Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
FKA Twigs has a very specific way of describing the “feminine touch” she wants her music to have
“I want more, like ephemeral soft edges. More all-encompassing kind of beautifulness,” she explains
Steve Lukather on why Toto have built up such a huge Gen Z audience
“It’s a demented thought but at the same time it’s kinda cool to think that people around the world like our music that we wrote in North Hollywood when we were much younger,” he says
Meet Kurzweil’s new K20 series synths, a VAST improvement on the ‘90s classic that inspired them
A K2000 for 2025
NAMM 2025: ROLI’s Piano is a larger keyboard for use with its Airwave hand-tracking hardware and music learning software, but is it large enough?
49-note controller has light-up keys, per-note pitchbend and polyphonic aftertouch
Korg teases a pair of ‘concept’ audio interfaces, and one of them has a MiniKorg 700S filter in it
Here’s what we know about the MicroAudio 22 and 722, which may or may not be going into production
Come for the organs, stay for the pianos and synths - Viscount unveils its Legend One stage keyboard
A little bit of everything is included
Polyend Step is “the first fully programmable drum machine in guitar pedal form”
A step change for live performance and practice sessions?
Roland makes a cheeky bid for performance keyboard supremacy with the new V-Stage 76 and 88
Red end panels? We’re sure we’ve seen those somewhere before…
Stylophone’s CPM DF-8 is a ‘beauty and the beast’ filter that can purr or squeal
It joins the DS-2 synth in the Compact Portable Modular range
Best DAWs 2025: The best digital audio workstations for PC and Mac
Our expert pick of music production software packages for every budget and application - tested and rated
NAMM 2025: It’s a Stylophone, but not as we know it - CPM DS-2 is a compact, portable analogue drone synth that's now available to order
Out with the stylus, in with the serious synthesis
The MiniKorg 700S finally lives up to its name as Korg releases a downsized version
The archetypal ‘secondary keyboard’ gets a mini makeover
“It just doesn’t sound like anything else”: Howard Jones finally has a Prophet-5
Better late than never
“We believe we could make this happen for under $500”: Behringer teases new SP-1200 sampler
The company is also on the lookout for “experienced software engineers” to work on the project
Best iPad for musicians and producers 2025: My pick of Apple tablets for all levels of music maker
Apple's iPads can now comfortably handle every music production task, but which is most suited to your needs? I put the whole range under the microscope
Rob Lowe: “I got it into my head that I should think more about music and I cut a demo with Toto”
“I took having fun very seriously,” he says
Musicians should be inspired by AI in the same way that he was inspired by Prince, says will.i.am
"Prince's awesomeness did not dim my light. Prince's awesomeness inspired me. And if you are now going to be afraid of being inspired, then you ain't truly creative"
Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer
“He would say ‘OK, that’s so close, cut it one more time,’ and I wouldn’t do it because I physically couldn’t cut a 16th of an inch without chowdering the tape”
“Stick to our chords”: Chris Martin rags Jacob Collier for his reharmonisation antics
“I’m the worst musician in this room!” he admits
Here's what Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production
Best of 2024: The OneRepublic frontman was also discussing writing and producing songs with Adele and Beyoncé
Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
Best of 2024: She says she had “absolutely no idea” that it would become so successful
Was Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo played in anger?
Best of 2024: The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time
How Prince’s final, legendary guitar performance on SNL was saved by a quick-thinking audio engineer
Best of 2024: His 8-minute medley from 2014 is considered one of the greatest musical spots in the show’s history
