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Telex: "When we went on Top of the Pops I was sitting next to Gary Numan for an hour and he didn’t say a word"
Belgian trio Telex were one of the first to bring electronic pop to the European hit parade. We chat to Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers about the band’s past and present
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Automating unexpected parameters can transform your music - here's how
Sometimes it’s the parameters you least expect which can add hidden depth to your mixes…
10 deliciously dirty but creative distortion tips
There's no limit to the ways in which you can distort your signals. Here are ten of our favourites
Creative drum programming using Novation Circuit Tracks groovebox
Rhythmic fun with this high-value synth/drum machine
6 tips for buying your first PA system
From bands to buskers, take your music to the masses with this guide to choosing a great first PA system
5 tips for field recording excellence
Because there's nothing like finding your own sounds in the great outdoors
Songwriting basics: The music theory you need to write a chord progression to fit a melody
Learn these golden rules and you’ll be all set to start harmonising in your DAW
6 beat programming tricks to make your arrangements sizzle
Half a dozen ideas to help you take your listeners off the beat’n track
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Novation Circuit Rhythm review
- £360
Hot on the heels of the impressive Circuit Tracks, Novation adds a sampler to its groovebox range
Spitfire Audio Contemporary Drama Toolkit review
- £169
Spitfire invites you to enjoy a world of effortless, feel-based scoring. But are these simple routes to sonic success just smoke and mirrors?
Solid State Logic UF8 review
- £1199
- €1089
- $1299
DAW controllers let us take direct control over our projects – can SSL’s new UF8 bridge the gap between software and hardware?
Hit’n’Mix RipX: DeepRemix review
- £79
Another app attempts to take your song and split it into its multitrack parts. But this one claims to do it better and do more with the results
Blue Microphones Snowball review
- £54
- €63
- $49
Does the tiny veteran of the home studio scene still punch above its weight in 2021?
Waves Vocal Bender review
- £110
- $149
This appealing vocal mangler lets you give music’s most essential instrument the colour and dexterity modern pop production demands
Roland Verselab MV-1 review
- £599
- €644
- $699
The MV-1 prioritises vocals – as per the name – but it still covers you for samples and instruments
Mutable Instruments Beads review
- £260
- €299
- $359
Is this reimagining of popular texture synth Clouds a case of blue-sky thinking?
