Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
NAMM 2026: Handheld device is attracting plenty of attention on the show floor
NAMM 2026: It looks like it covers just about every sonic eventuality
NAMM 2026: Blueprints and Layers can do so much that you might wonder what you’re bringing to the party
NAMM 2026: Where were you when we were getting high-gain mic preamps and realtime processing on every channel?
NAMM 2026: With plenty of I/O and built-in effects, it covers a lot of bases
NAMM 2026: You’ve heard it on hits by Phil Collins and Hall & Oates
"If it ever gets around to Céline, it's, ‘Oh, I love that Titanic song.' Then I have to say, ‘Well, I didn't produce that'"
From mini monosynths, through to mighty polyphonic workstations, our experts have hand-picked hardware synth recommendations for every budget
“It took a while for me to look at myself and go, ‘Really, dude? Just relax, just chill’”
“I used to do these beats all the time because I was signed to Tim for two years,” he explains
The company's flagship DAW is about to get more AI-powered tools, but where does it all stop?
NAMM 2026: Simple 88-note portable keyboard comes with a built-in mixer, mic and one-touch sound effects
Does your Bluetooth speaker have 128 sounds and a rhythm machine built into it? Thought not
Both the Mac and iPad versions will also be available on subscription as part of the new Creator Studio bundle
The song serves as a prelude to upcoming new album, The Romantic
Thanks to Stranger Things, a whole new generation of listeners is now getting to appreciate this 1984 mega-ballad
But he still wondered if one particular section could be "too much"
“My heart stopped, like, ‘ooh, that’s a tough one,’” she says of the Duffer brothers' request to get the songs cleared for use
“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued
“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”
“I remember playing the guitar riff and thinking, ‘OK, that is great.’ From there, the song just made sense, it flowed"
"It's like running a marathon with ankle weights on," she says
“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies
