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Looks like time’s up for desktop MIDI controllers with the MidiWrist Apple Watch app
The latest HUI device to inspire those productions
Plankton Electronics unleashes the power of Nutube in new standalone and Eurorack effects unit, Spice
Coming soon to Kickstarter
The Verv tape loop synth plugin from Puremagetik is sunbaked to perfection
Vintage string synthesizer emulation and more
Best audio interfaces 2019: our pick of the best audio interfaces for music production
Find the best PC/Mac USB and Thunderbolt audio interfaces for producers, guitarists, singer-songwriters and more
Output’s Arcade loop synth now lets you use a collection of master recordings from “time-honoured songs”
Get ready to start digging through The Crate
Clouds: "I felt for a time that I had reached the limits of what I could do with Ableton, even though obviously there are so many more things possible"
Scottish duo on grappling with the right hardware and software-based live setups
Classic album: 2 Bad Mice on Kaotic Chemistry
Sean O’Keeffe and Simon Colebrooke remember their - and Rob Playford’s - 1995 breakbeat scene-setter
MeldaProduction’s MDoubleTracker plugin gives you twice the stereo width in half the time
You don’t need to make multiple recordings if you have this
Latest tuition
How to create glitchy acoustic drums
Push your virtual drum kit to the rhythmic extremes with our MIDI programming guide
6 ways to use panning to perfect your stereo width
Learn how to get more from those humble pan pots
How to make a key change work in your track
Change the key of a track and you change its harmonic and melodic character entirely, Learn how with our walkthrough
How musicians can overcome the pain of writer's block
When the wellspring of inspiration dries up, there are plenty of things you can do to get it flowing again…
How to understand and use inverted chords
Turn your chords on their heads and get them sitting where you want them
How to use extended chords to add flavour to your music
Add colour and interest to your harmonic progressions by working in extra notes. We show you how
11 new features in FL Studio 20 that you need to know about
The world’s most popular DAW is 20 years old, and what better way to celebrate than with a whopping great update?
3 ways to come up with a melody from scratch
As the track element that you often most want the listener to remember, your melody has to be on point. Read on and it will be…
