Latest articles by Matt Mullen
We’re getting excited about this mysterious new keyboard from Auxy and Cuckoo
The creator of one of our favourite music-making apps is about to release its debut hardware instrument
"It's the DAW you love, redesigned around the only thing that matters – your tracks": Reason 14 launches in public beta
Reason 14 marks the first major update to the software since Reason Studios was acquired by AI music company LANDR in January
"This is the beginning of a more ambitious journey": Elektron acquired by investment company Bonnier Capital
A statement from Elektron says that the "team, brand and product development focus" of the company will remain intact
DrumBot is an AI-powered chatbot drum machine that “listens, learns and talks back” – but who is it for?
This browser-based drum pattern generator claims to possess the "musical awareness of a live session drummer". We're not so sure
"There's something about it that you just don't get with soft synths": Jasper Tygner on why he loves his Moog Grandmother
We visited the rising producer and multi-instrumentalist in his South London studio to find out more about the making of debut album Blue
“All I hear is ‘Auto-Tune sucks’ and 'drum machines have no soul'”: Flying Lotus on the backlash against AI music
FlyLo weighs in on Suno and talks us through the making of BIG MAMA, a chaotic speedrun of an EP that zooms through chiptune, breakcore and jazz fusion without looping a single bar
Can this $149 deck of cards help you write better songs?
Reimagining Eno’s Oblique Strategies for the modern songwriter and producer, Session Cards are pitched as a “hit-making system” that promises to “change how you write records”
This free plugin captures the shrill and squeaky sound of the most irritating musical instrument known to man
Ujam's BeautyFlute Pro is a virtual instrument based on the discordant tones of a poorly-played recorder
XLN Audio wants to put the fun back in drum processing with DB-30 Drum Butter
Equipped with six effects modules covering compression, saturation, reverb, pitch-shifting and more, DB-30 is built to add punch, character and identity to any drum part
Cherry Audio unearths an obscure ‘70s Italian synth with DS-2
Following last year’s take on the cult classic Crumar Spirit, Cherry Audio revives a lesser-known synth in the Crumar line-up released several years prior
James Blake asks to have his name removed from Kanye West's album credits
"My original version is a completely different production in spirit"
"It's the musical equivalent of someone whispering in your ear": Max Richter's SRM Sounds releases ASMR Choir
"A palette of choral and string textures that provides a really special colour to add both a purity and ‘humanness’ to your score"
Suno takes another step into music production with AI step sequencer MILO-1080
MILO-1080 is a 16-track sequencer equipped with a Suno-powered sample generator and subtractive synth engine
“I have severe Gear Acquisition Syndrome”: Deadmau5 shows off his insane synth collection
Deadmau5 walks viewers through an array of rare and vintage synthesizers that would make even the most seasoned collector drool
12 artists on how they beat writer's block and actually finish songs
We’ve spoken to hundreds of music-makers over the years, asking each artist how they decide when a track is well and truly finished. Here’s what they said
Spotify's new SongDNA feature reveals the "complex web of people, stories and inspirations" behind each song
Now rolling out in beta to Premium users worldwide, SongDNA is an interactive map that lets you explore a song's collaborators, samples, interpolations and covers
"It's like being in a toy shop": How Abbey Road is reinventing itself
The historic recording studio is on a mission to inspire the next generation of music-makers
A much-loved reverb plugin that we called "one of the most creative we've come across" is free for a limited time
UVI Sparkverb 1.5 is free for KVR Audio members until April 12th
Klang.io says Transcription Studio is the "world’s first" AI music tool that can transcribe multiple instruments simultaneously
The software promises to convert any recording into sheet music, tab or MIDI
The most exciting synth we played at NAMM 2026 is now available to order
DMNO is a polyphonic, multitimbral hybrid analogue/digital synthesizer from UDO, the British brand behind Super 6 and Super Gemini
I just stumbled on a treasure trove of free glitch plugins
Inear Display has generously made its entire catalogue of audio tools available as pay-what-you-want downloads
"It was literally plugged into Logitech computer speakers”: Jim-E Stack on the lo-fi production behind Bon Iver's Walk Home
Stack opened up the Pro Tools session for SABLE, fABLE highlight Walk Home for Mix with the Masters
iZotope's Tonal Balance Control 3 captures audio directly from Spotify, YouTube and your DAW timeline for fast and intuitive referencing
The next generation of iZotope's analysis tool makes it easier than ever to reference against your favourite tracks
