Classic album - Underworld’s Rick Smith on Second Toughest in the Infants: "No plugins, no compressors, no gates… I don’t know how I did it!”
Back in 2010, Underworld’s production mainstay talked us through the band's seminal mid-’90s long player
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Why more and more musicians are cancelling tours for mental health reasons
Scores of high-profile acts including Arlo Parks, Wet Leg and Disclosure are withdrawing from planned tour dates to protect their mental wellbeing
Moog’s Model 10 is back again: modular synth reissue promises “purity of sound, speed, and simplicity”
The 1971 all-analogue instrument returns in lovingly crafted new form
Gordo responds after fellow DJs Waze and Essel say that he refused to come off during Ministry Of Sound set, leaving them unable to play
“It was obvious miscommunication and I am so sorry”
“I've worked in bedroom studios most of my life": Nils Frahm on the analogue gear and intangible inspiration behind his 3-hour ambient opus, Music For Animals
"But now, I'm not challenged anymore as an engineer. I have all the stuff I want, all the brushes, all the colours. What do I want to paint? That's the only question"
Korg Volca FM2 review
- £149
The DX7-inspired synth gets a v2 upgrade with twice the polyphony and new effects. Let's go back to the ’80s
Wait, Zoom’s new R12 multitrack recorder is also an FM synth!?
A mobile, computer-free music production box with a difference
Why the date in Earth Wind & Fire’s September doesn't mean anything, and how it could have sounded different if it had been recorded in a DAW
A song story of nonsense lyrics and a wandering tempo
SampleRadar: 520 rimshot samples
Okay, technically, they're sidestick samples... but who cares when they sound this rim-arkable?
The Jellyfish is a new instrument plugin that takes a deep dive into the world of granular synthesis
Use it to transform your audio into drones, soundscapes, pulses and more
Spectrasonics’ free Flow Capture feature means that all your great musical ideas will always be recorded, without a DAW
Capture sparks of inspiration in Omnisphere, Keyscape and Trilian
Muton dressed as FAM: Reon unveils new synth with Flexible Advanced Multiplier engine
The Driftbox developer returns with an intriguing instrument
SampleRadar: 155 free sample-based synth samples
SampleRadar's sample synth sample pack serves up a stunning selection of sample-based synth sounds. Try saying that three times in a row
Artisan Electronics’ Ilad is a built-to-order, customisable polysynth
Based on the Nucleus, you can spec up to 16 voices
Producer Nigel Godrich dismisses “all this Dolby Atmos rubbish” as he says that “stereo is optimum” for mixing music
“I think it’s all a bit of a bluff really,” says ‘the sixth member of Radiohead’
How to get the classic breakbeat sound in your DAW
We show you how to slice and resequence sampled breaks and capture that old-school Akai sound
Audient iD44 MkII review
- £499
The range-topping interface gets a new paint job, even quieter mic pres and a glut of on-trend features
Roland announces SPD-SX Pro sample pad and it’s absolutely packed with new features
From next-level LED markers to hi-hat control and step sequence playback, there’s a lot to get excited about
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