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Spitfire Audio’s Intimate Strings brings inspiring sounds in an affordable package
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The virtual guitar show kicks off October 2nd, with tech panels, MusicTech's My Forever Studio podcast Season 2 and loads more!Telefunken launches the affordable TF11 FET, with a similar voicing to the legendary AKG C12
This large-diaphragm condenser offers a single cardioid pickup pattern.The Moog Matriarch and Grandmother go all-black in the Dark Series
Both systems also receive new firmware updates and some free new patches
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The Big Review: UDO Super 6
Every superhero has an origin story. With its inaugural instrument, Bristol-based UDO plans to bring high-flying powerful polysynth action to studios around the globe.Review: Native Instruments and e-instruments Stradivari Violin
As the industry’s leading light of orchestral software, e-instruments has many strings to its bow. But this one, crafted via a legendary Stradivari violin, may just be its best.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?
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Show Off Your Studio: Jim Daneker and the Fortress of Synthetude
With 27 years of industry experience and gear lust, Jim’s packed his Nashville studio with an abundance of powerful tools.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.
- Tutorials
- Ableton LiveApple Logic ProAvid Pro ToolsImage-Line FL StudioOther DAWs & TipsPreSonus Studio OneReason Studios
Cut corners in your workflow with Logic Pro X’s Marquee Tool
Learn how a nifty tool lets you make edits across multiple tracks simultaneously.Weekend Workshop: Create glitchy beats with Momentum for free
Perform impressive beat slicing and glitching effects with Big Fish Audio’s free sample manipulator.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.
- 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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- News
Spitfire Audio’s Intimate Strings brings inspiring sounds in an affordable package
Delicate, emotional and cinematic strings for just £29.Guitar.com Live announces its full program with new gear releases, masterclasses and more
The virtual guitar show kicks off October 2nd, with tech panels, MusicTech's My Forever Studio podcast Season 2 and loads more!Telefunken launches the affordable TF11 FET, with a similar voicing to the legendary AKG C12
This large-diaphragm condenser offers a single cardioid pickup pattern.The Moog Matriarch and Grandmother go all-black in the Dark Series
Both systems also receive new firmware updates and some free new patches
- Reviews
The Big Review: UDO Super 6
Every superhero has an origin story. With its inaugural instrument, Bristol-based UDO plans to bring high-flying powerful polysynth action to studios around the globe.Review: Native Instruments and e-instruments Stradivari Violin
As the industry’s leading light of orchestral software, e-instruments has many strings to its bow. But this one, crafted via a legendary Stradivari violin, may just be its best.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?
- Features
Show Off Your Studio: Jim Daneker and the Fortress of Synthetude
With 27 years of industry experience and gear lust, Jim’s packed his Nashville studio with an abundance of powerful tools.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.
- Tutorials
- Ableton LiveApple Logic ProAvid Pro ToolsImage-Line FL StudioOther DAWs & TipsPreSonus Studio OneReason Studios
Cut corners in your workflow with Logic Pro X’s Marquee Tool
Learn how a nifty tool lets you make edits across multiple tracks simultaneously.Weekend Workshop: Create glitchy beats with Momentum for free
Perform impressive beat slicing and glitching effects with Big Fish Audio’s free sample manipulator.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.
- 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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