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Focusrite FAST Verb review
- £5.99 per month
The AI-powered Collective plugins branch out into reverb
BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmondson: "I'd never written a song, or picked up an instrument. I knew nothing about producing, and I've learned it all. Every song you hear in the podcast is me figuring it out as I go along"
The BBC Radio 1 DJ's new podcast documents his journey from zero music-making ability to writing pop masterpieces about pimples and potatoes with James Arthur, Maisie Peters, Becky Hill, Griff and more
Meet the woman who’s been playing the piano for more than 100 years
Discover the incredible story of 107-year-old Parisian Colette Maze
Spitfire Audio’s free LA Atmos Labs instrument brings you the “beating heart” of Los Angeles in a plugin
Atmospheric field recordings from The City Of Angels
Virtual Eurorack studio VCV Rack 2.0 launches with VST plugin support, but not in the free version
Both a paid-for Pro edition and an open-source free option are available
Nord Piano 5 73 gets a big price cut at Thomann: make a large cyber saving on this awesome stage piano
The big red keyboard of your dreams just got a bit more affordable
Here are the best Cyber Monday plugin bundle deals for producers and musicians
Bargains from Arturia, iZotope, Waves, Native Instruments and Soundtoys
Focusrite Clarett+ 2Pre review
- £440
Want to upscale your interface? Focusrite could have just the thing
EZdrummer 2 is one of Black Friday plugin deals of the year, and it's still live!
Trigger-happy drummers and producer who want realistic drum tracks should snap Toontrack's killer drum plugin, pronto
512 Audio Limelight review
- £145
512 Audio’s new dynamic vocal mic is aimed at podcasters and YouTubers. Step into the limelight…
Arturia’s V Collection now offers native support for Apple M1 Macs, and it’s yours for just €299
This top classic synth bundle is half price, and now fully compatible with Apple’s latest computers
Erica Synths Matrix Mixer review
- £499
Erica Synths' aim is to make modular patching more flexible. Let's grab some cables to find out if it's succeeded
Jacob Collier: "I think that unless music is fundamentally simple, it doesn't really move anyone"
The Grammy-winning musical polymath speaks on his home studio space, unique instruments from his collection, and the production techniques that make his music different
Moog launches Animoog Z, an all-new version of the iOS synth that now runs on Mac, too, and is yours for free
A decade after the original, Animoog is back, and it looks like it means business
Could IK Multimedia’s Syntronik 2 be the only vintage synth plugin you need?
33 instruments emulate classics from Moog, Roland, Korg, Yamaha and many more
Solid State Logic Fusion Vintage Drive and Fusion Stereo Image review
- £139
- €159
- $199 each
Plugins modelled on SSL’s ultra-desirable consoles and analogue circuits are ever popular. What if they were made by the designers themselves?
Steinberg Absolute 5 review
- £429
The latest edition of Steinberg’s über-collection adds new plugins, instruments and expansions, but is it absolute hero, or absolute zero?
