Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
Call the Synthbulance! Modular rig hits the road
We’re always hearing about an artist's ‘latest musical vehicle’ but here’s a synth duo that have taken the concept to the next level
Steve Aoki: "I thought about doing a rock album, but I need to be sure that the global sound of Steve Aoki is represented"
The DJ/producer on getting his start with a Tascam PortaStudio, throwing cake, and his foam pit trampoline room
Kelis vs Beyonce. Sampling vs interpolation. Who's right and what's what?
The lines between 'lifts', 'lends', 'samples', 'replays' and more just got crazy blurred… Here's the truth
Tom Middleton is on a journey to uncover the deep science of sound, sleep and more. "We all need to try and sleep better. If you get it right all the other systems work."
From deep house, techno and ambient to science-powered lullabies, Tom Middleton’s journey through music has always been all his own.
Tom Middleton's top 10 tips for a better night's sleep
The DJ and techno pioneer's cutting edge work into the science of sleep is here to give you your best night's rest yet
Mix engineer Manny Marroquin: “I remember bringing the faders up on Umbrella and thinking ‘This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard’”
“Mixing is 50% creative and 50% technical. So it fulfils a lot of needs. I get to be creative and I get to play with toys!”
The must-have soft synths for 2022
Gear Expo Summer 2022. Climb inside the box and discover our pick of 2022's latest and greatest software synths
The must-have new hardware synths for 2022
Gear Expo Summer 2022: We've got all the latest synth hardware in one place
The greatest synth tracks from the last 50 years – Part 2: 1998 to 2022
We've picked one track for every year since the dawn of the synthesizer – especially for Synth Week
From 6 to X: celebrating 40 years of Roland Juno synthesizers
As Roland prepares to release the Juno-X, we take you on a guided tour through the iconic Juno range
The greatest synth tracks from the last 50 years – Part 1: 1973 to 1997
We've picked one track for every year since the dawn of the synthesizer – especially for Synth Week
The 10 drum machines that changed musical history
The incredible stories behind 10 landmark beat boxes that made music dance to a different drum
What’s included in Universal Audio UAD Spark? All the native UAD plugins explained
Find out exactly what $20 a month gets you
Dire Straits keyboard player Alan Clark: “When Mark Knopfler first played Money For Nothing, there was no ‘I Want My MTV’... the idea was mine”
From Dire Straits to Dylan, Clapton, Tina Turner and beyond, we meet the player, producer and musical director who’s worked with a who’s who of superstars
We think we’ve named every piece of gear in Calvin Harris’s studio
The DJ/producer’s estate agent inadvertently reveals the synths, outboard and guitars behind the hits…
Trombone Shorty: “In other places it might be guitars and all that stuff, but in New Orleans, brass is the king”
From playing for presidents to jamming with the greats. You name it, Shorty’s on the track...
5 tracks producers need to hear by... Daft Punk
Best of 2021: We say goodbye in the only way we know how: by selecting five moments of genre-defining brilliance from the men behind the masks
5 tracks producers need to hear by… Brian Eno
Best of 2021: In need of some inspiration? Draw yourself an oblique strategy card and treat your ears to the very best of the musician’s ‘non-musician’
5 tracks producers need to hear by… ABBA
Best of 2021: Think you know ABBA? Think again. There’s ABBA Gold... And then there’s ABBA Platinum...
‘Super-engineer’ Billy Hickey: “People get obsessed by the top of Ariana Grande’s voice and think there’s a lot of EQ shenanigans to get that, but that’s just her voice”
Ariana Grande’s must-have engineer for her last two albums on the state of play with 2021 studio sessions and how to get the hottest sounds for the biggest artists
10 times that music and videogames collided: the good, the bad… and the weird
“Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind…” We chart the rise and fall of the music game and pick out 10 landmark times music and games got it right… or more often didn’t
Yes keyboard giant Geoff Downes: “At one stage I had up to 28 keyboards out on the road - I filled up half a semi-truck on my own!”
“I think there was a bit of cockfighting going on! Certainly with Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman"
Keyboard legend Tony Kaye: “I get asked if I left Yes because of my disdain for the ‘new’ electronic gear - the Moog and the Mellotron - and there’s a lot of truth in that”
Most famous for his early work with (and subsequent returns to) prog giants Yes, the Hammond maestro is back with an album to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11
