Sample Logic is promising “the next step in assisted music creation” with Animation Station, its new MIDI arpeggiator plugin
Use it to create “an infinite world of motion”
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13 best Waves plugins 2021: our pick of essential effects to improve every aspect of your mixing
Plus advice on using Waves plugins to improve your productions: from ground-breaking stereo wideners to classic reverbs and legendary channels strips
Snag up to 80% off IK Multimedia Syntronik synths, plugins and more. A sign of mega Prime Day software discounts to come?
Plus, snap up a free plugin if you sign up to IK's newsletter
Get a free spring reverb plugin based on a rare 1960s effect that was built for the BBC
Fuse Audio Labs give you the ‘unpredictable and vibey’ VREV-666
Behringer teases Brains: hardware MIDI sequencer, groovebox, synth, DAW, or something else?
30-second video fuels wild speculation
Apple Music boss admits he can’t hear any difference between compressed and lossless audio: “our ears aren’t that good”
But he thinks Spatial Audio is a game-changer
12 best laptops for music production 2021: portable computers for musicians, producers and DJs
Looking for the best laptop for music production? We've rounded up the finest ultrabooks and notebooks for music-making from Apple, Dell, Microsoft and more
Splice Sounds now works better with your DAW, and there are new beatmaking and synth plugins, too
The Splice Bridge lets you match samples to the key and tempo of your track
Latest music software tuition
Automating unexpected parameters can transform your music - here's how
Sometimes it’s the parameters you least expect which can add hidden depth to your mixes…
Creative drum programming using Novation Circuit Tracks groovebox
Rhythmic fun with this high-value synth/drum machine
Songwriting basics: The music theory you need to write a chord progression to fit a melody
Learn these golden rules and you’ll be all set to start harmonising in your DAW
6 beat programming tricks to make your arrangements sizzle
Half a dozen ideas to help you take your listeners off the beat’n track
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 8: a-ha - Take On Me
It's not just the video that made this one memorable
Songwriting basics: How to program the perfect bassline in your DAW
Use music theory and programming tricks to take your low-end up a notch
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 10: Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Here's how to make this deceptively complex bass patch
Songwriting basics: how to produce an authentic ‘80s-style synth track in your DAW
Composing and programming tricks revealed
10 non-obvious audio editing tricks to try
We present invaluable – and overlooked – tips and tricks for manipulating audio
Latest music software reviews
Waves Vocal Bender review
- £110
- $149
This appealing vocal mangler lets you give music’s most essential instrument the colour and dexterity modern pop production demands
M-Audio M-Track Solo and Duo review
- £40+
- €45+
- $49+
Want a basic, reliable interface? One of these affordable and fuss-free units just might do the trick...
GForce Software OB-E review
- £149
- $205
We love a good vintage synth emulation, but does this latest offering from GForce honour an Oberheim synth classic?
Cableguys DriveShaper review
- €39
Analogue-style distortion and creative wavefolding make this a pulsating box of gritty filth… which is far more pleasant than it sounds
Black Lion Audio Revolution 2x2 review
- £399
- €459
- $399
Quality audio is at the heart of the Black Lion ethos. Here we put its first fully fledged audio interface through its paces
Expert Sleepers ES-9 review
- £499
- €469
- $569
A modular interface for sending top-quality audio in your modular setup
M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49 review
- £135
M-Audio’s Oxygen controller keyboard range now has a Pro division, and it is a breath of fresh air...
Lindell Audio 50 Series review
- $349
Classic hardware emulation combined with Brainworx’s component modelling? Should make the perfect couple! Let’s see how it fares…
SoundMorph Dust review
- £109
- $149
With a dazzling approach to granular sound manipulation, Dust opens up unusual pathways to weird and wonderful textures
Nugen Audio Paragon review
- £419
Intelligently merging real spaces with virtual, Paragon stands as perhaps the most pliant convolution reverb we’ve met so far
