Production tips: how to funk like Prince
Create Prince-like '80s synth-funk in your DAW
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Apple brings its M1 chip to a new iMac and a new iPad Pro with Thunderbolt support
The rollout of Apple’s silicon technology continues
Arturia’s Pigments 3 offers additive synthesis and a new Utility Engine
The user-friendly power synth gets an upgrade
Arturia Pigments 3 review
- €99
The Pigments powerhouse gets upgraded to version 3, adding more engines, more waveforms, and more effects - and that’s not all. Have we reached saturation point?
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 27: Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Welcome to your life...
Modal Electronics says that Skulpt SE is the most affordable MPE hardware synth available today
A revised version of Skulpt is coming
Softube brings back the Roland Juno-106 synth as the Model 84 plugin, promising “the sound of the ‘80s”
Classic six-voice polysynth has been lovingly recreated
iConnectivity’s Audio4c is an “inventive” audio and MIDI interface that’s designed for modern workflows
Stream, perform and record with one flexible box
Pure Piano promises to put a pro-quality grand on your iPhone and iPad
Morph between nine piano timbres
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 28: Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
We revisit an ethereal classic from 1983
GroundControl could be a major win for audio routing on the Mac: the most elegant free Soundflower replacement yet?
Zero-latency routing and monitoring of 192kHz audio
Video Q&A: Production tips special - "Everyone used to learn by trial and error, we all had our own slightly wrong ways of doing things"
Shadow Child, Nu:Tone, Reset Robot and Josh Butler talk studio workflow, production tips and more
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 29: Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
The temperamental but brilliant Moog Modular in full flight
15 questions for... Roosevelt: “The more time I spend on producing music, the more I realise how important it is to feel joy and some form of euphoria while making it"
After lighting up dancefloors and charts with his slick electronic and vocal productions, Marius Lauber, aka Roosevelt, has returned with his third album, Polydans. Time to talk tech and how to let your plugins fight…
11 tips and tactics for better song arrangements
You can always do better when arranging a song - and with our top techniques under your belt, you will!
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 30: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
10 million sales, and counting...
Podcasting and streaming with your NT-USB Mini microphone just got a whole lot easier with Røde Connect - and it's free!
Connect up to four NT-USB minis
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 31: Prince - 1999
Prince would tend to "use a preset, and brighten the f**k out of it!”
Steinberg Nuendo 11 review
- £859
The latest version of Steinberg’s premium DAW offers a more potent toolset, but can it tempt the Pros away from Tools?
