Arturia’s MatrixBrute Noir synth has a black finish so it’ll never go out of style By Ben Rogerson There are 64 new presets, too
Behringer reveals the LmDrum, its long-awaited LinnDrum reboot, but it might not quite be what you were expecting By Ben Rogerson “Man, this thing grooves,” says Behringer
Sample Logic is promising “the next step in assisted music creation” with Animation Station, its new MIDI arpeggiator plugin By Ben Rogerson Use it to create “an infinite world of motion”
Behringer says it’s made a development breakthrough as it aims for a “100% authentic” Yamaha CS-80 analogue synth clone By Ben Rogerson It sounds like the DS-80 is still some way off, though
Behringer channels Mutable Instruments’ Plaits in Brains, a multi-engine digital oscillator By Ben Rogerson It wasn’t a DAW or a groovebox after all
Here’s how to get IK Multimedia’s $50 T-RackS Classic Clipper for free By Ben Rogerson Peak clipper is yours for nothing if you sign up to the IK newsletter
Apogee’s DSP-powered Duet 3 USB audio interface promises to sound as good as it looks By Ben Rogerson Use it on the go, or dock it on your studio desk
Nick Rhodes on his top 5 synths: “I’ve got nothing against digital synths, but I just happen to prefer the real thing” By Ben Rogerson The Duran Duran man and Wendy Bevan discuss their brooding electronic project, Astronomia
Get a free spring reverb plugin based on a rare 1960s effect that was built for the BBC By Ben Rogerson Fuse Audio Labs give you the ‘unpredictable and vibey’ VREV-666
Behringer teases Brains: hardware MIDI sequencer, groovebox, synth, DAW, or something else? By Ben Rogerson 30-second video fuels wild speculation
Apple Music boss admits he can’t hear any difference between compressed and lossless audio: “our ears aren’t that good” By Ben Rogerson But he thinks Spatial Audio is a game-changer
Producer Federico Vindver says that Timbaland’s new solo album contains “some of the most incredible music that I’ve heard in my life” By Ben Rogerson He also gives his thoughts on working with Coldplay, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake
Brian Eno to share 300 unreleased tracks from across his career on Sonos Radio HD By Ben Rogerson Expect ‘odd, exciting collisions’ in high definition
Splice Sounds now works better with your DAW, and there are new beatmaking and synth plugins, too By Ben Rogerson The Splice Bridge lets you match samples to the key and tempo of your track
Arturia’s FX Collection 2 offers even more ‘audio effect plugins that you’ll actually use’ By Ben Rogerson Updated bundle includes 22 processors that cover a multitude of effect bases
Apple confirms Logic Pro update with Spatial Audio authoring tools By Ben Rogerson New “immersive audio” tech, which supports Dolby Atmos, is coming to the Mac DAW later this year
Apple macOS Monterey and iOS 15 could make it easier for musicians to collaborate and work across multiple devices By Ben Rogerson Major updates for FaceTime, and you can now you use your Mac as an AirPlay speaker
Flowsonics’ Graindrop plugin is here to add a splash of granular processing sauce By Ben Rogerson Turn simple sounds into something more complex
Me in my studio - Noisy: “I love the idea of blending organic instruments in with the more electronic stuff” By Ben Rogerson The boisterous three-piece show you their gear
Get the feel of a “full-blown” SSL console with the UC1 channel strip and bus compressor plugin controller By Ben Rogerson The SSL Native Channel Strip 2 and Bus Compressor 2 plugins come included
Get more out of your Jupiter-X or Xm synth with Roland’s free software editor By Ben Rogerson Dive deeper into Roland’s powerful ZEN-Core synths
Test and improve your sight-reading skills for free with ToneGym: learn to recognise notes, chords and intervals on sheet music By Ben Rogerson See how your score compare to other users’
Bitwig Studio 4 announced: explore “new musical timelines” with flexible comping, Operators, and expression automation By Ben Rogerson Plus, M1 Mac support and Ableton Live file importing
Elektron’s Power Handle BP-1 makes the Model:Cycles and Model:Samples truly portable, and could be the accessory you actually need By Ben Rogerson It’s a power pack, a handle and a stand in one
Minimal Audio’s Rift plugin promises to deliver “a new type of distortion” By Ben Rogerson Hybrid processor can transform static sounds into something more interesting
