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Si Truss
Si Truss

I'm Editor-in-Chief of Music Technology, working with Future Music, Computer Music, Electronic Musician and MusicRadar. I've been messing around with music tech in various forms for over two decades. I've also spent the last 10 years forgetting how to play guitar. Find me in the chillout room at raves complaining that it's past my bedtime.

Articles by: Si Truss

The 11 best DJ mixers 2022: top choices for club, home and battle DJs

The 11 best DJ mixers 2022: top choices for club, home and battle DJs

By Si Truss published

Our experts round-up the best DJ mixers for all budgets from Rane, Allen & Heath, Pioneer and more

Best free VST drum plugins

The best free VST drum plugins 2021: drum machines, samplers and grooveboxes for all your beatmaking needs

By Si Truss published

Best of 2021: Top quality free drum synths, ROMplers and percussion plugins

The best free VST synth plugins

The best free VST synth plugins 2021: wavetable, FM, virtual analogue and more

By Si Truss published

Best of 2021: These are the free electronic instruments you need in your DAW

Focusrite FAST Verb

Focusrite FAST Verb review

By Si Truss published

  • £5.99 per month for 15 months

The AI-powered Collective plugins branch out into reverb

The 20 best cheap synthesizers 2022: Affordable digital and analogue synths

The 20 best cheap synthesizers 2022: Affordable digital and analogue synths

By Si Truss, Chris Corfield published

Portable, desktop and keyboard instruments for music-makers on a budget

Steinberg Absolute 5

The best VST synth plugin bundles 2021: which is the best soft synth collection for you?

By Si Truss published

Bulk-buy instrument options from Roland, Korg, Arturia, Native Instruments, Steinberg and more

20 years of Ableton Live

20 years of Ableton Live: a history told by the founders and developers

By Si Truss, Matt Mullen published

As the influential DAW turns 20, we talk to some of the team members who have steered the software to ‘industry standard’ status

Cableguys NoiseShaper

Cableguys NoiseShaper review

By Si Truss published

  • €49

ShaperBox branches out from effects processing with a sample-powered noise generator

Moog at Superbooth 21

Superbooth 2021: the best synths, drum machines, modular gear and out-there oddities

By Si Truss, Simon Arblaster published

Our awards for the best of Berlin's premier synth show

Erica Synths Perkons

Superbooth 2021: Erica Synths’ Perkons percussion synth promises to “strike your ears like the skies breaking apart”

By Si Truss published

The four-voice beatmaker combines the best of digital and analogue

Tracktion F.'em

Tracktion F.’em review

By Si Truss published

  • $180

Could this confrontationally-named plugin be the most powerful FM synth ever?

Arturia FX Collection 2

Arturia FX Collection 2 review

By Si Truss published

  • €399

The second iteration of Arturia’s effects package adds modulation and bus processors

Korg Modwave

Korg Modwave review

By Si Truss published

  • £699

Korg’s latest digital revival is a wavetable synth loosely inspired by the DW-8000, it's time to ride the wave

14 best MIDI pad controllers 2022: Our top pad controller picks for every budget and every task

14 best MIDI pad controllers 2022: Our top pad controller picks for every budget and every task

By MusicRadar, Si Truss, Andy Jones published

Expert advice for buying MIDI pad controllers for studio and stage and for every budget – including kits by Native Instruments, Arturia and Novation

Novation Circuit Rhythm

Novation Circuit Rhythm review

By Si Truss published

  • £360

Hot on the heels of the impressive Circuit Tracks, Novation adds a sampler to its groovebox range

Soma Laboratory Pulsar-23

Soma Laboratory Pulsar-23 review

By Si Truss published

  • £1730
  • €1845
  • $2968

Combining esoteric sequencing, an experimental ethos and tons of patchability, this is a drum machine like no other

Moog Sound Studio

Moog Sound Studio review

By Si Truss published

  • $1,399+

Moog bundles up its semi-modular Mothers but is it more than your average 2-in-1 deal?

Focusrite FAST plugins

Focusrite FAST Series plugins review

By Si Truss published

  • £5.99+

Focusrite meets Sonible for these new ‘smart’ mixing tools...

Novation Circuit Tracks

Novation Circuit Tracks review

By Si Truss published

  • £360
  • €389
  • $399

The original Circuit was fun, powerful and great value. Can this follow-up top it?

Roli Equator 2

Roli Equator 2 review

By Si Truss published

  • £199

The MPE-centric sound engine comes of age as a fully-rounded power synth

Korg Volca Sample 2

Korg Volca Sample 2 review

By Si Truss published

  • £150
  • €169
  • $149

Does the second generation Volca deliver a new level of performance for the ever-popular sample player?

The 9 best budget audio interfaces 2022: start recording today for less than $120/£110

The 9 best budget audio interfaces 2022: start recording today for less than $120/£110

By Si Truss, Chris Corfield published

Our pick of cheap audio interfaces for PC, Mac and iOS

Best free VST compressor plugins 2021

The best free VST compressor plugins 2021: must-have dynamics processors for your DAW

By Si Truss published

From vintage limiter emulations to transparent mastering tools

Roland TR-06

Roland TR-06 review

By Si Truss published

  • £350
  • €379
  • $399

The TR-606 is the latest retro Roland groovebox to get the Boutique treatment but is this is a classic worth reviving?

Roland Zenology Pro

Roland Zenology Pro review

By Si Truss published

  • $9.99+

Roland Cloud’s central synth engine gets upgraded with pro-level features