amp/cab sim brings cool new elements into play
Modalics Beat Scholar
Will Modalics’ debut plugin take the prize for most refreshingly innovative piece (or should that be slice?) of software we’ve seen for beat creation?
Spitfire Audio Speculative Memories
Knitting ethereal vocal textures, evolving atmospherics and swelling bass throbs, Speculative Memories opens vast avenues for sonic introspection
EastWest String Machine
Summoning the spirit of the string machines of the pre-digital age, EastWest’s latest VI brings retro-future textures to the 21st century table
PreSonus Studio One 6
Bulging with a host of new upgrades, Studio One 6 smartly tailors your workflow to be more honed than many other DAWs. but is its plethora of new features accumulatively worth the switch?
Cody Fry on his Symphony Sessions: “I’ve always loved Eleanor Rigby - ever since I analysed its lyrics way back in fifth grade”
After his track I Hear A Symphony went viral on TikTok, songwriter and orchestrator Cody Fry felt compelled to pursue a longstanding ambition - to build a collection of huge-sounding, orchestra-backed tracks
