Latest articles by Andy Price
Keir on the power of GarageBand, his 'magic' AKG C414 microphone and writing a song a week for five years
We spoke to the rising singer-songwriter alongside writing partner and producer George Glew to learn about the lengthy process of making his debut album
How to perfect your kick and snare with Arturia's Neve 1073 emulation
Get the sound of the most revered preamp and EQ circuit ever designed with this faithful software emulation
How to use the Pultec 'low-end trick' to improve your bass and kick
This classic trick, recreated with an emulation of the vintage hardware, delivers a tight and characterful low-end
Chris Lake on teaching himself to produce with a laptop and nothing else: "I’ve released music that I’ve only monitored on laptop speakers"
Fresh from the release of the pumping, Aluna-featuring Beggin’, we seized a rare opportunity to sit down with modern house titan Chris Lake
How joan recorded a million-streaming debut album in their bedroom: "Every melody matters. If the melody isn’t undeniably singable, the song isn’t going to stick"
With tens of millions of streams, a blossoming global fanbase and a knack for gleaming pop production, Arkansas duo joan are poised to become a very big deal
Django Django on the dance music-inspired Off Planet: "I started making music in the ’90s with an E-mu sampler, so part of my brain is still stuck there"
Django Django’s retro house-influenced new project is a flurry of hypersonic colours and energy. We spoke to the band’s cofounder David Maclean about the record’s inspirations, tech and evolution
Baby Audio's Caspar Bock on their "evolution" of the cult classic Yamaha CS01: "We wanted to make a synth that sounded as musical, gritty and ‘real’ as the original"
Hot on the heels of the launch of its very first soft synth, we speak to Baby Audio to find out more about why the company has sidestepped into synth-craft with BA-1
Nektar Aruba review
Sprucing up its MIDI drum controller with a raft of new features, Aruba offers a slick new way of performing your software drum instruments
How Cherry Audio recreated the sound of the world's first commercial polysynth in software: “There may be fewer than six working Novachords on the planet”
We caught up with Cherry Audio's CTO Dan Goldstein to find out more about its new plugin emulation of a super-rare proto-synth from 1939
Arrangement 101: How to escape the 4-bar loop and turn ideas into complete tracks
Transforming your sketches into fully-fledged songs can be a tricky process. That’s why it’s important to understand how an effective arrangement takes listeners on a journey…
"Auto-Bounce gives people their life back": Tom Salta's time-saving plugin automates the laborious process of bouncing stems and mixes in Logic
Video game composer Tom Salta got so tired of spending hours bouncing stems in Logic that he designed a plugin to do it for him
Manon Grandjean: "I love being an engineer, but I didn’t really want to be a producer. I'm an introvert - I like to be in my little corner doing things in Pro Tools"
The MPG Award-winning mix engineer talks plugins, studio techniques and working with Stormzy
"Without Pet Sounds, The Beatles wouldn’t have made Sgt Pepper": Giles Martin on mixing The Beach Boys’ masterpiece in Dolby Atmos
Giles Martin's seasoned ears have brought The Beach Boys' hallowed Pet Sounds into the spatial audio realm with astonishing results. We spoke to Giles to learn more…
Gryffin: "After I discovered deadmau5, Skrillex and Avicii, I immediately downloaded Ableton Live"
Gryffin tells us how going from AC/DC to deadmau5 and classical piano to Ableton Live helped him launch his bid for Spotify superstardom
JMG Sound Retronaut review
Promising to infuse the crackle of yesteryear into your tracks, Retronaut goes beyond its lo-fi headline to deliver thrilling sound-shaping abilities
7 of the best immersive audio plugins
Here are our picks of some of the slickest routes to create and mix in both Sony 360RA and Dolby Atmos
"This technology will replace stereo": Behind the scenes of groundbreaking 3D sound project Immersive London Calling
This 55-track compilation, mixed in 360 Reality Audio at London's ARK360° Studio, makes a convincing case for the post-stereo world
Heavyocity Uncharted 88
When is a piano not a piano? When Heavyocity rips it apart, builds a new instrument from its internals, then goes at it with a range of tools…
How to work with video in Logic Pro
Logic is one of the most versatile DAWs when it comes to composing music and sound for video content. Here's how to get started
The soundtrack composer's guide to music software
From expansive orchestral libraries to malleable atmosphere-carvers and thunderous impact engines, let us guide you through some of the best big-screen tailored tools around…
Could AI technology replace soundtrack composers?
With a constant stream of visual content competing for our eyes and ears, we wonder what the future will look like for soundtrack composers, and whether AI is friend or foe?
How to get started (and get paid) writing music for sync licensing
Sync licensing and production music creation can be a stable route for jobbing musicians, but it can be a tricky world to navigate for those not familiar with the details
How to blend sound design and score to create a modern cinematic soundtrack
The boundary between sound design and score has blurred in recent years, as melody and abstract sonics fuse to create today’s modern soundtracking norm
