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Becoming the first Chinese DJ to play Tomorrowland at only 17, Chace is an EDM savant. We find out more about his beat-driven approach to production
Stick it on your desktop, put it in your studio, and like the Mattoverse overdrive it is descended from, it uses light source for power and offers up saturated or choked drive sounds
Plus, Chuck D will be on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop
To celebrate the new Depeche Mode album, Memento Mori, we take a look back at some of the band’s classic sounds and sequences: from See You to, yes, The Last Of Us!
The SH-101, TB-303 and MicroComposer mash-up gets even more features
The Zen-Core-powered soft synth gets an update
40 years after its release, an alternative ROM removes some of the DX9's artificial limitations
The Brazilian producer's latest album is a sonic time capsule that captures formative years spent in Vienna, D’n’B-fuelled tours across India and a lockdown spent in Berlin. We find out more about how it was made
We bolster our guide to 15 essential synth sounds with one of the most useful patches in any synthesist's arsenal: synth strings
We’ve all heard white noise sweeps with their cutoff frequencies steadily climbing. In this tutorial, we look at a more original take
A staple of dance music, these short, punchy bursts of sound can provide harmonic and percussive drive in one go
Create evolving sonic atmospheres using Logic's Alchemy soft synth
A classic analogue bass patch makes a great jumping-off point for pretty much any monosynth
Making your own kick has many benefits, and is simpler than you’d think
Next up in our guide to 15 synth patches every producer should know, we take on a defining sound in '90s house music
Next up in our guide to 15 essential synth sounds every producer should know, the mighty reese bass
First up in our guide to 15 essential synth sounds every producer should know: the most iconic bass sound in electronic music's history
Twin is one of the few softsynths to have reached ‘legendary’ status. After 14 years, it now reaches version 3, but was it worth the wait?
Donner enters the analogue synth realm with a 303 clone that sounds the part – even if it doesn’t look it
Is the Softpop’s semi-modular box of tricks the portable delight it’s been (hard) sold as? We find out
Roland releases yet another groovebox that emulates the company’s heritage instruments. However, there’s a real reason to be excited here…
Roli’s long-awaited sequel has finally arrived. We find out if it rises to the occasion
The Swedish developer’s ‘real audio synth’ is the company’s biggest release yet. We see what it can do…
The popular mini keyboard controller is back with a refreshed new look. We run it through its paces
Elektron’s latest groovebox borrows sounds and ideas from various places in the company’s product line. We ask if this is more than the sum of its parts
Cherry Audio’s latest behemoth-of-a-synth is a plugin for a utopian future, exclusively from the vintage past…
The flyweight Fantom is here, but has shedding those few pounds come at a cost? We get the measure of it…