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How Charli XCX's producers ran a jam session through an AI sampling plugin to make No One Lasts Forever
By Matt Mullen Published
AG Cook and Finn Keane appeared on the Tape Notes podcast with Charli to talk through the making of three tracks from new project Music, Fashion, Film

AG Cook and Native Instruments team up for signature synth plugin Super*Saw
By Matt Mullen Published
A supersaw on steroids, this new soft synth captures Cook’s signature sound, heard on records from Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Beyoncé

Baby Audio's SubCulture is a pitch-tracking bass enhancer designed for "massive low-end"
By Matt Mullen Published
Baby Audio says SubCulture combines three bass enhancement engines with saturation and compression for "powerful low-end that translates across any speaker setup"

Who needs Logic or Ableton Live when free browser-based DAWs are becoming this good?
By Adam Douglas Published
Browser-based music production has come along in leaps and bounds, with everything from effects and instruments to even full-on DAWs now possible, and much of it for free

Zplane's Peel Stems 2 nearly halves the latency of its real-time stem separation plugin
By Matt Mullen Published
V2 promises cleaner separation, a redesigned interface and a 49% reduction in processing latency, splitting any track into stems without leaving your DAW

"Everything started from a human being": Italian DJ and producer Ciauru wins Reply AI Music Contest
By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published
The awards seek to showcase how AI can be used positively in the creative industries

You can now control FL Studio with an agentic AI chatbot from inside the DAW
By Matt Mullen Published
Image-Line's FL Studio 2026 also brings an redesigned Flex synth, cloud-based project backup, an updated Loop Starter and much more to the popular DAW

"Transcription Studio promises to turn audio into notated transcriptions, lead sheets and guitar tabs – but does it actually work?": Klang.io Transcription Studio review
By Ethan Hein Last updated
AI-powered transcription tools like Klang.io's Transcription Studio are rapidly advancing in sophistication, but they won't be replacing humans anytime soon

“A strong update overall that introduces many features to boost your creativity and streamline your workflow”: Steinberg Cubase 15 review
By Bruce Aisher Published
Steinberg brings a host of tweaks and additions to Cubase 15, but will they satisfy new and existing users alike?
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