Latest articles by Matt Mullen
This free plugin captures the "evocative warmth and warped textures" of half-speed tape recordings
E-instruments' Slower Fragment is a virtual instrument built on real pitched-down tape recordings of pianos, synths, strings and more
“I didn’t write any of these chords or anything – this just came straight from a sample”: Bon Iver and Jim-E Stack break down the making of Day One
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon also reveals the vintage instrument behind the song's bassline, which he says is his "favourite synth ever"
Korg launches Collection 6 with PS-3300 and Trinity emulations
Collection 6 also features SGX-2, an acoustic piano instrument based on the SGX-2 Premium Piano Engine from Korg's Kronos and Nautilus workstations
Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk instruments go up for auction – including an EMS Synthi AKS likely used on Autobahn
The collection includes a "treasure trove of synths, drum machines, and vocoders" alongside an extensive number of historic woodwind and brass instruments
Antelope Audio drops free EQ plugin to celebrate the release of individual perpetual licenses for 75+ plugins
MG4+ is Antelope's take on a popular 500-Series six-band analogue EQ renowned for introducing top-end shine and clarity
Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter performs first DJ set in 16 years – and it's a B2B with Fred Again
"Thomas told me in this lift on the way down to the show that the first time he fell in love with electronic music was in this building in 1992. He also told me hasn’t played a proper set without the mask on for 24 years"
"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
