Nerina Pallot: “It’s about being in love with what you can do with a few chords and the melody, because you can do anything"
The singer-songwriter on her new album, appearing on the soundtrack to Normal People, and working with Kylie
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Herbie Hancock says he still owns his Apple II Plus: “I always knew computers were going to be important in music”
As he prepares for his Glastonbury appearance, the jazz icon also discusses Miles Davis and his plans for the future
Watch Stevie Wonder playing the new Rhodes MK8 electric piano
“Isn’t she lovely,” he may or may not have said
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You still get the pads, but now there are five octaves of keys, too
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All that's missing is the Seinfeld SlapBass patch
Nicky Romero/Cableguys Kickstart 2 review
- $16
A longtime favourite for automated ducking in the EDM world, has Kickstart 2 got enough flexibility to appeal to users beyond the 4/4 realm?
1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop review
- £379
The second in the Nanobox range is a touchscreen, palm-size synth with full-size sound… and price
1010 Music Nanobox Fireball review
- £379
The first Nanobox mini synth from 1010 Music fits in your hand but it packs a full-sized punch
Leapwing Audio UltraVox review
- £59
Delivering a consistently sparkling vocal sound every take is the goal of this new algorithmically-directed vocal plugin
Sinevibes Skew review
- £22
Cleverly dicing your input signal, Sinevibes Skew manipulates the fabric of time via some complex reverse engineering…
Novum is an exciting new softsynth with endless possibilities
When granular, spectral and subtractive synthesis combine
Nils Frahm’s new album, Music For Animals, features no piano and is three hours long
“With this album, there was no specific audience in mind, and nor was it adapted to any particular purpose”
BLEASS Phase Mutant review
- £32.99
FM synthesis is known for its deep expressiveness. With its new effect plugin, BLEASS aims to bring that quality to your audio parts too
Arturia’s FX Collection 3 gives you even more “effects you’ll actually use”
Distortion, granular and tape processing plugins have been added to the bundle
Howard Jones takes delivery of a Steinway grand piano after watching it being hoisted over his house
A heart-in-mouth moment for HoJo
Free Arturia Analog Lab Intro plugin: 500 presets from 28 classic V Collection synths
Much-loved vintage sounds for all
Watch Herbie Hancock’s $200,000 grand piano being delivered through an upper floor window for a gig
If he was going to Rockit, someone had to Moveit
AudioThing Noises review
- €69
Ever felt inspired by background hums and whirrs? Award-winning soundsmith Hainbach has made a plugin that takes them further…
Meet Mavis, the affordable Moog analogue synth that you can build yourself
Use it on its own or as part of a Eurorack or Moog semi-modular setup
