This budget interface boasts pro-level bells and whistles that make it a valuable asset, and well worthy of its relatively low expenditure.

Bulgaria’s Strezov Sampling turns to the Far East to provide a unique of blend eastern orchestral gems.

After a slew of new products, Akai has turned its attention to updating the mighty MPC Live. But does this speaker-toting follow-up revolutionise the hardware giant’s box of wonders?

Sweet-toothed beat-makers will be smitten with this affordable virtual drum designer.

The Britpop production hero talks about the changing face of band recording, the art of synthesis and method-composing with Hans Zimmer.

Having introduced wave sequencing to a mass audience in 1990, Korg’s Wavestation caused a splash in the music technology industry that’s still rippling today.

This week we head down the road to Islington, London, to check out REX Studios, where we find some quirky gear and nuggets of wisdom from Macks Faulkron.

Dutch DJ Mike Mago has come a long way since Outlines tore up the Beatport charts. Now he’s back with new music – and a new attitude to studio production.

In this week's tutorial, Liam explores the Clip Launch box and explains Launch Modes, Quantization, Follow Actions, Transpose options and more.

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.

Learn how to lay down a rhythmic foundation for your Studio One projects by capturing live drums – even if you’ve only a few mics to hand.

MusicTech expert Jono Buchanan shows you how and why you'd want to use Logic's Vintage EQ Collection, based on three famous hardware EQs from Neve, API and Pultec.

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.

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