PreSonus’s Atom MIDI pad controller is here, and can be used for production and performance By Ben Rogerson Play, record and navigate with this Studio One-friendly device
Elton John's inspiring John Lewis Christmas ad will bring a tear to your eye By Ben Rogerson His first piano, Your Song and plenty of festive cheer
You can now get PreSonus’s Studio One on Splice’s Rent-to-Own scheme By Ben Rogerson Pay $16.99 a month for two years and it’s yours
Waves swaps plugins for hardware as it announces an optimised music-making PC By Ben Rogerson The Axis One is available for pre-order and will be released in 2019
Marc 'MK' Kinchen: 5 things I’ve learned about music production By Ben Rogerson “It’s taken me years and I am still learning”
Ableton and Native Instruments have signed up to help shape the future of MIDI By Ben Rogerson Music software companies join the MIDI Manufacturers Association
Bram Bos turns to the dark side with the Ruismaker Noir iOS rhythm synth By Ben Rogerson Concoct ‘nasty and dirty’ drum/bass grooves
Producer Howard Benson works with STL Tones to put his signature guitar sounds in a plugin By Ben Rogerson New suite focuses on five classic amps
Me in my studio: Ishmael Ensemble By Ben Rogerson Multi-instrumentalist and producer Pete Cunningham shows you his studio staples
Grammy winner Dave Darlington and Waves are offering you a free music production and mixing course By Ben Rogerson Learn about everything ‘From Demo To Master’
The Really Useful Chord Progression Poster could look great on your studio wall By Ben Rogerson The Piano Poster peeps seek funding for another piece of musical art
Kasper Bjørke: 5 things I’ve learned about music production By Ben Rogerson “Music is supposed to be heard, not saved in some folder on your computer”
Korg confirms that some of its Prologue synths do have a tuning problem By Ben Rogerson Company promises a software update by the end of 2018
Re-Compose’s Spexx plugin could give you a fresh view on the way you process your audio By Ben Rogerson Create lush reverbs and experimental distortions
You can now rent-to-own your Reason Rack Extensions By Ben Rogerson All payments go towards owning them outright
Denise has made one producer’s dream plugin, and now you can buy it By Ben Rogerson James Boyle gets to see Noize come to life
iLL BLU: 5 things we’ve learned about music production By Ben Rogerson “Don't beat yourself up if you feel you don't produce a banger every time”
Is Pipes “the most powerful instrument/sampler/audio device ever made”? By Ben Rogerson Its creators certainly think so
The Mute 4.0 portable synth is “printed circuit board meets album cover” By Ben Rogerson A barebones digital/analogue device with inputs
Roland’s JX-3P is the latest classic synth to land on the company’s Cloud plugin platform By Ben Rogerson A lesser-known polyphonic hero from 1983
Waves is promising you the sound and “magic” of the Abbey Road mastering console in a plugin By Ben Rogerson The TG Mastering Chain models the EMI TG12410 Transfer Console
TC Electronic adds hardware-controlled stereo expander and reverb plugins to its DT range By Ben Rogerson More modules are on the way, apparently - as is a case for them
Rob Papen reboots his Raw synth with a new version dedicated to kick drum creation By Ben Rogerson Raw-Kick is included in the new eXplorer-5 bundle
iZotope's Nectar 3 plugin comes with a smart assistant that'll fix-up your vocals so you don't have to By Ben Rogerson New modules and features for the vocal processing powerhouse
Accusonus’s Era Voice Leveler plugin lets you smooth out your vocals with a single knob By Ben Rogerson Give manual gain adjusting the heave-ho
