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The latest DAWs tutorials, guides, reviews and news from our editors at MusicTech, including Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase and more.
- News
Elektron gives its Analog Four and Analog Rytm a sleek black makeover
Both devices also receive new patterns, kits and backlit RGB buttons.LiveLoop is new loop-based DAW “ready to revolutionise the world”
BT is among some of the artists praising the new music-making softwareListen to the centre of the Milky Way with NASA Chandra’s sonification project
Hear the Pillars of Creation and supernova Cassiopeia A as NASA transforms data into soundADAM Audio’s Women In Music: From Start To Finish series is available now for free
Watch all six sessions now and let the pros give you pointers for breaking through.
- Reviews
Review: PSP InfiniStrip
With budgets strained and desktop real estate so precious, building your own modular channel strip can seem like an insurmountable issue. InfiniStrip is set to solve virtually all your problems.Review: PreSonus ATOM SQ
Designed for tight integration with Studio One, this PreSonus beat controller promises to play nice with other DAWs too. But with so many controllers on the market, can it beat the competition?Review: UVI IRCAM Solo Instruments 2
With an excursion to the centre of Paris, sampling and instrument pioneers UVI goes postmodern with a sizeable new collection of solo instruments – but not entirely as you know them.Review: Deadmau5 OSC/Pilot
Have you ever dreamt of building your own touch control surface? This new software, road-tested by one of the world’s foremost live innovators, can make that a reality.
- Features
Show Off Your Studio: Luigi Madonna’s humble techno playground
This week, the revered Italian producer lets us into his studio and tells us how his Erica Synths Techno Machine got a runaround designing kicks for his new EP.Nick Launay on producing Idles, vintage tech and keeping the fire alive in the studio
After three decades producing the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kate Bush, PiL, Arcade Fire and Idles, Nick tells us how he approaches unique musicians, and why attitude is just as important as technical proficiency.Show Off Your Studio: Never Dull’s bright and sleek groove workshop
The house and disco producer lets us into his Tijuana studio, where head-bopping basslines and luscious guitar licks are made.Paul Epworth on making Voyager, his psychedelic debut album
The six-time Grammy-winning producer is taking a leap of faith with his debut solo project: a through-playing concept album exploring the outer reaches of record production. We talk astral projection, alien voices, and putting distortion on absolutely everything.
- Tutorials
- Ableton LiveApple Logic ProAvid Pro ToolsImage-Line FL StudioOther DAWs & TipsPreSonus Studio OneReason Studios
Learn the science behind Ableton Live’s Frequency Shifter
Live's sound-wrangling effect can achieve some unorthodox sounds. We show you how to tame the wild device.Creative beat-slicing in Logic
Using loops in your Logic Project needn’t result in creative dead-ends, especially if you make use of the new slicing options offered by Quick Sampler.How to customise Logic Pro X’s Smart Controls and take command of your sounds
Jono Buchanan demonstrates how to get access to different user-defined parameters of a software instrument or effect.Weekend Workshop: Create video game sounds with Helm for free
Make 8-bit video game sounds and chiptune arps with the great-sounding open-source Helm synth and some tracker maths.
- Guides
The best headphones to buy in 2020: 13 best all-purpose headphones
Looking to mix at home, record in a professional studio or make music on the go? You’ll be hard-pressed to do so without a decent set of ‘phones.The best audio interfaces to buy in 2020: 12 best audio interfaces under $300
Break fresh ground with your music, not the bank.12 best controllers for Ableton Live
Ableton Live is more fun and feisty when you add a hardware controller, turning the software into more of an instrument. Here are our picks of the best Live controllers available in 2020.13 of the best freeware reverbs
Here are some of the best software reverbs that money can’t buy – because they’re free.
- Video
- Magazine
- Podcasts
- News
Elektron gives its Analog Four and Analog Rytm a sleek black makeover
Both devices also receive new patterns, kits and backlit RGB buttons.LiveLoop is new loop-based DAW “ready to revolutionise the world”
BT is among some of the artists praising the new music-making softwareListen to the centre of the Milky Way with NASA Chandra’s sonification project
Hear the Pillars of Creation and supernova Cassiopeia A as NASA transforms data into soundADAM Audio’s Women In Music: From Start To Finish series is available now for free
Watch all six sessions now and let the pros give you pointers for breaking through.
- Reviews
Review: PSP InfiniStrip
With budgets strained and desktop real estate so precious, building your own modular channel strip can seem like an insurmountable issue. InfiniStrip is set to solve virtually all your problems.Review: PreSonus ATOM SQ
Designed for tight integration with Studio One, this PreSonus beat controller promises to play nice with other DAWs too. But with so many controllers on the market, can it beat the competition?Review: UVI IRCAM Solo Instruments 2
With an excursion to the centre of Paris, sampling and instrument pioneers UVI goes postmodern with a sizeable new collection of solo instruments – but not entirely as you know them.Review: Deadmau5 OSC/Pilot
Have you ever dreamt of building your own touch control surface? This new software, road-tested by one of the world’s foremost live innovators, can make that a reality.
- Features
Show Off Your Studio: Luigi Madonna’s humble techno playground
This week, the revered Italian producer lets us into his studio and tells us how his Erica Synths Techno Machine got a runaround designing kicks for his new EP.Nick Launay on producing Idles, vintage tech and keeping the fire alive in the studio
After three decades producing the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kate Bush, PiL, Arcade Fire and Idles, Nick tells us how he approaches unique musicians, and why attitude is just as important as technical proficiency.Show Off Your Studio: Never Dull’s bright and sleek groove workshop
The house and disco producer lets us into his Tijuana studio, where head-bopping basslines and luscious guitar licks are made.Paul Epworth on making Voyager, his psychedelic debut album
The six-time Grammy-winning producer is taking a leap of faith with his debut solo project: a through-playing concept album exploring the outer reaches of record production. We talk astral projection, alien voices, and putting distortion on absolutely everything.
- Tutorials
- Ableton LiveApple Logic ProAvid Pro ToolsImage-Line FL StudioOther DAWs & TipsPreSonus Studio OneReason Studios
Learn the science behind Ableton Live’s Frequency Shifter
Live's sound-wrangling effect can achieve some unorthodox sounds. We show you how to tame the wild device.Creative beat-slicing in Logic
Using loops in your Logic Project needn’t result in creative dead-ends, especially if you make use of the new slicing options offered by Quick Sampler.How to customise Logic Pro X’s Smart Controls and take command of your sounds
Jono Buchanan demonstrates how to get access to different user-defined parameters of a software instrument or effect.Weekend Workshop: Create video game sounds with Helm for free
Make 8-bit video game sounds and chiptune arps with the great-sounding open-source Helm synth and some tracker maths.
- Guides
The best headphones to buy in 2020: 13 best all-purpose headphones
Looking to mix at home, record in a professional studio or make music on the go? You’ll be hard-pressed to do so without a decent set of ‘phones.The best audio interfaces to buy in 2020: 12 best audio interfaces under $300
Break fresh ground with your music, not the bank.12 best controllers for Ableton Live
Ableton Live is more fun and feisty when you add a hardware controller, turning the software into more of an instrument. Here are our picks of the best Live controllers available in 2020.13 of the best freeware reverbs
Here are some of the best software reverbs that money can’t buy – because they’re free.
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- Magazine
- Podcasts
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