Latest articles by Matt Mullen
"People have this idea of how records are made – it's mostly rooted in misogyny": Jack Antonoff on the misconceptions surrounding his collaborative process
"One of the funniest things about my job is this total distortion of how it works. It’s so odd to me how everyone has such a clear assumption on how it happened, and they weren’t there. No one was there"
Is Behringer cancelling synths that have already been announced?
Reports suggest that preorders for the VCS3 and Pro-16 have been cancelled at Sweetwater due to discontinued development
Antares announces AutoTune 2026 – and discontinues Artist and Access editions
Equipped with an optimized vocal tuning algorithm, Antares says the plugin represents "the most significant update in the software's history"
"The iconic essence of analogue electronic drums in a practical form factor": HexDrums, Erica Synths' "mutant" analogue drum machine, is available for pre-order
"The industrial magic of Erica Synths techno weapons, fused with the DNA of Hexinverter’s mutant circuits"
Teenage Engineering is letting you pay what you want for the OP-XY
A new 1.1.0 firmware update brings sample slicing and sidechain-style ducking to the monochrome synth/sampler
Spectrasonics announces Omnisphere 3, the "ultimate virtual instrument" that's been ten years in the making
Omnisphere 3 arrives with "thousands and thousands" of new sounds, a new global control system, an expanded effects engine, patch mutation, MPE support – and much, much more
Yamaha's MODX M synth squeezes the power of the Montage M into a more affordable package
MODX M brings the AN-X analogue modelling engine from its high-end sibling to a new workstation synth and successor to the MODX+
"It felt fitting to broadcast it into the unknown, into dark matter": Brian Eno to beam his new album into space tonight
Eno and Beatie Wolfe's Liminal will be broadcast using the historic Holmdel Horn antenna with assistance from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist
"The rebirth of phase distortion": Behringer releases its Casio CZ-1 clone, the CZ-1 Mini
A diminutive take on Casio's '80s classic, CZ-1 Mini squeezes the CZ series' phase distortion engine into a $89 mini-synth
Akai unveils MPK Mini IV with pitch and mod wheels, new keybed and full-size MIDI output
The next generation of Akai's portable and affordable MIDI controller is here
"Miley is all about positivity. She’s just not a ‘feeling sorry for herself’ kind of person": Kid Harpoon on Miley Cyrus' Flowers
The high-flying hitmaker reflects on the making of Cyrus' Grammy-winning chart smash
The story of Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On, the bhangra-sampling hit that almost didn’t happen
A lean, mean, speaker-rattling ode to freakdom, Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On is one of this century's most progressive pop songs. We explain its enduring influence
Hisong's AirStudio S1 is a pocket-sized all-in-one recording solution for musicians on the move
The 120g device combines a dual-mode microphone, wireless in-ear monitors and a built-in USB-C audio interface
Steinberg rebrands hardware products under Yamaha and shifts focus exclusively to software
The IXO12, IXO22, UR22C, and UR44C audio interfaces have been relaunched under the Yamaha brand and all other Steinberg interfaces will be "gradually phased out"
Allen & Heath's Xone:K3 brings RGB backlighting, improved hardware and USB-C to its portable performance-oriented MIDI controller
Dropping the built-in audio interface and slashing the price, Allen & Heath positions K3 as a flexible budget controller for club or studio setups
If you own a Korg microKorg 2, you're not going to want to miss this firmware update
The Loop Recorder has been beefed up with slicing and step recording, and you can now utilize custom-built oscillators and effects via the Logue SDK platform
Cherry Audio's Trident Mk III continues the legacy of an underrated Korg classic
This '80s gem packaged a polysynth, brass and string sections into a single instrument, popping up on records by everyone from Yes and OMD to Phoenix
“You can make the best album ever with just a laptop and plugins”: Jim-E Stack reveals his production secrets
The Grammy-tipped producer invites Universal Audio into his LA studio for the next edition of the company's Apollo Creators video series
Minimal Audio promises to "go beyond the vocoder" with "hypermodern" vocal resynthesis plugin Evoke
Warp, manipulate and harmonize vocals with Evoke's resynthesis engine, then transform the results with its comprehensive effects rack and versatile modulation system
Novation launches Play, a free plugin for Launchkey Mk4 owners
Developed with Klevgrand, the instrument is packed with curated presets built on sounds from classic Novation, Sequential and Oberheim synths
"I got kicked out of the Grammys one time": Mike Dean on losing Album of the Year to Herbie Hancock
"I’ve never won an Album of the Year, Record of the Year, or Song of the Year, so hopefully this year with The Weeknd, we smash all those records"
“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free
Placing the punchy, vintage tones of the Fender Showman in your DAW, Showtime '64 is free until October 31st
“For the first time, we’re moving beyond samples”: Splice unveils free plugin and virtual instrument platform with hundreds of free presets
INSTRUMENT features 1200+ multi-sampled presets built on sounds from Spitfire Audio, the British virtual instrument developer recently acquired by Splice
"Legendary analogue sound for the whole band": Universal Audio launches Volt 876 USB Recording Studio, the first rackmount interface in the Volt series
A 24-in/28-out audio interface equipped with eight tube-emulating Vintage mic preamps and eight 1176-style compressors, Volt 876 is an affordable alternative to Apollo at $999
