Yes, And? Ariana Grande channels ‘90s Madonna in her 909-heavy new single
Fittingly, you can even buy it on CD
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Akai Pro promises “a new era in sampling” as it brings stem separation to its MPC platform
Isolate drum, bass, vocal and other tracks in the software or on the standalone hardware
Too cool for spool? FiiO has unveiled an ‘80s-style personal cassette player inspired by the original Sony Walkman
If you long for the days of real mixtapes, you could be in for a treat
What’s better than the Roland Space Echo? The RE-501 Chorus Echo, of course, and Nembrini Audio has just brought it back as a plugin
$30 gets you an emulation of a 1980 classic
NAMM 2024: Prince’s stunning custom Yamaha grand piano, the last instrument he played on stage, to go on display
"He played chopsticks first, then a few minutes of classical music without singing. He finished with the piano and did not play again publicly”
How to compress your mix bus
The mix bus provides the final stage to tweak your mix. Today we look at how to compress it
7 underrated VST synths you might not know about (but really should)
We celebrate some of the great instruments that may have flown under your radar
PreSonus Eris Sub 8BT review
- £169
- €198
- $185
A subwoofer can seriously enhance your monitoring. We fire up this latest offering from PreSonus
How to use tension and release to make a killer drop
We take on the all-important element of a track that will get heads turning and pulses racing
2023 stats show that music fans are falling in love with CDs again, but will sales ever eclipse those of vinyl?
Could history repeat itself? You never know...
Kali Audio IN-UNF review
- £599
- €649
- $599
We cosy up to this compact, ultra-nearfield studio monitor system for intimate desktop spaces
SampleRadar: 490 free sticks, knocks and rims samples
Mix up your drum patterns and swap out a snare for one of these
“Guy Pratt has got such flair for bringing melody to a bassline”: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the making of Murder On The Dancefloor, the Saltburn song that’s back in the Top 10 after 22 years
“It’s actually a weird song because it sort of has two verses and an A chorus and a B chorus. It’s quite an odd little structure”
"As good as D’arcy and James are, it was just going to sound better if Billy played it" – Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Butch Vig, Flood and more on the Smashing Pumpkins' recording history
Classic interview – From Gish to Zeitgeist, through the eyes of the key players… plus the 11 underrated Pumpkins songs guitarists need to hear
Hands in the air for the Stylophone Theremin, a cute and affordable version of the gesture-controlled classic
Stylophone's pitch-only version of the Theremin offers delay, vibrato, modulation and a handy pitch slider
"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance-music-defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981
And grab your time travel machine, because back then it only cost a couple of hundred bucks
“My idea was to merge The 1975 and Skrillex and make something between those two worlds”: SILK on the phenomenal success of his viral hit single Quiver
Hailed by the likes of Fred again.. and Disclosure, SILK’s emotive hybrid of tech house and pop merges melodic songcraft with irresistible, club-ready beats
Sonicware's new synth captures the gloriously retro sound of the Sega Genesis
Mega Synthesis faithfully recreates the YM2612 chip that gave so many beloved '80s and '90s video games their lo-fi sound
Endorphin.es Golden Master review
- £175
- €175
- $175
Endorphin.es’ clever module could be the solution to the mastering hole in your rig
