Latest articles by Andy Jones
NAMM 2024: "We'll change the microphone world forever" - Aim Audio targets mic market with two new condensers and 'world-first' features
New company brings mic manufacturing back to its home city of Berlin and opens with "stunningly beautiful" models
NAMM 2024: "The analogue experience of the golden era of recording is available to everyone" - Heritage Audio announces new range of audio interfaces
Three interfaces bring a range of input options and a proper analogue feel to your digital world
M2 vs M3 Macs: Is it worth upgrading your music-making machine?
Considering upgrading to one of Apple's newest M3 Macs? We've compared the latest M2 and M3 Macs for price, features and music production performance to see if it's worth it
NAMM 2024: "We've had everything" - is this year's NAMM already the best ever show for new hardware synths?
It's certainly shaping up to be the greatest show in years for the hardware synth. Here are our top picks so far
NAMM 2024: "We assure you that this beauty will come to fruition": Behringer announces an update to its most hotly-awaited clone of the Roland Jupiter-8
It's looking like the 16-voice Jupe-a-like is now in prototype form and ready for testing
NAMM 2024: AlphaTheta Corporation's Wave-Eight is a take-anywhere party speaker with an all-new "ultra-low-latency" wireless audio technology
The new Pioneer DJ brand is not hanging around with its new releases, and now has a new DJ speaker that can go anywhere
NAMM 2024: "It's inspired by denim jeans" - AlphaTheta Corporation announces the OMNIS-DUO portable DJ setup
The Pioneer DJ parent company celebrates its new brand by throwing a party, and OMNIS-DUO is playing the tunes
“The ultimate sound design tool”: Native Instruments Guitar Rig Pro 7 review
Native Instruments’ guitar rack modelling standard is updated with newly modelled amps and effects. Is it seventh heaven?
NAMM 2024: "To distorted misbehaviour and beyond" - Redshift 6 could well be the unexpected synth star of NAMM season
It's a 'Variable Character Synthesizer' with plenty of digital tricks up its analogue sleeves
How to loop like Ed Sheeran in your DAW
Fancy a little Ed Sheeran looping action? Look no further than this first episode in a new series of masterclasses exploring popular, modern production processes
Soundiron Quadral 3 review
One of the most feature- and movement-packed Kontakt instruments around, this packs a big electronic punch for its price
“The union passed a motion to ban the use of synths, drum machines and any electronic devices”: the day the 'Loony' Musician's Union tried to kill the synthesizer (which also happened to be Bob Moog’s birthday)
Best of 2023: And it wasn't the first time the UK union had it in for technology
"We take the original image and split it through a double vibrocated sploshing flange with double negative feedback": The Beatles, Les Paul, or Larry Levine? Who really discovered flanging?
Best of 2023: Lennon and George Martin are often given the credit, but flanging might well have been around for years before they 'discovered' it
5 artists that loved their gear so much they named themselves after it
Best of 2023: Just some great videos by bands with geeky gear names for you to enjoy
Intelligent people like Taylor Swift – it's official
Best of 2023: New report finds that high-achieving students prefer Taylor Swift, and that pop's the best type of music to listen to while studying
"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release (and how they actually helped define dance music today)
Best of 2023: If they hadn't panned the 909, you might now be dancing to a very different beat…
5 underrated DAWs that aren't Logic, Ableton or Pro Tools, and why you should consider switching
Best of 2023: If you've been using the same DAW for years, now might be the time to consider these low-cost, feature-packed alternatives
Heroes: The 6 best covers of David Bowie's classic (and three that are not quite so heroic)
Best of 2023: Many have tried and many have failed, but here are six artists that nailed one of the best songs of our time
"I said, 'I wish Sting was here', and they said 'He is, he’s here on holiday!'": Mark Knopfler, George Martin and more on 10 years, 70 albums, massive hit singles, a hurricane and a volcano – the incredible story of AIR Studios Montserrat
Best of 2023: The Police, Dire Straits, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Duran Duran are just a few of the AAA names who enjoyed the most idyllic of recording studios, but it didn't end well for this particular AIR
Arturia releases _Efx Refract, a new unison plugin, and makes it free for the holidays
If you only download one free plugin this season, we reckon you should make it this one
6 "wrong" production techniques that turned out right
We round up six examples of how ignoring conventional studio wisdom can lead to fantastic musical results
Baby Audio's new Beat Slammer plugin makes punchy, parallel compression easy and you can have it for free
Santa baby, just slip a plugin under the tree for me
"An exquisite collection of sprawling soundscapes and evocative cinematic worlds": Another day, another free plugin, but UVI's Christmas gift for you this year does sound amazing
Blessed are the music software developers, for they bestow free instruments and effects upon us
