Latest articles by Matt Mullen
"It's the cleanest, greenest festival event ever staged": Massive Attack breaks world record with battery-powered, 100% vegan concert
A new report by climate scientists found that the event generated 98% less emissions than comparable shows
"I’d like to dedicate this moment to Sophie": A. G. Cook named Producer of the Year ahead of the 2025 BRIT Awards
The Brat producer and former PC Music boss paid tribute to the late electronic artist Sophie in a statement on the win
Is Eternal Engine's Mars the world's first polyphonic vacuum tube synth?
Vintage meets contemporary in this DAW-controllable hybrid synth that blends digital oscillators with a tube-based audio path
“People think that these are terrible machines but I’m gonna prove that they’re great”: St. Vincent on the retro Roland groovebox she used on All Born Screaming
Reverb visited the Grammy-winning artist and producer in the studio to hear about her production ethos and shoot a spontaneous synth jam
Teenage Engineering celebrates 10 years of the Pocket Operator, the "world’s most affordable and accessible music machine"
In recognition of the PO's 10th birthday, Teenage Engineering is giving you the chance to take home the entire range in its #PO10DIY contest
"You'll never read a manual again": How AI can help you learn to use your gear and instruments
Mylar Melodies explains how Google's Notebook LM can digest product manuals, help you get to grips with your gear, and... launch your podcasting career?
Native Instruments’ Claire: Avant creates avant-garde soundscapes out of the world's largest grand piano currently in production
Channel your inner John Cage with a new Kontakt instrument that reimagines the sounds of the 10-foot Fazioli F308
Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential BBC department "purely for making bonkers noises"
BBC Radiophonic Workshop VST features a vast collection of recordings of vintage gear, tape loops, found sounds and archive material from the Workshop's four-decade history
Soma Laboratory's FLUX is a theremin on steroids
Flux uses magnetic "bows" held in each hand to offer multi-dimensional control over pitch, modulation and synth parameters - without ever touching the instrument itself
This free synth plugin transforms physics into sound
RipplerX is a free physical modelling synth based on the venerable AAS Chromaphone plugin
What makes Severance's theme music so "eerily satisfying"?
Rick Beato unpacks the dystopian dissonance of Theodore Shapiro's Severance theme in his latest video
“I don’t like to categorise my tracks by genre - I do it by vibe”: Dr Dubplate's 5 DJ tips
Bristol-based selector and label head Dr Dubplate offers up some advice for playlist curation and reveals the CDJ function he thinks is "underrated"
You can now sample via USB-C using your Ableton Move
Move's 1.3.0 firmware update also lets you send out polyphonic expression through the instrument's MIDI out port
"It's probably closer to the real hardware than anything out there": 5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
Our monthly round-up of free plugins continues with spherical synths, feline delays and a killer take on the Yamaha CS-80
Could this robotic glove make you a better piano player?
In a recent study published in Science Robotics, pianists showed measurable improvements across both hands after a 30-minute practice session wearing the device
openDAW promises to open the door to music production for beginners, students and beatmakers on a budget
Though still in development, openDAW looks set to be a capable and accessible music-making platform with a few interesting quirks
Full Bucket Music takes on another rare vintage synth with Paralogy, its free plugin emulation of the Crumar Trilogy and Stratus
The generous German developer adds to its bucketload of free synth plugins with a recreation of two quirky Italian instruments from the '80s
This genius gadget automatically records everything you play on piano - so you'll never lose a spontaneous jam again
Billed as "the world's first automatic piano recorder", Jamcorder constantly records MIDI from your piano to be played back on its mobile app
Toraiz ChordCat is a chord-focused groovebox that'll help theory-averse beatmakers cook up chord sequences
ChordCat's Chord Cruiser feature can help you "create chord progressions effortlessly, even if you're not familiar with music theory"
Arturia's limited-edition DrumBrute Impact 1984 gives its analogue drum machine an '80s facelift
Orange-accented off-white stylings reimagine this boisterous budget beatmaker, originally unveiled in 2018
"We’ve heard your frustrations": Native Instruments responds to customer concerns over Maschine+
"We want to reinforce our strong commitment to Maschine", reads the company's post on its community forum
Behringer releases RD-78, a $199 Roland CR-78 clone that promises to "bring the magic of the '70s and '80s back to life"
RD-78 squeezes the classic analogue CR-78 sounds into a modern, compact and super-affordable drum machine
Charli XCX's Brat mastering engineer Idania Valencia on her go-to plugins and the threat of AI
The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely in-the-box
“It’s easy to be a show-off with production. In electronic music right now, that’s what a lot of people are doing - but that’s just ego”: Ela Minus looks inwards on new project DÍA
The Colombian hardware synth-head on her soul-searching second album, demolishing the ego, and why she can’t stand Dave Smith’s presets
