Ableton’s Push 3 Upgrade Kit is here, and It looks like it’s incredibly easy to turn your MIDI controller version into a standalone instrument
Is it worth the $1,049 upgrade price, though?
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How Meduza almost abandoned billion-streaming global hit Piece of Your Heart: “We couldn’t figure out what to do with it - we were actually close to junking it”
Driven by a gift for euphoric hooks, big-room beats and deft vocal processing, this Milan-hailing trio have become Italy's most-streamed artist. We spoke to Meduza about the making of their eclectic debut LP
"It was the machine that made electronic music accessible": The 5 vintage synths that gave us synth-pop
These are the machines that rocked the 1970s and popped the 1980s.
Bitwig Studio 5.1 is now available and adds "10 new characters": is this the most creative DAW ever?
With even more modules added to this most modular of platforms, it just might be
6 of the best new Eurorack modules in 2023
2023 was a great year for modular heads, but which Eurorack module stole our hearts this year?
Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ can now teach you to play piano as well as guitar: use the 'falling notes' method or the sheet music view
Gamefied learning platform adds keyboard lessons to its syllabus
6 of the best new controllers and sequencers in 2023
Ableton's vastly reimagined third iteration of Push takes the top spot this year, but who else made our shortlist?
Sugar Bytes Effectrix2 review
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The classic rhythmic effect machine returns with a long-awaited follow-up. We enter the matrix
How Gary Numan's unexpected discovery of the Minimoog paved the way for The Pleasure Principle and the birth of synth-pop: "I just pressed a key and it made that famous Moog sound, that low growl and the room vibrated. It was the most powerful thing"
"I was trying to prove that electronic music was valid in its own right"
How to create an ambient techno atmosphere
Ambience, space and atmosphere are key elements of any immersive techno track. Here's how to create them in your DAW
How to spice up a techno track with creative use of effects
Contemporary techno is driven by exploratory sound design. Here's a few ideas to get you started
“The union passed a motion to ban the use of synths, drum machines and any electronic devices”: the day the 'Loony' Musician's Union tried to kill the synthesizer (which also happened to be Bob Moog’s birthday)
And it wasn't the first time the UK union had it in for technology
Marta Salogni: "Seeing a mixing desk for the first time lit up something inside of me - it's the meeting point of music, art, science and engineering"
Grammy-nominated recording engineer Marta Salogni chats to Danny Turner about her illustrious career and restoration of albums for ’80s synth pioneer Pauline Anna Strom
We tried to make a Beatles track using AI-generated vocals - here's what happened
We're calling it YesterdAI...
Erica Synths Black Stereo Reverb review
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We get to know this latest Black range release, whose USP is simplicity
4 of the best new drum machines and grooveboxes in 2023
Roland's innovative, sequencer-focused SH-4d takes the crown this year, but who came runner up?
Max Richter unveils new piano plugin based on the renowned composer's Steinway D SPIRIO | r: "If you want to evoke the intimate stories we all carry inside us, then you will be well served by this instrument"
Developed in partnership with Song Athletics, SRM Sounds plans to release Kontakt instruments based on sounds recorded in Richter's studio
Moog takes a deep dive into the world of bass sounds with the new Mariana soft synth, and the good news is that it runs on iOS, Mac and Windows
Say hello to the “next evolution of Moog bass”
7 free plugins you need to know about this month
This December, we've got analogue-style saturation, lo-fi processors, spring reverbs and even a free DAW from Universal Audio
