This nifty mini keyboard controller can speak fluently with a range of gear, and looks to be centre of your live performance setup. Does it achieve the perfect balance of features vs. price?
Marrying the worlds of synthetic pop, techno and classical music and forgrounding his trademark delicate piano, Ólafur Arnalds explains how he constructed his latest album both pre- and post-lockdown.
In Paris, Roche Musique’s pioneer weaves wondrous nu-disco with an arsenal of powerful plug-ins and top-notch monitoring. In this week's Show Off Your Studio, he shows us what's possible with a few controllers and a laptop
We asked you to vote in 13 categories, and our experts have since deliberated on the results. Here are the winners for our Gear of the Year roundup of the ’20s.
With the beta of Live 11 in our hands, it’s time for us to scope out some of the most intriguing new additions. While there’s not much in the way of new instruments as such, there are many new sounds and workflows to explore.
Feeling highly strung about your current project? Fret not! We explore how legendary artists incorporated strings into their work, and show you how similar results can be achieved with Orchestral Tools' LA Sessions.
This nifty mini keyboard controller can speak fluently with a range of gear, and looks to be centre of your live performance setup. Does it achieve the perfect balance of features vs. price?
Marrying the worlds of synthetic pop, techno and classical music and forgrounding his trademark delicate piano, Ólafur Arnalds explains how he constructed his latest album both pre- and post-lockdown.
In Paris, Roche Musique’s pioneer weaves wondrous nu-disco with an arsenal of powerful plug-ins and top-notch monitoring. In this week's Show Off Your Studio, he shows us what's possible with a few controllers and a laptop
We asked you to vote in 13 categories, and our experts have since deliberated on the results. Here are the winners for our Gear of the Year roundup of the ’20s.
With the beta of Live 11 in our hands, it’s time for us to scope out some of the most intriguing new additions. While there’s not much in the way of new instruments as such, there are many new sounds and workflows to explore.
Feeling highly strung about your current project? Fret not! We explore how legendary artists incorporated strings into their work, and show you how similar results can be achieved with Orchestral Tools' LA Sessions.
The sword-sharp ingenuity of Muramasa’s clever algorithmic features is somewhat blunted by the plug-in’s unwieldy resource usage. Is its undeniable power enough to overcome its faults?
Room correction is all too easily overlooked. All-in-one solutions such as IK Multimedia’s latest iteration of ARC can revolutionise your recording space.
For a bundled plug-in included in most versions of Cubase, Groove Agent SE is a surprisingly powerful and flexible beat-building toolbox applicable to all styles and genres.
It may not yet be a fully fledged alternative to the most popular DAWs but look beyond Waveform’s quirks and you might be surprised by its scope. We launch into its new update.
Last month, we examined Steinberg’s VST Connect and showed you how to collaborate from afar, focusing mainly on the SE version built into Cubase and Nuendo. Now, we turn our gaze towards Pro and inspect some deeper collaboration features.
It’s time to turn up the heat as we take the temperature of FireSonic’s latest plug-in. Will it set your mixes ablaze or pour cold water on your masters?
As the diminutive iPad DAW from German pioneers Steinberg reaches its third incarnation, it’s been rewritten from the ground up. But is it an improvement?
Evoke the spirit of film noir with Sonokinetic’s hard-boiled and retro-tinged sound library, coupled with an intelligent and ever-evolving digital engine.