The developer of SketchCassette has just released a free plugin called Lofi Oddity, an audio “degradation toy box”
Stick your apron on because things are about to get messy
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“It's so offensive that it can't actually mean that”: Have The Prodigy finally changed the lyrics to ‘the most controversial song of all time’?
Maxim now sings "Pitch up. Change my pitch up", rather than what you hear on the 1997 original
“I am not your guru, OK? I’m not Rick Rubin with a beard”: Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton promises to be your “cool professor” as he launches a new mixing masterclass that takes you inside the ‘Vulf Sound’
“I might show up at the football game and, yeah, we’re all getting girlfriends after this,” he promises
"I try out ideas that might be too weird otherwise": version 3 of Valhalla DSP's Supermassive is the most "super massive-est" yet, and it's still completely free!
Update adds new modes called 'Leo' and 'Virgo' to one of the best free plugins in the cosmos
Apple’s brand-new MacBook Pro M3s have got the Cyber Monday price cuts we wanted, but they won't be around much longer
Time is running out to get one of the very latest MacBook Pros at a discounted price
The best Cyber Monday iPad deals are on the cheapest models, so if you want to start making music in Logic Pro, you can do it for less
You can save on both the 9th- and 10th-generation entry-level iPads if you hurry
Cyber Monday MacBook deals 2023: Including savings on the latest M3 MacBook Pros and M2 Airs
An Apple MacBook Pro or Air is an ideal music production computer. For Cyber Monday we're hunting down all the best deals, including money off M3 models
You only have a few hours left to download Waves’ Silk Vocal plugin for free
Time's almost up if you want to snap this all-in-one vocal processor for nothing
The WiiM Pro Plus is the best music gadget you’ll buy this Cyber Weekend - turn your existing hi-fi or powered speakers into a smart, high-quality streaming setup
Save 20% on both this and the super-affordable WiiM Mini
AIAIAI’s low-latency wireless studio headphones just got a massive $100 discount, and there are big savings to be had on all the other TMA-2 models, too
If the TMA-2 Wireless+ headphones have been tempting you, now could be the moment you succumb…
"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release (and how they actually helped define dance music today)
If they hadn't panned the 909, you might now be dancing to a very different beat…
The best free Black Friday plugin deals: free music software from Native Instruments, Slate Digital and Waves
This Cyber Weekend isn’t only about savings - there are also some plugins that you can download for absolutely nothing
The VTech Kidi DJ Mix is the gift you need to buy for your kids this Black Friday, if only so you can play with it yourself
It’s got lights, it’s got sampling, it’s got launch pads and it’s on sale at a great price
“No Synthesizers”? No way! How Queen backtracked on a boast, embraced synths and went stratospheric
The real story of Queen’s much misunderstood love/hate relationship with electronic instruments
AIAIAI Unit-4 Wireless+ review
- £700
- $800
AIAIAI says Unit-4 is the first true wireless monitor system designed for the recording studio and mobile mixing. And that claim might well be justified...
“Set your sound on fire”: Slate Digital’s free Heatwave plugin is a one-knob route to gritty saturation, EQ and compression
A winter warmer to get you through Black Friday and beyond
Cherry Audio has revived the ARP Pro Soloist, a classic '70s synth used by Tony Banks, Herbie Hancock and more
You can buy it on its own or as part of the new Synth Stack 4, which offers 'everything Cherry Audio' in one collection
No, you’re not dreaming - Behringer’s UB-Xa synth has finally been launched (though we still can’t find it for sale anywhere)
This long-awaited Oberheim OB-Xa clone is ready to go, apparently
AIR Music Technology Sprite review
- £80
- €90
- $80
AIR Music Technology claims to have taken the multi-effect concept and made it refreshingly simple. We crack open a can of innovation
