Amped Studio becomes the first online DAW to support VST plugins
You can now use your favourite effects and instruments in your web browser
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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
Spitfire Audio’s Westworld Scoring Competition descends into bitterness and acrimony as Hans Zimmer says of winner’s critics: “I wouldn’t want to work with a single one of you”
Here’s what happened when a composer made HBO’s blockbuster TV series sound like it’s set in the Mushroom Kingdom
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”
The 21 most important products and innovations in music technology history
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”
5 things that music makers need to know about Apple’s switch from Intel to silicon processors
What does it mean for DAWs, plugins and the iPad Pro?
Native Instruments: “We haven’t done enough to address the issues of systemic racism, bias, and inequality”
Company lays out plans to improve diversity and inclusion
The VB-Cable audio router comes to the Mac and you can download it for free
Connect one audio app to another
Apple to ditch Intel processors in the Mac in favour of new Apple silicon power
Logic Pro X has already been updated, but what does this mean for your DAW and plugins?