Latest articles by Matt Mullen
iZotope's Cascadia brings a contemporary twist to vintage-inspired tape delay
Cascadia is the third instalment in iZotope's affordably priced series of "intelligent" plugins designed to help you address common mixing pitfalls
Sculpt your sounds on a spectral level with Manatee, a multitimbral, MPE-equipped desktop synth from Fred's Lab
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, Manatee is now available to order
"No, we do not intend to add four more instrument tracks to Move": Ableton responds to critics of Move's limited track count
In a video shared this week, Ableton answered questions on Move from the community
Watch Hazel Mills recreate the rowdy wub-wub bass patch and chord stabs from Caribou’s Honey on her UDO Super 8
The musician and songwriter shows you how to cook up two of Honey's primary sounds using one of this year's hottest synths
Spotify co-president says AI-generated music is welcome on the streaming platform
Gustav Söderström says Spotify will host AI-generated music, but won't generate its own, warning that other streaming services could generate AI music in-house - at the expense of real musicians
Tame Impala's new instrument company reveals chord-generating keyboard Orchid
Telepathic Instruments gives us a closer look at its debut product - but what exactly is it?
Slate + Ash's Primaries / Strings brings together breathtaking solo strings with a powerful sound design engine
Transform a vast library of expressive string articulations into evolving textures and layered soundscapes with the inaugural software instrument in Slate + Ash's new Primaries series
Brian Eno to share creative ‘avant gardening’ tips in new online workshop
Producer will also ponder whether music "should still be called music"
Teenage Engineering's OP-XY is a hybrid of OP-Z and OP-1... and costs more than the two of them combined
The elusive Swedish brand's new groovebox puts the advanced sequencing capabilities of the OP-Z in an OP-1-style form factor with an OLED screen and beefed-up specs
Wave Alchemy's Magic7 emulates a $4,000 Bricasti M7 reverb - and it's giving the plugin away for free
Magic7 features 11 reverb types and 234 presets inspired by the Bricasti Design Model 7 Stereo Reverb Processor
Are you a sampling genius? Win $10,000 and have your track released on Ninja Tune with Tracklib's Sample Breakdown competition
To celebrate the launch of the competition, Tracklib have broken down the most iconic electronic music sample of each year since 1990 in a new video
Capture the sound of renowned composer Max Richter's piano with SRM Sounds' free Dark Mode instrument
Based on processed recordings of Richter's Steinway Concert Grand, Dark Mode has a soft and atmospheric tone that'll sit unobtrusively in the background of a mix
Native Instruments' Claire captures the sound of the world's largest grand piano in production
This new Kontakt instrument is based on meticulously recorded samples of a "world-class" 10-foot Fazioli concert grand
Waves is teasing a free plugin to be dropped on Black Friday - sign up today to be first in line
It's the most wonderful time of year to bag a freebie
Steinberg launches Cubase 14 with new pattern editor, drum machine, effects, modulators and more
The latest version of Steinberg's flagship DAW has arrived
"We can't quite believe that this is free!": 7 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
Our monthly round-up of free plugins continues with spectral warping, chaotic break-slicers and a malfunctioning Minimoog
Dreadbox unveils Artemis, a 6-voice analogue poly inspired by the Typhon monosynth
The Greek brand celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of a beastly analogue poly kitted out with Sinevibes effects
Teenage Engineering's OP-XY is on the way - but what could this OP-Z successor look like?
FCC filings indicate that a Bluetooth-equipped product with the name OP-XY has been approved for sale in the United States
“That’s all I had. FL Studio and four plugins made Midnight Request Line”: Skream on how he made the track that put dubstep on the map
We sit down with Oliver Jones to hear about his studio set-up, how going sober has affected his music-making, and the stock plugin behind dubstep anthem Midnight Request Line
Is Teenage Engineering about to release a new product to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kraftwerk's Autobahn?
Will it be a Kraftwerk-themed EP-133 K.O. II, or is it the OP-XY?
Bootsy Collins' bass guitar, Farfisa organ and Yamaha DX7 go up for sale along with a collection of memorabilia
Offering a "rare window into Bootsy's brief run with the Godfather of Soul", the Bootsy Collins Collection also features a $5 fine issued to Collins by James Brown Productions
How a 67-year-old pensioner went viral performing industrial techno at home
What started as a post-retirement hobby has led The Last DJ to runaway success and his first gig in 40 years. Now he's on a mission to inspire others to do the same
AlphaTheta promises to "free your inner DJ" with DDJ-FLX2, its lightest and most compact DJ controller yet
Aimed at those learning to DJ, this beginner DJ controller makes executing blends and transitions easy with Smart Fader and Smart CFX
