Still Dre is one of the top 5 songs that Americans want to learn on the piano, says new research
It can’t compete with Jingle Bells or Fur Elise, though
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Prince’s go-to synths and drum machine: a career in music tech gear
From the Linn LM-1 to the Roland JD-800
Caelum Audio Choric review
- £49
- €56
- $59
The British developer aims to put a new spin on a classic effect. We skip to the chorus
ALM Busy Circuits Pam’s Pro Workout review
- £269
- €296
- $319
Will the pro version of this popular multi-tasking module make us break a sweat?
Ben Folds names the only album on which Elton John is “represented as a piano player”
“I spoke with him once about this record. And he said that it was pretty much beyond his ability”
Toontrack EZKeys Synthwave & EZX Expansion review
- £152 / £79
- €169 / €89
- $159 / $82
Want your track to sound like it was birthed in the technicolor 80s? Toontrack is on hand, transporting us to when synths ruled the waves
Former 10cc keyboard player Duncan Mackay showing his Yamaha and Roland synths to comedian Mike Reid could be the strangest video you'll watch all week
It all took place on a children’s TV show in the early ‘80s as a robot called Metal Mickey looked on
Spectrasonics Twisted Trees Sonic Extension review
- $149
If you go down to the woods today, you’ll be surprised to find a sound-designer not so much hugging trees as hitting and twisting them!
Arturia’s FX Collection 4 lands with an all-new Leslie speaker plugin and emulations of Korg and Lexicon classics
Now could be the time to reboot your effects rack
Polyverse Supermodal review
- £88
- €98
- $99
By using 27 models – ranging from physical bodies to maths formulae – Supermodal could well be the filter you didn’t know you need
Behringer launches the Moog-esque Edge and Spice synths and hits back at “all the critics who claim that we’re driven by profit”
New instruments appear to be inspired by the DFAM and Subharmonicon
Korg i3 workstation keyboard review
- £429
- €483
- $579
Korg’s Entry-Level Workstation Keyboard, but with no speakers, who is it really for?
The Jura’s out: Air Music releases new plugin emulation of Roland’s Juno-60 synth
It looks like it’s from 1982, but you can also switch to a more modern interface
Sonora Cinematic Harmonic Bloom review
- £119
- €139
- $149
Bloom is all about extracting harmonics and chaotic waveforms based on noise… but fortunately, it’s a lot better than that sounds
W.A. Production KSHMR Reverb review
- £40
- €46
- $50
Globally acclaimed music producer KSHMR collaborates with W.A. Production to deliver his first reverb plugin with many distinctive features
Steinberg’s Dorico 5 improves the music notation software’s playback and note input features, and the free desktop and iPad versions have been updated, too
What’s the score with the version 5 update? Let’s find out
JMG Sound Retronaut review
- £77
- €89
- $95
Promising to infuse the crackle of yesteryear into your tracks, Retronaut goes beyond its lo-fi headline to deliver thrilling sound-shaping abilities
Here’s how the synth bass sound for Michael Jackson’s PYT was programmed on an ARP 2600
Anthony Marinelli reveals the patching secrets behind the Thriller-era single's funky bottom end
Image-Line FL Studio 21 review
- £85 to £409
- €99 to 479
- $93 to $439
FL Studio 21 is not celebrating a birthday, as the previous version did, but is introducing some significant additions to this most popular of DAWs
