“Its authenticity is beguiling, as is its playability”: Rhodes Wurli review
If you prefer the sound of a Wurlitzer to a Rhodes, you’re in luck, because Rhodes now bring us a Wurli, in plugin form. Confused? W...
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“The ability to use official Boss stompbox recreations in our DAW is here – and with that comes flexibility in terms of how, and what instruments they’re applied to”: Boss Effects Pedals plugin review
The first ever official software emulations of Boss pedals are here, but they live under a Roland Cloud…
Step into the world of in-ear monitors from as little as $39.99 in the epic Linsoul Prime Day sale
I’ve scoured the web for the best Prime Day IEM deals, and Linsoul Audio is leading the charge – here are the standout offers
“It’s a weird kind of tech-bro nightmare future… the economic structure is morally wrong”: Thom Yorke says AI steals from artists and devalues humanity
"Is AI capable of genuine original creative thought? I have yet to see that," says the Radiohead frontman
“You’ll find it in everything from the Prodigy to Skrillex”: How to get famous sounds and effects using only Logic’s stock plugins
If you’ve got Logic, you’re already more than capable of recreating Skrillex’s manipulated reverb, Billie Eilish’s formant shifting...
“Liminal is set in the borderlands between song and non-song (or ‘nong’ as we call it)”: Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe’s new album in their own words
Apparently, new album contains 11 new ‘nongs’ "exploring an intimate and unfamiliar new sonic world"
“I’ve been a Live user for around 20 years, and it’s probably the effect I turn to most regularly”: Ableton Live 12.2 gives this “incredibly versatile” device a much-needed refresh – and rectifies Push 3’s most notable missing feature
Live 12.2 will be released on June 11, bringing updates to Meld, Roar, new Max devices and more
“Almost everyone thinks it’s strings”: Lorde unmasks the unusual guitar part on her new album that was created using a classic ‘90s Roland V-Guitar processor that’s now “insanely expensive” on the second-hand market
Plus, the Teenage Engineering OP-1 patch that “shows up everywhere” on the record
How to emulate a classic analogue recording system entirely with plugins
It’s entirely likely that you could recreate many legacy analogue set-ups with just a few chained plugins. Here, we’ll show you how...
“No complicated signal routing, no phase issues, no stress”: Time Off Audio’s Dime [ms] makes mid/side easy
This time-saving plugin host makes it a breeze to employ mid/side processing with any of your existing AU/VST3 effects
The beginners guide to virtual instruments: What are ‘VIs’, ‘plugins’ and ‘VSTs’ anyway? And how can you make the best use of them in your music?
Because there's never been a better, easier, more affordable time to make great music on your computer
“Years of research, development and deep love of FM synthesis has gone into picking just the right balance of flexibility and simplicity”: Pivot is a ‘no-nonsense’ FM synth plugin from the designer behind one of our favourite hardware instruments
With three operators, no algorithms and a morphing filter, Pivot aims to make FM user-friendly – and you can try a Lite version for...
“I want to make something that allows people to express themselves purely and not feel like they’re having to make compromises”: Musik Hack on their quest to refine plugin UI design
We sit down with Musik Hack co-founder Sam Fischmann to hear more about the philosophy behind its superb mastering plugin
“Sounding your best isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ – it’s necessary if you want listeners to make your show part of their daily routine”: The head of Audacity shares his top 5 tips for beginner podcasters
The man who leads development of the world’s most popular free and open-source audio editor offers his advice
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
How Cherry Audio recreated the sound of the world’s first commercial polysynth in software: “There may be fewer than six working Novachords on the planet”
We caught up with Cherry Audio's CTO Dan Goldstein to find out more about how it crafted a plugin emulation of a super-rare proto-sy...
“She thought anything could be pop – she wanted pop to be pushed to its extremes”: Sophie’s brother and studio engineer talks completing her final album and the legacy she left behind
We sit down with Ben Long to talk through the making of Sophie's posthumous final project and gain a rare insight into the creative...
Hit Record Meter is the free plugin that can assess the commercial appeal of your track. But does it actually work?
Airwindows' creation reveals the inner workings of what makes the hits 'tick'… But is it a hit or a flop?
Neil Peart called him ‘the Wood Whisperer’ and now he’s blended metal and timber in DW’s new SonicPly shells
Fusing up to 12 plies of wood with two plies of aluminum they promise presence and power like no other
Digitakt II’s new firmware update adds a major user-requested feature – and finally lets it step out of the shadow of the original
OS 1.5 adds the long-awaited Slice machine, offering a new way to work with samples
u-he at Plugin Week 2025: u-he’s MFM2 More Feedback Machine is a sound designer’s dream with four independent delay lines, multimode filters, a flexible mod matrix and more
Plus how Hive 2.1 makes it even easier to create striking dynamic, evolving sounds
“If you’ve been unsure of making the jump to Bitwig Studio, then Connect might just be the sweetener to seal the deal”: Bitwig Connect 4/12 review
Bitwig’s first bespoke bit of hardware goes beyond your average audio interface
Waves pivots from plugins to samples with subscription-based AI text-to-sound generator
Illugen is a desktop app that Waves says can "generate sounds that have never existed"
SampleRadar: 205 free EBM samples
Before there was EDM, there was EBM