Latest articles by Matt Mullen
SSL releases Halloween-themed free plugin X-Orcism II: Voices from the Crypt
This spooky vocal processor and multi-effects plugin incorporates a delay, reverb, pitch-shifter and noise generator
"I’m not checking my emails on stage!": Autechre hit back against critics of electronic artists that perform with laptops
“Are you mad? Somebody's handed you this multi-tool that you can do anything with and you're going to be like, ‘no, I want to play a keyboard because I'm a musician’”
“Can you put a banjo in a dubstep drop?”: Jacob Collier teams up with Google to launch AI-powered music creation tool MusicFX DJ
"You craft this real-time sonic putty that’s endlessly surprising, and essentially seeks to alchemize or forge connections between things that would otherwise be unlikely"
"It was like the Wild West": Fatboy Slim on sampling's early days - and nicking the bassline from The Clash's Guns of Brixton
“My record company and my management absolutely hated it, but I kind of liked the thrill of the chase”
Minimal Audio unveils Current 2.0, the next edition of its all-in-one synth, sampler, multi-effects plugin and content platform
A redesigned interface and new Wave Shifter effect make this already feature-packed instrument an even more versatile music-making tool
Timbaland says he spends 10 hours a day using controversial AI music generator Suno
Timbaland's endorsement comes a day after Thom Yorke and ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus sign a joint statement demanding AI platforms like Suno cease training their models on copyrighted material
How Burial produced the 21st century’s most influential electronic album on a “rubbish, dying” computer with outdated software
Creating a masterpiece on an ancient copy of Sony Sound Forge, Burial showed us all that it's not what you have - it's what you do with it
Spitfire Audio launches LABS+ subscription platform for samples - but LABS will remain free
LABS+ is launching with a new sample instrument focused on the sounds of amapiano
The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale
"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"
The internet's biggest bundle of free plugins just got bigger, as MeldaProduction introduces MDelay
Melda's colossal collection of 38 free audio effects has been expanded with what it says is "the most powerful free delay ever"
This massive study compares 2,368 synths, samplers and drum machines from 1896 to the present day - and the results might surprise you
Which year saw the most synth releases, and what's the best-selling instrument in synth history? These questions - and more - are answered by Iftah Gabbai's analysis of synth data
A group of Irish kids recorded a viral drum 'n' bass track - 6 million views later, it's up for a Grammy Award
The Spark has been longlisted for Song of the Year and Best Dance/Electronic Recording
LANDR's AI-powered Composer plugin will instantly generate "chord progressions, basslines, melodies, and harmonies" for you
Following LANDR's acquisition of Orb Plugins, the company has released an enhanced version of Orb Producer Pro
Tracklib announces "first of its kind" royalty-free sample packs made up of authentic '70s recordings
The Actually Vintage series launches with two sample packs made up of recordings made in Rome in the 1970s
Native Instruments discontinues Maschine MK1 and MK2, but new Maschine software is on the way - with stem separation and more
Could Maschine MK4 be around the corner?
How ATB accidentally came up with the hook for 9PM (Till I Come) while showing off his studio to impress a date
“9PM changed everything for me - but it wasn’t planned”
“That’s the most wild thing I’ve ever seen anyone do”: Fred Again on watching Brian Eno break the rules in the studio
“One of the funniest things about Brian is that he’s beautifully lawless in how he works"
Fred Again says swapping a Boss 8-track recorder for his first DAW was "the beginning of the greatest love affair of my life"
Fred opens up about his introduction to Logic in a new interview with Nardwuar the Human Serviette
Baby Audio and Andrew Huang release Transit 2, the latest version of their multi-effects plugin that "kills static mixes"
Baby Audio says this "motion effects playground" can be used to design powerful transitions that "sweep listeners off their feet"
Finneas delivers a heartrending take on Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
He looks like the real thing
EB-Blasphemy is a break-slicing, generative multi-effects plugin that we can't believe is free
Blasphemy combines 20-year-old developer Ewan Bristow's "favourite distortive, spectral and experimental effects" in a single processor - and uses them to blitz chopped-up breaks
Watch breakout UK artist Yunè Pinku flip a piano sample and build a beat from scratch
Championed by the likes of Caribou and Joy Orbison, the rising producer and singer shows us how she starts her tracks
Here's how you can win a $7,500 vintage Minimoog signed by Peter Gabriel
Proceeds from the Bob Moog Foundation's raffle will support its elementary school education project Dr. Bob's SoundSchool
