Keeping the soul torch burning as Loopmasters presents a range of vocal samples to lift your tracks higher and higher.

Orchestral conductors Sonokinetic put down the baton in favour of a cinematic new instrument capable of evolving textures and soundscapes.

Deep breaths. Though there’s no shortage of delay effects pedals out there, this new desktop box has been fine-tuned to help producers achieve effects nirvana.

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?

Stephen and David Dewaele of electronic rockers Soulwax have dedicated their lives to unearthing, mixing and spreading the sounds of the future. We catch up with the brothers to learn more about their music and methods, and their latest project: a celebration of the rare EMS Synthi 100 synthesiser.

Accumulating well over 300 million streams on his cleanly produced house tracks, you'd think Tobtok's space was filled with expensive artefacts. Well, guess again.

With her career as a touring and recording drummer on hold due to COVID-19, Emily Dolan Davies switched her focus from the stage and studio to online drum service, as well as a regular vlog series designed to help musicians around the world reap inspiration from her remarkable experiences.

With a production career spanning over 30 years, Lenny Fontana has earned his place as a New York legend, pioneering and exporting the city's disco and house sound. We talk production techniques, his renewed popularity and his secrets to longevity in an ever-changing industry.

Not all vocals are created equally – and they shouldn’t be mixed that way either. The placement and resulting impact of a mix’s rapped vocal should be considered differently to sung parts. FL Studio presents some impeccable tools to help get your rhymes in time.

In this tutorial, we look at how Logic's Insert/Cut Section tools can be used to quickly make edits to your arrangement.

Make five analogue-style percussion sounds with this great-sounding free softsynth.

Whether it's a one-shot sample, a loop or an entire track, Liam O'Mullane shows you how to find the root key using Live's tools.

Choose the right microphone for capturing exceptional vocal performances.

Vocals are fundamental to the success of any track. So it’s important that engineers understand how best to record them and embed them into a mix. We break down the technicalities, from mic placement and effects applications to DAW drudgery, to help you make your voice heard.

Here’s a quick round-up of some savings you can take advantage of while you’re housebound and making tons of music.

Few music-sequencing softwares have a history as distinctive as the tracker. With the epochal program now arriving in hardware form, we trace the tracker’s lineage, from its humble 8-bit beginnings to its era-defining rave sounds.