Focusrite releases blue Anniversary Edition of its Scarlett 2i2 interface
This limited-edition version of the 2i2 comes with three additional premium plugins from Sonnox, Softube and Acustica Audio
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“Ultra-natural vocal performances that are indistinguishable from live recording sessions”: Could IK Multimedia’s “ethical” ReSing software be a gamechanger for AI voice modelling?
Feed it your scratch vocal and it will replace it with an “expressive, professional-quality voice”
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9 mistakes producers make when using an audio interface – and how to avoid them
From misused monitoring to phase disasters, here are 9 music-making lessons learned the hard way
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How to stress test a laptop for music production in any DAW – and why every producer should do it
Get the most out of your machine and find out how far your laptop can really take your recordings
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“Clearly the M-10 is not tuned for this type of music”: V-Moda M-10 review
If you like your headphones to be loud and punchy, then this stylish design could be for you
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Teenage Engineering leak appears to reveal dub reggae-themed EP-2350 Riddim Supertone sampler and EP-40 mixer
A spin on the EP-133 K.O. II inspired by Jamaican music, the sampler is joined by a 2-channel DJ mixer and Ting FX microphone
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“I wanted to design something that would not only be capable of but excel at any tone I might need”: Prog metal trailblazer Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin suite that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more
Neural DSP's most ambitious plugin yet? Archetype: Misha Mansoor X collects three amps, virtual stompboxes, from the everyday to exo...
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“It’s policing Black music… Hip-hop was born from sampling. And now sampling is synonymous with theft”: Lizzo argues that the origins of sampling law are “racially charged”
“The first time people started sampling was... who? It was rappers in the '80s and '90s. They were sampling records because they did...
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SampleRadar: 497 free modular percussion samples
Raw and crunchy loops and toplines, wild and wacky percussive FX and semi-modular madness from the Korg MS-20
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“It’s been such a privilege to work with Daphne’s sounds”: Daphne Oram’s centenary celebrated in compilation featuring previously unheard archival material
The album features original compositions based on samples of Oram's work by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Marta Salogni, TAAHLIAH, Arushi Jain...
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Music studio complex opens in former nuclear bunker in The Hague
Subterra has transformed the Cold War-era bunker into a "cultural hub for upcoming and established musical talent"
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Teenage Engineering is giving away a free EP-1320 Medieval sampler to anyone that spends $999 in its online store
"'Cause we live in medieval times"
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“I’ve never fully gelled with Logic and Pro Tools – they kind of feel like Microsoft Excel to me”: Jacques Greene and Nosaj Thing on the making of their new collaborative project, Verses GT
As two mainstays of modern electronica unite as Verses GT, we hear about the Sequential synths, $20 plugins and Eurorack gems behind...
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“Not being a musician you feel a little bit of an imposter, but I’ve got a passion for it and I think a lot of great musicians respect me for that”: Dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood on embracing AI and playing the studio like an instrument
How AI tech worked alongside vintage studio gear to create The Collapse of Everything
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“I looked on Reverb for a Yamaha CS-80 – we drove out to get it and its sound became a key part of the movie’s soundtrack”: The classic synth heard on the Barbie OST was picked up in “an hour and a half” on Reverb, says Mark Ronson
As the gear marketplace relaunches in the UK with reduced seller fees, Ronson reflects on how Reverb played a part in the making of...
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“The way that the algorithm is set up, no one can serve the masses anymore”: Lizzo puts out TikTok vid blaming social media for absence of crossover mainstream hits
It’s the reason there’s been no song of the summer, apparently
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“I’m a big preset guy. If a preset’s called Fat Bass, there’s a 90% chance it’s actually a fat bass”: Rico Nasty and Benson Boone producer Imad Royal on saving time and staying focused in the studio
In the next episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter unpacks his instinct-drive...
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AlphaTheta’s CDJ-3000 gets an X upgrade that allows DJs to access their libraries with the tap of a smartphone
The CDJ-3000X promises “expanded connectivity, extraordinary reliability and sound quality that surpasses the CDJ-3000”
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“The iLoud Precision MKII redefines what’s possible in modern monitoring”: IK Multimedia upgrades its pro-level studio monitors with redesigned hardware and enhanced room correction
The new ARC X software is a free upgrade for all registered owners of iLoud Precision, iLoud Micro Monitor Pro, iLoud MTM MKII, ARC...
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“People sometimes expect me to be an audio snob because I exude ‘music snob’ sometimes, even though I’m not a snob. I’m not a snob at all”: Laufey says she’s happy to make do with voice memo recordings and doesn’t pay much attention to the mics she uses
“I think the phone sounds great sometimes"
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“I’ve never sung with no tuning before – this is really scary”: PinkPantheress almost pulled out of Tiny Desk concert after being told she couldn’t use Auto-Tune
The NPR show marked the artist's first ever performance without vocal pitch-correction
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“The largest intellectual property theft in human history”: Big tech companies accused of scraping millions of copyrighted songs to train AI models
Billboard publishes dossier fingering Google, Meta, Microsoft and X
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Warm Audio promises studio-quality sound without the price tag with three new vintage-inspired condenser mics
The WA-87jr, WA-87jr SE and WA-47jr SE feature the same professional capsules as their flagship studio counterparts, at a price that...
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“Some of this stuff is harder to get hold of than rare analogue synths”: Why we’re in the midst of a vintage software revival
Meet the musicians that archive, compose and perform with obscure and abandoned music software
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