Ennio Morricone, legendary movie soundtrack composer, has died aged 91
“Ennio was an icon and icons just don’t go away,” says Hans Zimmer
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Enter a track in Abbey Road’s music production competition and win a feedback session with Brockhampton’s Romil Hemnani
It’s time to show off your skills
Zoom’s heavy-duty H8 is a multitrack recorder, podcasting studio and more
Everything is driven from a touchscreen interface
Amped Studio becomes the first online DAW to support VST plugins
You can now use your favourite effects and instruments in your web browser
Should the iRig Keys 2 Mini be your next portable MIDI keyboard?
25 keys, USB power, MIDI I/O and an audio output
Download IK Multimedia’s $100 AmpliTube Metal software for free: heavy guitar amps and effects for all
ProCo, Electro-Harmonix, Digitech, BOSS and Mesa/Boogie models are all included
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4 classic Roland ‘80s synths are coming to the Zenology plugin: the JX-8P, SH-101, Juno-106, and Jupiter-8
They’re compatible with your Jupiter-X and Xm hardware, too
NI’s Stradivari Violin is a solo string instrument that’s been “almost 300 years in the making”
A sampled version of a rare Antonio Stradivari violin that was made in 1727
Get Daft Punk and Herbie Hancock’s vocoder of choice with the X201 plugin
Rare Sennheiser VSM201 was also used to create classic sci-fi sounds
Cassette Roads is a free VST electric piano plugin that sounds like it was recorded on an ‘80s tape deck in your bedroom
A lo-fi instrument that can be used to play “vaporwave lullabies”
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From the mic to the MP3, we countdown the biggest tech breakthroughs of all time
Dreadbox and Sinevibes’ drop the super-cute Typhon analogue synth
Synth developer and plugin specialist join forces for a compact analogue/digital hybrid
ChordPotion 2 is a MIDI effect plugin that can magic up something new out of your chord progressions
Take a dose and create harmonic phrases
Output turns up the heat with Thermal, an 'interactive' multi-stage distortion plugin
Hands-on workflow is designed to encourage creativity
MeldaProduction’s MonasteryGrand is a free multi-gigabyte piano for your DAW
Get this carefully-sampled instrument for nothing
ElectroNylon puts an acoustic guitar and electric piano in one VST plugin, and you can morph between them
Get busy with some realtime spectral transformation
iZotope Stutter Edit 2 lets you create BT-style glitch effects with one button
A simplified workflow and new effects equal “instant inspiration”