Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Elsa Hewitt on sampling and remixing her own music
A restlessly creative producer/songwriter with an ear for the hypnotic, Elsa Hewitt joins us to talk loop jams, flow states and Ableton Live
Make Noise's new Eurorack module is an "audio alchemical experiment"
Bruxa lifts the curious filter delay from Make Noise's experimental Strega synth and puts it into your Eurorack setup
Watch Roger Linn, creator of the original MPC, test out Akai's MPC Live II
"Akai has done a very good job of honouring the workflow of my original design and bringing it into the present"
Alexander Panos' Color Transfer bundle has some of the coolest Max for Live devices we've seen all year
This trio of sonic manipulators is an experimental sound designer's dream
Arturia releases FX Collection 5, adding a new exciter and limiter and two EFX multi-effects
FX Collection 5 ups the total to 34 "precision-engineered effects for studio mixing and creative production"
Bullion: "There’s no bigger turn-off than going into a studio that feels like a spaceship"
We visit producer and songwriter Nathan Jenkins in the studio to talk self-doubt, eBay bidding wars and the joys of the laptop mic
Get a glimpse inside Korg Berlin's experimental synth-building workshop with Reverb
Watch Korg instrument designer Tatsuya "Tats" Takahashi demo the brand's Acoustic Synthesis phase_8 prototype
76% of new artists say their career is "not financially sustainable"
Toolroom Academy's From Mix to Mainstage report also found that 62% of new artists struggle to grow their audience
Tourist invites us into his new home studio and shows us the trio of synths he couldn't live without
We visited Tourist in the studio to find out more about how his new album Memory Morning was made
"If I could delete one instrument": James Blake says he "hates" the saxophone
"The saxophone is like the guy at the party who's done too much coke, and he's telling you about his new business idea"
D16 Group's Roland TR-606 emulation Nithonat 2 updated with new sequencer, effects and more
Nithonat 2's new sequencer replaces the original's 606-style sequencer with a grid-based version that's easier to use and gives you precise control over dynamics and articulation
"Making electronic music technology more accessible": Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin's Bullfrog Drums is an educational drum machine inspired by the Roland TR-909
This seven-voice sample-based drum machine is designed to be paired with the other instruments in Erica Synth's educational "ecosystem", Bullfrog and Bullfrog XL
Jamie xx announces long-awaited second solo album In Waves
The project features contributions from Robyn, Panda Bear, The Avalanches and Honey Dijon
Spotify CEO responds to backlash over comments on cost of making music
"It’s clear I was far too vague in the post, including with my clumsy definition of content. I understand how it came across as very reductive and that wasn’t my intent"
"It’s super cheap and I pretty much use it on every track": Demi Riquísimo on his number one synth
We visited the London-based producer/DJ in the studio to find out more about the making of new track Windows 95 Anthem
Musicians outraged as Spotify CEO claims the "cost of creating content" is "close to zero": "Our albums took hundreds of hours of human effort, hard work and creativity"
Daniel Ek's comments arrive as Spotify reports record profits of over €1bn in Q1 2024
"Lair is your door to familiar, abominable, and alien worlds": Is AberrantDSP's Lair the weirdest reverb plugin we've ever seen?
"Decoded from a diskette of unknown origin, Lair is a transporter through when and where, retooled as a reverberation effect"
"Turn any space into the ideal mixing and mastering setup": IK Multimedia says its iLoud MTM MKII studio monitors deliver sound worthy of speakers twice the size (and twice the price)
Beefed-up specs and improved software integration make the MTM MKII's an even more appealing prospect for producers after a monitoring solution that's compact but reliable
"This synthesizer is clearly not a clone": Behringer responds to Tom Oberheim on UB-Xa
"We clearly shared the plan for the UB-Xa synthesizer and received consent to use the trademark"
"A song doesn't need to be longer than 2 minutes 30... we don't need to repeat a verse, we don't need to have a bridge - we don't need it!": PinkPantheress opens up on why her songs are so short
The artist's latest single clocks in at 2 minutes and 27 seconds, while her longest so far is 2023's Capable of love, coming in at three minutes and 43 seconds
"I'll never record something that's reached farther": Avicii hits 1 billion streams for the fifth time
Vocalist Dan Tyminski reflects on his contribution to Avicii's Hey Brother in a new interview
Universal Audio's new plugin packs three legendary bits of analogue gear into a single channel strip
The LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip brings together an emulation of UA's classic 6176 Channel Strip with its beloved 1176 and LA-2A compressors
This free sample instrument captures the sound of Korg Berlin's new Acoustic Synthesis phase_8 prototype
"Part melodic synth, part drum machine", the prototype generates sound by electromagnetically stimulating metal resonators
