Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Native Instruments launches Komplete 15 and Kontakt 8 with its "biggest update ever"
NI updates its flagship mega-bundle of music software with a broad variety of new instruments, effects and sounds and an upgraded version of Kontakt
Kiviak Instruments WoFi, a "modern take" on classic keyboard samplers, is now available to preorder
After smashing its target on Kickstarter, this sampling keyboard gets an official launch
Soma Laboratory teases new product that will "change your perception of radio"
Soma Laboratory says that a new product due to arrive on Saturday
IK Multimedia promises studio-grade sound in a portable package with the iLoud Micro Monitor Pros
Doubling the power of Micro Monitor, the Pros take advantage of IK's advanced DSP and calibration software to facilitate accurate mixing in small studios and on-the-go set-ups
Helios mixing console used to record Bob Marley's No Woman, No Cry goes on sale - and you won't believe how much it costs
An "undeniable piece of recording history", the Helios HJ-1 Dub Station was used to record Burning Spear, Horace Andy, King Tubby and many more reggae artists
This free synth and sampler plugin comes with over 2GB of samples from "the world's rarest synthesizers"
Wavea Flite's free version is packed with samples from Yamaha CS-80, Roland Juno 106, Jupiter 8, SH-101, Oberheim OB-8, Prophet 5, Korg Monopoly and more
Watch Four Tet jam on the drum machine given to him by Floating Points and Caribou
The pair generously gifted the Coachella-headlining producer and DJ a Soma Laboratory Pulsar-23 percussion synth
Full Bucket Music drops free plugin emulation of Sequential Circuits DrumTraks
DrumTraqs is said to be "a faithful recreation of the original hardware with all its limitations and only a few extensions"
iZotope releases Plasma, the "world's first" intelligent tube saturation plugin
Plasma applies dynamic and adaptive saturation to your tracks, using the effect "precisely where and when its needed"
Modalics' Plugin Buddy is a free plugin host and utility that lets you run VST3s in Pro Tools - and much more
Use Plugin Buddy to create complex chains of MIDI effects, audio effects and instruments that can be run inside a single plugin or standalone app
"Double the take and poof... it makes total sense”: Jack Antonoff on the power of vocal production techniques
Antonoff opens up on the studio techniques heard on The 1975's Part of the Band in a new video from Mix with the Masters
"Winona was made 100% in-the-box": DJ Boring on the making of his breakout lo-fi house hit
We visited the Australian-born DJ/producer in the studio to talk DJ-Kicks, production techniques and the synth he considers his "first child"
"She works really really fast": Charli XCX producers Finn Keane and AG Cook on her "relentless" creative process
"We did Speed Drive and Von Dutch in one day. It was quite a chill session too, probably about four hours"
10 of the greatest Roland TR-909 moments in musical history
In celebration of 909 Day, here are 9 of the drum machine's most memorable appearances in music
Goodhertz releases DC19, a delay plugin you can play like an instrument: "Where a standard delay gives you a button, DC19 gives you a slider"
Offering fine-grained, slider-based control over parameters that would conventionally be tweaked with an on/off button, DC19 is an ideal partner for hardware controllers
Sony promises to balance sound, comfort and affordability with its MDR-M1 Reference Closed Monitor Headphones
Equipped with newly-developed drivers, the MDR-M1s boast an ultra-wide frequency response of 5Hz-80kHz
IK Multimedia promises "hits made easy" with its updated T-RackS 6 mixing and mastering suite
T-RackS receives a respectable update with eight new plugins, a new standalone Mastering Console and sidechaining capabilities
Floating Points drops 5-hour Boiler Room set
Sam Shepherd performed the marathon set at New York's H0L0 to promote his new album Cascade
"This stuff felt wholesome and pure and safe": Sufjan Stevens on producing John Legend's album of children's music
My Favorite Dream was released August 30
Venus Theory launches free plugin series with Arturia Polybrute 12 library
Auras is a new series of free instruments "designed to inspire, create and goof around with"
This free plugin brings AI voice modelling to your DAW
Voice-Swap's new plugin can be used to create AI models of your voice to share with collaborators
Stadium-sized vulnerability and synth-led synchronicity: Loyle Carner and LCD Soundsystem at Forwards Festival
Four Tet, Underworld, CMAT and more joined a diverse line-up at one of the most talked-about events in Bristol's cultural calendar
Channel your inner Phil Collins with Solid State Logic's new GateVerb non-linear reverb plugin
Recreate the iconic gated reverb sound that defined the '80s
