The 10 best tracks of 2021, as voted by you
Find out which tracks our audience voted as the best to come out this year
Latest Updates
Native Instruments launches Komplete Now, a $10-a-month synth/effect subscription service with a 3-month free trial
Get a curated selection of music production tools that includes Massive X, Battery and more
SSL launches Big SiX SuperAnalogue USB mixer: next-level hybrid console is designed for desktop producers who want to go large
Company calls it “the ultimate tool for artists and musicians working in a hybrid recording and mixing environment”
Hold on to your dough, because Audioblast BreadSlicer is a free VST auto-slicing plugin for creating glitch and stutter effects
Freshly baked, and there’s no knead to pay for it
Waves’s Vocal Production bundle slashed by $1,100 to just $99.99 - 24 hours only
Create more fire in the booth with this huge discount on 15 killer vocal plugins for mixing and production
Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish on his ‘Stormtrooper’ live setup: “I don’t think you necessarily need to be held back by your piano or keys ability, you know what I mean?”
He describes himself as “a good musician in some senses,” but “not particularly a good player”
808 Mafia’s Swede and G-Sonique release the Trap Bass VST synth plugin, promising kick and bass sounds that will “break your windows”
Best have a glazier on standby, then
The 5 best DAW updates of 2021, as decided by you
Your verdict on this year's music production software tweakery
Classic album: Claude VonStroke on Beware of the Bird
"All I had was a Novation controller called an X-Station, with a soundcard. And Reason 3. Nothing else. I made the entire album off that"
These are the rarest, most eye-catching synths on Reverb right now
A Roland Jupiter-8? Yours for more than $30,000
SampleRadar advent calendar: 488 free hip-hop essentials samples
Today's free sample stocking is stuffed with hits, loops and multi-samples that are perfect for hip-hop production
Peter Jackson says that he used machine learning to restore the Beatles’ music for Get Back documentary: “We made some huge breakthroughs in audio”
Director explains how he managed to separate the vocal, guitar, drum and bass tracks
5 tracks producers need to hear by… Tears For Fears
From new wave synth prodding to full on rock progging, we pick five TFF hits worth shouting about
Rival Consoles: "There isn’t an analogue synth that can do what software like Massive does, and that’s an old digital synth now"
Rival Consoles' soundtrack to the dance production Overflow is a dark, complex body exploring the sinister side of digital media. Danny Turner finds out more
SampleRadar advent calendar: 278 free hi-hat and cymbal samples
Swap your santa hat for some crispy hi-hats in our latest free sample giveaway
Download 1,673 MIDI chords for free: a drag ‘n’ drop music theory hack for beatmakers and producers
Here’s how you can grab the Future Chords MIDI pack for nothing
The beginner's guide to: bleep
Growing out of the north of England in the ’80s, this unique take on techno helped forge Britain’s dance music scene
