Mixed in Key’s Satellite Plugins 2.0 enables free online music-making collaboration in different DAWs By Ben Rogerson A simple solution for co-writing and producing?
How Daft Punk made Homework: early studio gear and music production methods revealed By Ben Rogerson 1999 interview confirms a love of Roland gear and an ingenious workflow
Reason Studios’ Algoritm is a flexible FM synth that promises the iconic sounds of both the ‘80s and today By Ben Rogerson A smooth FM operator?
The best DAWs 2021: the best digital audio workstations for PC and Mac By Ben Rogerson We round-up the best music production software packages
Softube and Empirical Labs offer new compressor and EQ plugins for your DAW, and a channel strip for Console 1 By Ben Rogerson Mike-E Comp and Lil FrEQ lead the charge
GForce Software’s OB-E synth plugin brings back the mighty Oberheim 8-Voice By Ben Rogerson Eight SEMs in one massive instrument
Daft Punk have split up, and they're not telling us why By Ben Rogerson Publicist confirms that the electronic music duo are no longer together
HY-ESG is a free VST/AU trance gate plugin that hinges on a Euclidean sequencer By Ben Rogerson Bedroom Producers Blog and HY-Plugins have cooked up a rhythmic processing treat
Thinking about buying an M1 Mac for music production? Maybe you should wait for the M1X… By Ben Rogerson Leaked specs suggest that the new chip could offer significant improvements
Could Real World Studios’ intimate new Red Room be your perfect music production pleasure palace? By Ben Rogerson Compact studio is designed for smaller-scale projects, with Dolby Atmos coming later this year
Spitfire Audio releases affordable new Abbey Road orchestral libraries for your next blockbuster film soundtrack By Ben Rogerson Woodwinds and Legendary Low Strings join Orchestral Foundations
Get contemporary vocal sounds in real-time using Waves’ Vocal Bender plugin By Ben Rogerson New processor promises Travis Scott, Billie Eilish and Frank Ocean-style sounds in seconds
IK Multimedia’s iRig Pre 2 promises high-quality mic recording wherever you go By Ben Rogerson Now with DSLR compatibility and direct monitoring
What’s it like to be a woman learning music production? A new documentary, In Ctrl, finds out By Ben Rogerson “It can feel like it’s not for you, but it is”
Mutable Instruments goes beyond the Clouds with the Beads Eurorack ‘texture synthesizer’ By Ben Rogerson The successor to an all-time classic module is here
Roland’s Juno-60 synth plugin brings back an ‘80s classic, complete with “odd quirks and charming limitations” By Ben Rogerson Plus, you get the Juno-106 filter and BOSS CE-1 chorus
IK Multimedia is giving you another chance to download Memory-V, its Moog Memorymoog soft synth emulation, for free By Ben Rogerson Get this $50/€60 instrument for nothing
You’d better get your skates on if you want Supreme’s startling new Akai MPC Live II By Ben Rogerson Streetwear brand reveals limited-edition version of the music production box
LANDR Sessions offers video chat and high-quality DAW audio streaming for musicians By Ben Rogerson A better way to communicate with musical collaborators?
Waveform Free 2021: Tracktion says that the “best free DAW” just got even better By Ben Rogerson New workflow and performance features for the cross-platform music production software
Make your sounds go ‘from flaccid to fat’ with producer Jonas Aden’s chunky Biggifier VST plugin By Ben Rogerson It’s all about tweaking the Bigness knob
You can now watch GForce’s Bright Sparks synth documentary for free By Ben Rogerson Film focuses on the US and British electronic music pioneers
Ableton Live 11 release date confirmed, and it’s not too far away By Ben Rogerson New version of the DAW will be released on 23 February
Eplex7 DSP says that its Klerhaim N1 VST synth is more analogue than 99.5% of all others: “do not be confused with marketing BS” By Ben Rogerson Says that they sound “sterile, digital, boring, robotic, uniformly numb and sharp”
The Prodigy to release tell-all documentary film: “This one’s for Keef!” By Ben Rogerson It’ll be directed by long-time collaborator Paul Dugdale
