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
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New American start-up Tiny Vinyl launches some… tiny vinyl
It's the cutest format yet
No Budget, No Problem: The 2025 Home Studio Blueprint for Independent Artists
Most unsigned artists in 2025 are flat-out broke—or at least living paycheck to paycheck—because streams still pay pennies and gigs...
Novation FLkey Series Gives FL Studio Producers the Tactile Control They’ve Been Waiting For
FL Studio users have been killing it for years, but when it came to MIDI controllers, it always felt like a bit of a DIY situation....
NSynth Super Lets You Blend Instruments Like a Mad Sonic Scientist — And It’s Glorious
Leave it to Google’s Magenta team to throw gasoline on the creative fire. NSynth Super isn’t your average synth—it’s an AI-driven so...
Piano basics: the black notes – what are they for and how do you use them?
Fear of a black key?… Don't be afraid. Adding flats and sharps to your music will give it a new lease of life.
Plugin Week 2025: Exhibitor A-Z
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PMT placed into administration, all stores closed with immediate effect
The company had been facing a number of industry-wide struggles, including the pressure of rising rent and business rates. The post...
PreSonus at Plugin Week 2025: Studio One Pro 7.2 takes you all the way from idea to finished track – without adding a single third-party plugin
No setup headaches, no chasing updates - Studio One Pro gives you everything you need, straight out of the box
Prime Day might be over but these 38 super savings are still around – including a ridiculously cheap MacBook Air perfect for production
From guitars to laptops, these are the top music-making and home studio items that are still on sale post-Prime Day
PWM declares Mantis “the next generation of OSCar” as V2 update adds original wavetables from the cult classic synth
Designed in collaboration with the late, great engineer Chris Huggett, Mantis is a spiritual successor to Oxford Synthesiser Company...
Reference tracks can be your secret weapon when mixing – but be mindful of replicating other artists’ creative decisions
Comparing your mix to another can nudge you into a safe technical zone, but remember to maintain your originality
Roland at Plugin Week 2025: TR-707/TR-727 – Buy one, get one free!
For a limited time, purchase the TR-707 Software Rhythm Composer for $149(USD) and get the TR-727 for FREE. That's a $300 (USD) valu...
Roland finds inner peace with Mood Pan, an electronic percussion instrument designed to help you “discover the restorative power of music”
Equipped with a selection of meditative sounds that includes handpan, gamelan, sitar and singing bowl, it's a Bluetooth speaker and...
SampleRadar: 205 free EBM samples
Before there was EDM, there was EBM
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
Sonicware’s retro Lofi-12 XT sampler’s v1.5 update makes it more creative and versatile than ever
Crunchy ‘90s-style sampling meets glitchy looper effects in Sonicware’s newly-enhanced hardware instrument
Splice Mic Turns Your Hummed Ideas into Full Tracks — And It’s Seriously Wild
Let’s be real: how many great song ideas have you lost to the wind because you were nowhere near a mic, laptop, or even a halfway-de...
Stanford Stadium Stages First Live Music Concert Featuring Coldplay
Stanford Stadium hosted Coldplay for two sold-out dates as the band launches the North American leg of its Music Of the Spheres Worl...
Stem separation! Splice integration! Ableton is playing catch-up with Live 12.3… but its best new features are the ones hidden beyond the headlines
Forget AI, device A/B states, an upgraded Auto Pan and Push’s XY mode are the coolest parts of Live’s latest release
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
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham appear to tease pre-Fleetwood Mac album reissue with a Sunset Boulevard billboard
If you're a fan, put 19 September in your calendar
Streaming prices to rise ‘every 12-24 months’, predicts finance report, as global music revenue set to double to $200 billion in next decade
Emerging streaming markets and superfans to provide growth
Teenage Engineering gives its TX-6, TP-7 and CM-15 a matte-black makeover
The OP-XY was the first product in Teenage Engineering's Field System range to be released in black in November. The post Teenage En...