Si Truss
I'm the Managing Editor of Music Technology at MusicRadar and former Editor-in-Chief of Future Music, Computer Music and Electronic Musician. 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.
Latest articles by Si Truss

Nabihah Iqbal: "I got a vintage harmonium in Karachi. It’s the most ‘analogue’ synth you can get"
By Si Truss published
The Ninja Tune artist on how a run of setbacks helped her shake up her workflow for the creation of excellent new album Dreamer

Caelum Audio Choric review
By Si Truss published
The British developer aims to put a new spin on a classic effect. We skip to the chorus

Getting started with FL Studio 21: everything you need to know
By Matt Mullen last updated
Start making music in FL Studio today with our complete guide

How many tracks can Ableton Push 3 Standalone actually run?
By Simon Arblaster published
Ableton's latest hardware instrument pushed to the limit

Ableton Push 3 review
By Si Truss published
Ableton’s controller goes fully MPE and throws off the shackles of Live itself. Let's see how far we can Push it…

Quick Tips: What is control voltage and how does it work?
By Si Truss published
Get to know the CV/Gate system, the pre-MIDI method that synths, sequencers and music tech gear uses to communicate

The Great Synth Showdown: Which is the best hardware polysynth in 2023?
By Si Truss published
We pit vintage against contemporary, analogue against digital and experimental against conventional in our quest to find the best contemporary polysynth

Superbooth 2023: the best new synths, effects, modules and more
By Si Truss published
Gear highlights from Europe's biggest synth show

Erica Synths Zen Delay Virtual review
By Si Truss published
The Ninja Tune-branded sound-mangler comes to the plugin realm. Can it live up to its hardware counterpart?

Quick Tips: How to use auxiliary effects channels
By Si Truss published
Create interesting sounds from your return channels

The Breakdown: Skepsis shows us how to make the Freak bass patch in Massive
By Si Truss published
Bassline junkie turned DnB maverick Skepsis opens up his DAW for the latest edition of our in-studio video series

The Breakdown: How Skepsis made DnB roller Know What It Means
By Si Truss published
We meet up with the producer in his Liverpool studio to discover how he spans the realms of bassline and drum & bass

Elektron Digitakt 1.5
By Si Truss published
The Swedish brand’s widely-loved sampler gets a significant overhaul. We take a not-quite second look

Entonal Studio
By Si Truss published
Entonal Studio aims to take you beyond the confines of Western tuning. We scale up

Donner B1 Analog Bass Sequencer
By Si Truss published
Donner enters the analogue synth realm with a 303 clone that sounds the part – even if it doesn’t look it

5 futuristic drum tricks to bring your beats into 2023
By Si Truss published
Put a creative and contemporary spin on tried-and-tested rhythms

Quick Tips: How to use bus compression to glue your mix together
By Si Truss published
Creating a bus channel allows you to process your drums or vocals as a whole, adding that all-important 'glue' to your mixes

15 essential synth patches every producer should know
By Si Truss, Jon Musgrave published
From classic bass sounds to evolving pads, quick drums and FX, we’ll show you how to rustle up these go-to patches from scratch

5 reasons we’re excited about Roland’s SH-4d (plus 3 things we would've done differently)
By Si Truss published
Retro vibes and new school tricks explored

How to recreate the sound of the Solina String Ensemble
By Si Truss published
We bolster our guide to 15 essential synth sounds with one of the most useful patches in any synthesist's arsenal: synth strings

How to create a classic rave chord stab
By Si Truss published
A staple of dance music, these short, punchy bursts of sound can provide harmonic and percussive drive in one go

Roland SH-4d
By Si Truss published
Roland releases yet another groovebox that emulates the company’s heritage instruments. However, there’s a real reason to be excited here…

Cherry Audio Synth Stack 3
By Si Truss published
Cherry Audio’s product line has exploded recently. Can Synth Stack now rival the likes of the V Collection?
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