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Collaborators include musicians from Devo, Nine Inch Nails and Dub Trio.
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Review: Endlesss Studio
Price £159 (£79 intro offer) Contact Endlesss Ltd The feeling of playing music in a room with others may seem like a distant memory, but Endlesss...Review: Universal Audio UAFX Astra, Golden and Starlight
The most anticipated stompbox release in years delivers DSP modelled behemoths of modulation, reverb and delay to pedalboards hungry for classic studio and guitar effects.Review: Focusrite FAST plug-ins
These AI-powered compressor, EQ and spectral ducker plug-ins are for novices, but could experienced producers still enjoy their time-saving features?Review: Pioneer DJ XDJ-XZ
Can this professional all-in-one DJ system tick all the boxes for home rigs and venues while staying relatively affordable?
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Plug-ins I Actually Use: Aron Volta
The Dutch house producer shares his secret software weapons after the release of his PIV Records sample pack.Martin Ikin shares mixing advice for crafting a tech-house hit
The prolific electronic producer has racked up millions of streams with Hooked and Good Feelings. We talk mixing strategies, early gear and staying inspired.Show Off Your Studio: Parsley Palette keeps it casual at Soho Records
The young Londoner tells us how he keeps his crosshairs on comfort during recording sessions and explains why it can be best to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.The deepfakes are coming, but how can new talent compete?
The answer might involve mind control.
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How to apply sidechain compression to your instruments in FL Studio
Learn how to make your sounds pump to the beat of your drum.How to create breakbeats with dynamics and distortion on BandLab
How to create, resample and process original breaks using BandLab’s free drum machine.Learn the power of Alchemy in Logic Pro 10.6
We give you a brief introduction to the deep, immense synthesizer so you can hit the ground running.Get to grips with Send Effects in Cubase for mixing and sound design
Learn to apply reverb, delay and other effects with total control.
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The best mixers to buy in 2021: 12 best rotary mixers for DJs
Dial in the perfect mix with these old-school, pristine-sounding mixers.Best sample packs of the month: March 2021
We round up an eclectic bunch of loop packs and share an ever-growing free sample resource.Using felt piano creatively
Gently scattered among the scores of some of the most talked-about films and TV shows in contemporary media, felt piano comes in many shapes and sizes, and its DIY ethos has no end of big-name advocates. Here, we tread softly to uncover how the instrument is used to craft emotive soundtracks, and how you can make smart use of itSpotify vs Apple Music vs Tidal: 11 best music streaming services in 2021
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Spotify debuts its first-ever hardware device, Car Thing, a smart player for vehicles
It's available exclusively in the US on a by-invite-only basis.Samples From Mars gives you the sounds of an ultra-rare 80s synth in 360 From Mars
Only 200 units of the 360 Systems keyboard were made.Samplesound and Michael Klein collaborate on a modular-based techno bundle
The Sequences pack boasts 126 high-quality samples, which Klein shows you how to transform into your own.Danny Elfman announces Big Mess, his first solo album in 37 years: “It was always destined to be this crazy cacophony”
Collaborators include musicians from Devo, Nine Inch Nails and Dub Trio.
- Reviews
Review: Endlesss Studio
Price £159 (£79 intro offer) Contact Endlesss Ltd The feeling of playing music in a room with others may seem like a distant memory, but Endlesss...Review: Universal Audio UAFX Astra, Golden and Starlight
The most anticipated stompbox release in years delivers DSP modelled behemoths of modulation, reverb and delay to pedalboards hungry for classic studio and guitar effects.Review: Focusrite FAST plug-ins
These AI-powered compressor, EQ and spectral ducker plug-ins are for novices, but could experienced producers still enjoy their time-saving features?Review: Pioneer DJ XDJ-XZ
Can this professional all-in-one DJ system tick all the boxes for home rigs and venues while staying relatively affordable?
- Features
Plug-ins I Actually Use: Aron Volta
The Dutch house producer shares his secret software weapons after the release of his PIV Records sample pack.Martin Ikin shares mixing advice for crafting a tech-house hit
The prolific electronic producer has racked up millions of streams with Hooked and Good Feelings. We talk mixing strategies, early gear and staying inspired.Show Off Your Studio: Parsley Palette keeps it casual at Soho Records
The young Londoner tells us how he keeps his crosshairs on comfort during recording sessions and explains why it can be best to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.The deepfakes are coming, but how can new talent compete?
The answer might involve mind control.
- Tutorials
- Ableton LiveApple Logic ProAvid Pro ToolsImage-Line FL StudioOther DAWs & TipsPreSonus Studio OneReason Studios
How to apply sidechain compression to your instruments in FL Studio
Learn how to make your sounds pump to the beat of your drum.How to create breakbeats with dynamics and distortion on BandLab
How to create, resample and process original breaks using BandLab’s free drum machine.Learn the power of Alchemy in Logic Pro 10.6
We give you a brief introduction to the deep, immense synthesizer so you can hit the ground running.Get to grips with Send Effects in Cubase for mixing and sound design
Learn to apply reverb, delay and other effects with total control.
- Guides
The best mixers to buy in 2021: 12 best rotary mixers for DJs
Dial in the perfect mix with these old-school, pristine-sounding mixers.Best sample packs of the month: March 2021
We round up an eclectic bunch of loop packs and share an ever-growing free sample resource.Using felt piano creatively
Gently scattered among the scores of some of the most talked-about films and TV shows in contemporary media, felt piano comes in many shapes and sizes, and its DIY ethos has no end of big-name advocates. Here, we tread softly to uncover how the instrument is used to craft emotive soundtracks, and how you can make smart use of itSpotify vs Apple Music vs Tidal: 11 best music streaming services in 2021
From major services to genre-specific ones and more, these are the streaming services you’ll want to know about in 2021.
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- Free Samples