Audiokit launches limited edition Bass 808 synth app for iPad
Use it to create massive kicks and sub-bass
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Fantastic Voyage is like ‘an updated 4-track PortaStudio’ for your Mac
A cheap and cheerful modular recording environment
Arturia’s iSpark iPad drum machine is free for a limited time
Mac and PC owners can play with the Pigments 2 plugin synth for free, too
Coronavirus giveaways: the best free software and services for musicians
Software and gear companies' morale-raising freebies
Use Apple Logic Pro X free for 90 days!
Every Mac user can make music on it in their home studio
10 best laptops for music production 2020: top choice computers for musicians, DJs and producers
Want the best laptop for music production? You're in luck as we've rounded up the finest ultrabooks and notebooks for music-making from Apple, Dell, Microsoft and more
The free AS-16 Analog Sequencer Rack Extension might make Reason users happy to stay in their studios
16-channel device usually retails for €40
Audiomodern’s free Filterstep plugin can ‘shape any sound into a groove’
Add some real-time movement to your music on PC, Mac and iOS
Sony CSL launches Flow Machines, an AI-assisted music production plugin
It can suggest chords, melodies and basslines in your chosen style
Latest music software tuition
How to 'upcycle' a drum loop in your DAW and turn it into something new
Chop it up, then rearrange and process the slices
How to build a basic square wave bass sound in NI's Massive X synth
Use Massive X's oscillators to create a rave-style low end
How to use MIDI files for easy remote collaboration in different DAWs
A simple, low-tech solution to a potentially complicated problem
How to record in Logic Pro using the Novation SL MkIII's onboard sequencer
Recording in Logic Pro with the Novation SL MkIII’s onboard sequencer
How to collaborate remotely on the same project in different DAWs
Discover ways to get around compatibility issues
How to get started with Ableton Push 2 and Live 10.1
Use Ableton's hardware and software together to produce music
11 practical ways to improve your song arrangements
When it comes to arranging, you can always do better - and with our top techniques under your belt, you will!
12 tips for musicians who want to work remotely and collaborate online
Being confined to the studio is no reason not to create with other people
Latest music software reviews
Cableguys ShaperBox 2 review
- €89
- $99
Cableguys' much loved LFO-orientated multi-effect hits version two, with updated processors, new shaping tools and much more
iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced review
- £444
- $499
Two years on from the last, another Ozone – and iZotope's latest version brings killer new features alongside a GUI overhaul and more
Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) review
- £2,399
- $2,399
Should musicians buy Apple's latest laptop?
Unfiltered Audio Lion review
Incorporating and adding to innovative technologies from their previous plugins, does this lauded developer’s debut synth have teeth?
IK Multimedia T-RackS Tape Machine Collection review
- €200
- $200
A suite of analogue tape plugins for adding seductive saturation and sheen
Waves Abbey Road Studio 3 review
- $199
Can a plugin give you a better experience when mixing on headphones, and emulate a classic studio space, too?
iZotope Neutron 3 Advanced review
- £359
Does this third-generation channel strip plugin really take us one step closer to the dream of the fully-automated mix engineer?
Plogue Chipsynth MD review
- £49
There’s more to this Sega Mega Drive soundchip emulation than meets the eye and ear
Klevgrand Modley review
- $60
If you’ve always hankered for more than just a filter in your delay feedback loop, this multieffects plugin will be right up your alley...