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deadmau5 slams MIDI, calling it an "antiquated 60-year-old protocol"
“Where is this MIDI 2.0 that has warranted a whole coalition or group of experts that have been talking about the spec for years and years?”
The making of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black - “Damn, I wish it did take longer, because I would have more memories”
Mark Ronson and more on the creation of a classic track, in their own words
IKEA and Swedish House Mafia reveal a reworked KALLAX storage unit designed for DJing
“We learned a lot from Swedish House Mafia about the setups needed to make music,” says the Swedish furniture manufacturer
Voxengo plugin developer says he’s broken into “some ‘backdoor’ in mathematics itself” that proves that the universe has a ‘creator’
Aleksey Vaneev believes that his discovery is both the greatest and worst in the history of mankind, and that it poses unnerving questions
Techivation T-Clarity review
- $29
Offering a different solution to straight-up EQ, maybe this new plugin can help resolve your mid range issues
“Maybe we’ll get to hear some of that stuff”: Alexander O’Neal discusses unreleased Prince recordings featuring his vocals
“He was like nothing I’d seen before. He could do it all. Song after song after song”
deadmau5: “The Moog Voyager - I can't seem to escape that synth. It’s the last good Moog”
The mouse-headed king of electronic music on trackers, Web3 and his 30-foot modular set-up
Alexander O’Neal on being fired by Prince, rising again with Jam & Lewis and his 5 career-defining records
“Prince was from another planet. Whatever you can imagine musically and whatever you can imagine creatively, he could do it”
The game is afoot for M-Audio, as it unveils new console-friendly audio interfaces for streaming and content creation
M-Game range includes dual USB model with RGB lighting, and more affordable Solo box
Armin Van Buuren's new track, Computers Take Over The World, features vocals generated by his MacBook’s voice assistant
Dutch trance legend reflects on the idea that technology could soon make him redundant
Native Instruments explains why it’s stopped selling Absynth: “we are not able to provide the synth with the attention it needs”
Creator Brian Clevinger has said he’s “disappointed” by the decision
Get a free 909-style drum machine in your web browser
Roland’s second most famous drum machine is emulated online
Teenage Engineering is teasing a new collaboration with sound artist Yuri Suzuki
Suzuki previously co-created Roland’s free online studio
UVI Augmented Orchestra review
- €299
Augmenting its impressive catalogue of sounds, UVI embraces acoustic colour with its new package of hybrid orchestral instruments
Moog finally has a Minimoog plugin for your desktop DAW, but only if you’re on the Mac
It’s free if you already own the Model D iOS app
Native Instruments drops Absynth from its product line: “I’m very disappointed - that’s a big understatement,” says creator
After 22 years, this could be the end for the classic soft synth
The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi evolves with a Hardware Plugin edition
An advanced Muff pedal that is also great for recording = the best of both worlds?
