Bitwig Studio 4.3 arrives with new convolution and delay effects and support for the CLAP plugin standard
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Nura’s second-gen NuraTrue Pro earbuds promise high-quality lossless audio with the personal touch
High-spec true wireless buds can also make any stereo audio sound ‘spatial’
The Nintendo Switch becomes an MPC-style music production studio in new concept design
“When the kids head off to bed, flip their Switch into a fully functioning MPC”
The Breakdown: Goodboys on how to write the perfect pop hook
The Grammy-nominated producer duo reveal their songwriting secrets in the latest edition of The Breakdown
Best cheap microphones 2022: featuring budget microphones for studio and stage
Record instruments or vocals, make a podcast or boost live performances for less, with our pick of the best budget microphones around
Coldplay’s Chris Martin plays an impromptu piano version of A Sky Full Of Stars in an English pub
And the beer was all yellow
Mix engineer Manny Marroquin: “I remember bringing the faders up on Umbrella and thinking ‘This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard’”
“Mixing is 50% creative and 50% technical. So it fulfils a lot of needs. I get to be creative and I get to play with toys!”
Softube finds a use for Wasted Space with its new lo-fi reverb plugin
Because aliasing artifacts don’t have to be a bad thing
Latest tuition
How to collaborate with AI using Hookpad
This online songwriting platform uses machine learning to generate new musical ideas based on your input
How to use AI to build a responsive reverb with Adaptiverb
Find out how to use Zynaptiq's Adaptiverb, a plugin that adapts its reverb to your source audio using artificial intelligence
How to create unique pads using Ableton Live's Spectral Time device
Create unique pads and drones to use in your songs
Rip up the rule book with these 10 experimental composition tips and tricks
Step out of the box with these experimentation ideas
10 old-school sampling tricks that will never go out of style
Classic effects and techniques brought bang up to date for the modern producer
How to create microtonal music using Ableton Live's Microtuner
This new plugin, free to Live 11 users, allows you to escape the boundaries of conventional tonality
The pro's guide to using synth presets
Reaching for a preset shouldn't be taboo… Here are the tricks the professional use to proudly make presets all their own
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Roland JX-08 Sound Module review
- £333
Roland continues resurrecting its analogue history in digital form. We plug in the new JX-08
Ebashi Audio Triple LFO review
- €180
Looking for a versatile LFO module? We take the Triple LFO from Ebashi Audio for a spin
Røde NTH-100 review
- £149
The mic manufacturers switch focus to bring out some of the best cans we've come across in a while
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
HeadRush MX5 review
- £399
- €462
- $399
Headrush jumps headlong into the fray with a compact floor unit it promises is the most powerful and easy-to-use of its kind. Will it stomp the HX Stomp? Let’s find out.
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…
