How to add width to mono sounds
Are you battling a mix that includes too many mono sounds? Maybe they just need a bit of added width. Welcome to Jon Musgrave’s new Mix Masterclass…
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Arturia MiniFreak review
- €599
The MicroFreak gets a new, polyphonic sibling. We let the ’Freak off the leash
SampleRadar: 491 free digital vs analogue samples
Get the best of both worlds with this mashup of digital and analogue sounds
Michael Jackson collaborator Bill Wolfer sets the record straight on "Billie Jean" synth sound: "Anyone could have played that part, but I'm proud of the fact that it was my sound design"
"Forty years later, I like to think back on that, and know that nearly everyone on the planet has heard me play. I'm the least famous musician that everybody has heard play!"
Cherry Audio Sines review
- $59
Cherry Audio’s newest virtual synthesizer is all about the fundamentals. We follow the Sines and head back to some waveform basics
The Breakdown: Mandidextrous on how to create a pumping hardtek kick/bass sound
The Bristol-based producer talks us through how to produce a wall-shaking kick and bass combo for the latest edition of our in-studio video series
The Breakdown: Mandidextrous on how they produce a heavyweight hybrid of DnB and techno
The Bristol-based producer opens up their DAW for the latest edition of our in-studio video series
Zedd provides some Clarity as he shows you how to remix his 2012 hit in GarageBand for iOS
Another new Artist Session pack has landed in Apple’s mobile DAW
BLEASS Megalit review
- €99
BLEASS’ product line continues to grow, and Megalit is its most adventurous release by far and could be the sonic wrangler you need
This is how the avant-garde ‘Moog dancers’ interpreted the sound of analogue synths back in 1971
Was this the real golden age of television?
Solid State Logic says that the SSL 12 is “a new class of audio interface”
The wallet-friendly SSL 2 and 2+ are joined by a mid-range box
IK Multimedia’s epic Black Friday deal has been extended - save up to 85% off Max versions of Total Studio, AmpliTube, SampleTank, and T-RackS
Get the MAX Total Studio 3.5, AmpliTube 5, SampleTank 4, and T-RackS 5 for their lowest-ever prices right through to 31 December!
Eventide Misha review
- £552
We take Eventide’s new module for a spin and discover Misha is an oddity, in the best possible way…
Arturia’s MiniFreak V synth plugin looks and sounds exactly like the hardware, but not everyone will be able to use it
Hardware owners can have it for free, but the rest of us can't have it at all
Nembrini Audio kicks off the season of giving by offering you a free wah plugin
Wah humbug? Not in this case…
Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Surge XT
Our ongoing tutorial series takes on perhaps the greatest free synth of them all, the beastly Surge XT
Do you want to know your 'music listening personality'? Spotify Wrapped 2022 will tell you
The most-streamed song, album and artist stats are in
The best new free music-making software: essential freeware synths, drum machines and effects for December 2022
Did somebody say free plugins? It's our monthly round-up of the most phenomenal freeware for producers on a budget
