Articles by: Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.

Articles by: Ben Rogerson

Charlie Puth uses Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson’s vocal recording trick as he painstakingly hones a 2-note phrase in Pro Tools

By Ben Rogerson published 21 April 23

Let's just say that it isn't a case of 'one take and out'

Unidentified Reason Objekt: Swedish DAW developer teases new modelling synth

By Ben Rogerson published 20 April 23

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone praises its “hyper realistic” quality

Jon Hopkins Light Through The Veins beer

Jon Hopkins launches new beer inspired by one of his tracks and the number 9, and it’s all thanks to something Brian Eno told him

By Ben Rogerson published 20 April 23

Is it a case of Jon’s hops wins?

Boss’s new ‘all-in-one’ Gigcaster audio mixers give musicians everything they need to start livestreaming (and they might be pretty good for recording, too)

By Ben Rogerson published 20 April 23

Multichannel boxes feature GT-1000 guitar effects and VE vocal processing

Air Music Tech’s ‘wild’ new Ether plugin is said to be “a reverb like no other”

By Ben Rogerson published 19 April 23

Eight spaces and plenty of post-reverb shaping options

John Mayer sits at the piano and shows how the same chord progression was used by Harry Styles, A-ha… and himself

By Ben Rogerson published 19 April 23

Mayer casts New Light by demonstrating that Take On Me is the same As It Was

Regency is a free phase distortion synth plugin that harks back to Casio’s CZ keyboards

By Ben Rogerson published 19 April 23

A slick-looking freebie that supports the new CLAP plugin standard

Heart On My Sleeve, the AI-generated track that sounds like it was recorded by Drake and The Weeknd, has been pulled from streaming services

By Ben Rogerson published 18 April 23

Universal Music Group says that AI impersonations constitute a violation of copyright law

Björn Ulvaeus thinks that the Abba Voyage technology is the future: “Our avatars will go on living after we are dead”

By Ben Rogerson published 18 April 23

Hi-tech London show has now had more than a million visitors

NAMM 2023: InstaChord is the guitar-style instrument that even beginners can play, but will they want to?

By Ben Rogerson published 17 April 23

Is this Omnichord-inspired instrument kitsch, cool or a bit of both?

NAMM 2023: Yamaha’s new TC3 TransAcoustic pianos promise the feel of an acoustic upright and the benefits of digital technology

By Ben Rogerson published 14 April 23

Now you can play quietly without the need for headphones

NAMM 2023: Donner’s D1 is a simplified drum machine designed for first-time beatmakers

By Ben Rogerson published 14 April 23

12-channel sample-based box is said to put the focus on ease of use

Mix Check Studio is a free AI tool that tells you what’s wrong with your mix and how to fix it

By Ben Rogerson published 13 April 23

The world’s first golden-eared robot?

NAMM 2023: Hammond’s lightweight and ‘affordable’ XK4 organ promises “the B3 experience you’ve always wanted”

By Ben Rogerson published 13 April 23

So-called “modern miracle” features a new modelled tonewheel engine and a new Leslie speaker emulation

NAMM 2023 live report: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show

By Ben Rogerson last updated 15 April 23

All the hot new guitars, synths, drums and other products as they're announced

New report shows that women and non-binary people are still massively underrepresented in production and engineering roles

By Ben Rogerson published 12 April 23

“This is a systemic problem in the recording industry that we cannot ignore any longer,” says Brandi Carlile

NAMM 2023: You dirty Bastl! Distortion-fuelled mini mixer promises to be your new Bestie

By Ben Rogerson published 12 April 23

Keep it clean or overload it to “turn Bestie into a beast”

Behringer offers an update on its “beautiful sounding” Korg Polysix emulation, and says that the Moog-inspired Model 15 is being readied for production

By Ben Rogerson published 11 April 23

Two long-gestating synths are getting a little closer to being finished

Will Timothée Chalamet be singing when he plays Bob Dylan in new biopic? “Of course,” says director James Mangold

By Ben Rogerson published 11 April 23

The vocals they will be a-changin’

NAMM 2023: IK Multimedia launches Total Studio Max 4 bundle and revamps its entire software range

By Ben Rogerson published 6 April 23

Cheaper prices, simplified upgrades and more

Diddy says that he has to pay Sting $5,000 a day for his use of the Every Breath You Take sample in I’ll Be Missing You

By Ben Rogerson published 6 April 23

Every little play of it is magic for the former Police frontman, but not for guitarist Andy Summers…

Yamaha’s YC stage pianos get new DX7, CP80 and felt piano sounds as part of a free update

By Ben Rogerson published 5 April 23

OS v1.3 includes user-requested features

Nathan Micay says that his new RPG-inspired album, To The God Named Dream, features live banjo and Taylor Swift references

By Ben Rogerson published 5 April 23

“If you want orthodox Dance Music™ there’s a lot of it out there already,” he reports

FirePressor packs emulations of 4 analogue compressors into one plugin, and it’s currently being given away for free

By Ben Rogerson published 5 April 23

United Plugins is offering you FireSonic’s multi-pronged squasher for nothing

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter says that his concerns around the rise of AI “go beyond its use in music creation”

By Ben Rogerson published 4 April 23

In a rare interview, the musician also reveals that “the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot”

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