Songwriting basics: how to produce an authentic ‘80s-style synth track in your DAW
Composing and programming tricks revealed
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The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 12: Yazoo - Don't Go
We'd like you to stay and find out how 'that' riff was created
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 13: Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?
Tubeway Army's swansong
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 14: Visage - Fade to Grey
We take a closer look at that brassy bassline from 1980
5 exercises to play like Robert Glasper
Examples of how to play jazz piano like Grammy-winning artist Robert Glasper...
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 15: Human League - Don't You Want Me?
Don't you want to know how to recreate this classic synth patch?
Master the seemingly impossible old style of stride piano
Known to push jazz pianists to the edge
A free firmware update means that Arturia’s “do-it-all” KeyStep Pro MIDI keyboard and sequencer now does even more
Owners can download version 2.0 now
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 16: Ultravox - Vienna
It means nothing to you? We don't believe you!
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 17: Kraftwerk - Computer World
Resonant percussion from 1981
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 20: Orbital - Chime
Recreate the sound of the Hartnoll brothers' Orbital debut
First look: IK Multimedia has released the Uno Synth Pro, so does it offer “next-generation analogue for everyone"?
Keyboard and desktop models take IK deeper into analogue waters
Native Instruments and Timbaland have created a limited-edition Komplete Kontrol M32 MIDI keyboard, but you can’t buy it
You do have the chance to win one, though...
Steve Aoki and other EDM producers have remixed Beethoven, so let’s hear what that sounds like
Take a listen to Aoki’s Pathétique rework
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 22: Star Wars - R2-D2
Here's how to recreate the sound of the much-loved droid
M-Audio breathes new life into its Oxygen MIDI keyboard range, adding smart controls, auto-mapping and an arpeggiator
The MKV series includes 25/49/61-note models
Al Schmitt, legendary recording engineer and producer, reported to have died aged 91
He worked with the likes of Henry Mancini, Steely Dan and Ray Charles
Focusrite buys Sequential, taking ownership of Dave Smith’s analogue synths
British audio company acquires US synth manufacturer
The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 23: Daft Punk - Da Funk
We get to grips with this growling riff
