Wordcolour: Images in Sound
Nicholas Worrall opens up on the creative process behind his hyper-detailed, Foley-inspired debut album for Houndstooth
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Slap: in-your-face drum processing plugin from Yum Audio and producer Mr Bill
Make your kicks and snares hit harder in an instant
Kanye West sued by Marshall Jefferson over alleged unauthorised use of Move Your Body sample
"Getting done by another artist, a black artist, a fellow Chicagoan without acknowledgment is disappointing"
Cherry Audio’s Galactic Reverb plugin promises “extraterrestrial ambience” at a down-to-earth price
A 35-second decay time should mean some pretty big spaces
The beginner's guide to vocal processing
From multi-effects plugins to smart EQing, there’s an array of routes available to producers hoping to make their voice a far more interesting sonic element of their mix
Teenage Engineering TX-6 mixer review
- £1199
The Swedish company has created a mind blowingly compact mixer but does the fact it can mean it should?
10 classic sample packs that changed electronic music
From hardcore jungle breaks to genre-bending club sounds, we celebrate the most memorable collections
Roland’s SP-404 MK2 sampler now has a TR-style step sequencer
Version 2.0 update adds it to the existing realtime recording option
Teenage Engineering’s TX-6 mini mixer is now a standalone portable recorder
Plus, you can now play the built-in synth chromatically from a Bluetooth MIDI keyboard
Is Yamaha planning a ‘90s revival with a new version of the AN1x synth?
Company applies to trademark the AN-X name… but why?
Output and Reason Studios have brought Arcade and Reason+ together in a single subscription bundle
Sign up now and pay just $149 for a year of both of them
How to design your perfect modular system: oscillators
We begin our guide to designing your perfect modular set-up with the beating (well, technically oscillating...) heart of any modular project
Beyerdynamic M 70 Pro X review
- £219
Need a videocasting mic that sounds and looks the part? We may have just the thing
William Orbit: "Pro Tools is a lot better than drugs, that's for sure!"
Super-producer William Orbit's career went on hold as he battled drugs and lost his confidence. The joy of painting and a beginner's guide to Pro Tools got his mojo back, and now he’s releasing his first new album in eight years…
The Breakdown: Goodboys on how they treat vocals in-the-box
The Grammy-nominated production duo talk vocal processing and open up their DAW to show us how they made "This Feeling"
SSL releases an X-rated gating plugin that’s designed to be precise and intuitive
Shape your gate on a visual interface
K-Devices’ Tatat MIDI plugin can produce endless, “unstable” streams of notes
Create ever-changing sequences or capture moments of magic
Reason’s new MIDI Chord Sequencer could fill the gaps in your music theory knowledge and help you find chords you’ve never even heard of
Colour-coded interface lets you play it safe or make bolder choices
Dave Smith: synth prophet
‘Legend’ can be an overused term, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career…
