Latest articles by Matt Mullen
"That's what it takes to make music that's gonna last forever": Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro on crafting timeless tracks
In the first episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter opens the doors to his studio and shares some valuable insights into his creative process
Bon Iver - ranked: from Sable, Fable to For Emma, Forever Ago
As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album, we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon
"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim
Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE
Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are at the same tempo
Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm
Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW
Another of UA's amp modelling pedals gets the plugin treatment - and this time it's the company's take on the 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe
Baby Audio's Smooth Operator spectral balancing plugin goes pro
With a redesigned interface and an upgraded core algorithm, Smooth Operator Pro promises to address common mix issues and improve balance and clarity
Teenage Engineering drops knockout update for its EP-133 K.O. II sampler, bringing much-requested features like resampling, song mode and increased polyphony
OS 2.0 also brings MIDI sidechaining, larger note intervals and more
Learn production, DJing and songwriting from pros like Fraser T Smith, Carl Cox, Skream and Joe Goddard with Whatclass
Whatclass also offers a personalized music feedback service that gives you the chance to have your music critiqued by top artists
“If you've got one follower or 10 million, that doesn't matter”: Dr Dubplate on "gatekeeper mentality"
We sat down with the fast-rising DJ and label head in ec2a's Bristol HQ to talk inclusivity and reflect on the label's fifth anniversary
Cre8audio releases two super-affordable, modular-friendly bits of gear in one day: the Boom Chick analogue drum machine and Assembler mixer
Boom Chick and Assembler can both be used standalone or integrated into a Eurorack set-up
“It pretty much half killed us”: The Radiohead album that almost broke up the band - and became their best record
“It’s our classic album - our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”
Aphex Twin's MIDI-modded Yamaha GX-1 goes up for sale for almost £100,000
Fewer than 100 of these ultra-rare analogue behemoths were ever made - and this one was owned by Richard D. James himself
“Entrance Song is a massive 808 sub and a 909 kick. Those two shouldn’t work together - I’m not sure they were even in key”: Eats Everything on his ever-changing approach to production and DJing
We visit Dan Pearce in the studio to hear about his new project We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family and dig deep into the studio techniques behind some of his biggest tracks
Happy 404 Day: Roland's latest SP-404 MKII update transforms its legendary sampler into a Serato DJ controller
SP-404 MKII's V5 software update brings native support for Serato DJ Pro, Serato DJ Lite and Serato Studio
“She’s my number one, my greatest living singer - and she’s a huge fan of Charli’s”: Bon Iver on sampling one of his heroes for his Charli XCX remix
Vernon appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss his forthcoming new album SABLE, fABLE and working with Charli XCX and Taylor Swift
"It’s a piece of music software history": ReCycle gets recycled as Reason Studios makes the classic sample editor available as a free download
To celebrate the relaunch, Reason Studios has announced a beat battle competition hosted by Def Jam's Don Cannon
Behringer's 2-XM Oberheim Two Voice clone is now available for pre-order
First teased in 2022, 2-XM recreates one of Tom Oberheim's most iconic designs in a modern, Eurorack-friendly format
Uli Behringer speaks out on Behringer's pricing strategy: "Our competitors say 'how much could I charge and get away with it?' We take the cost, add a small margin and that's the sale price"
"In many cases, we build synthesizers and there is no commercial incentive behind it. In some cases we even lose money - it doesn't matter"
Forever 89 releases Topos, a topographical effects plugin that (quite literally) puts saturation on the map - and there's a free version
The offbeat software studio launched by former Ableton and Teenage Engineering developers releases an amp and speaker-simulating saturation tool
Hans Zimmer's plans to transform former BBC Maida Vale Studios into "world-leading" music centre take one step closer to completion
The complex will feature four "state-of-the-art" studio spaces, 30 music rooms, five composer suites and a number of facilities for film post-production
Dear Reality is giving away 11 immersive audio plugins for free
As the German developer closes up shop, it offers up a suite of immersive mixing and monitoring plugins that includes Exoverb, dearVR Pro 2 and dearVR Mix
Output launches AI-powered Co-Producer plugin that listens to your project and chooses samples for you
Co-Producer analyzes your track's rhythm and harmony and suggests samples from Output's library that fit with your project
Synclavier Digital returns with another new synth based on the '80s classic - except this time, it looks a little more familiar
The ORK II appears to be a new instrument that packs the Regen's architecture into a retro-styled keyboard reminiscent of the original Synclavier II ORK
