Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Native Instruments' Claire captures the sound of the world's largest grand piano in production
This new Kontakt instrument is based on meticulously recorded samples of a "world-class" 10-foot Fazioli concert grand
Waves is teasing a free plugin to be dropped on Black Friday - sign up today to be first in line
It's the most wonderful time of year to bag a freebie
Steinberg launches Cubase 14 with new pattern editor, drum machine, effects, modulators and more
The latest version of Steinberg's flagship DAW has arrived
"We can't quite believe that this is free!": 7 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
Our monthly round-up of free plugins continues with spectral warping, chaotic break-slicers and a malfunctioning Minimoog
Dreadbox unveils Artemis, a 6-voice analogue poly inspired by the Typhon monosynth
The Greek brand celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of a beastly analogue poly kitted out with Sinevibes effects
Teenage Engineering's OP-XY is on the way - but what could this OP-Z successor look like?
FCC filings indicate that a Bluetooth-equipped product with the name OP-XY has been approved for sale in the United States
“That’s all I had. FL Studio and four plugins made Midnight Request Line”: Skream on how he made the track that put dubstep on the map
We sit down with Oliver Jones to hear about his studio set-up, how going sober has affected his music-making, and the stock plugin behind dubstep anthem Midnight Request Line
Is Teenage Engineering about to release a new product to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kraftwerk's Autobahn?
Will it be a Kraftwerk-themed EP-133 K.O. II, or is it the OP-XY?
Bootsy Collins' bass guitar, Farfisa organ and Yamaha DX7 go up for sale along with a collection of memorabilia
Offering a "rare window into Bootsy's brief run with the Godfather of Soul", the Bootsy Collins Collection also features a $5 fine issued to Collins by James Brown Productions
How a 67-year-old pensioner went viral performing industrial techno at home
What started as a post-retirement hobby has led The Last DJ to runaway success and his first gig in 40 years. Now he's on a mission to inspire others to do the same
AlphaTheta promises to "free your inner DJ" with DDJ-FLX2, its lightest and most compact DJ controller yet
Aimed at those learning to DJ, this beginner DJ controller makes executing blends and transitions easy with Smart Fader and Smart CFX
How Darude created Sandstorm, the era-defining trance anthem that’s named after a synth preset
Love it or hate it, Sandstorm’s relentless lead synth line must be one of the most recognizable melodies in dance music. Darude tells DJ Mag how the iconic track was made
iZotope's Neutron 5 adds 3 new plugins and makes its AI-powered Mix Assistant "faster and smarter"
This ever-expanding suite of intelligent mixing tools gets a flexible clipper, an upward compressor, and targeted processing with new Mid/Side and Transient/Sustain modes
SSL releases Halloween-themed free plugin X-Orcism II: Voices from the Crypt
This spooky vocal processor and multi-effects plugin incorporates a delay, reverb, pitch-shifter and noise generator
"I’m not checking my emails on stage!": Autechre hit back against critics of electronic artists that perform with laptops
“Are you mad? Somebody's handed you this multi-tool that you can do anything with and you're going to be like, ‘no, I want to play a keyboard because I'm a musician’”
“Can you put a banjo in a dubstep drop?”: Jacob Collier teams up with Google to launch AI-powered music creation tool MusicFX DJ
"You craft this real-time sonic putty that’s endlessly surprising, and essentially seeks to alchemize or forge connections between things that would otherwise be unlikely"
"It was like the Wild West": Fatboy Slim on sampling's early days - and nicking the bassline from The Clash's Guns of Brixton
“My record company and my management absolutely hated it, but I kind of liked the thrill of the chase”
Minimal Audio unveils Current 2.0, the next edition of its all-in-one synth, sampler, multi-effects plugin and content platform
A redesigned interface and new Wave Shifter effect make this already feature-packed instrument an even more versatile music-making tool
Timbaland says he spends 10 hours a day using controversial AI music generator Suno
Timbaland's endorsement comes a day after Thom Yorke and ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus sign a joint statement demanding AI platforms like Suno cease training their models on copyrighted material
How Burial produced the 21st century’s most influential electronic album on a “rubbish, dying” computer with outdated software
Creating a masterpiece on an ancient copy of Sony Sound Forge, Burial showed us all that it's not what you have - it's what you do with it
Spitfire Audio launches LABS+ subscription platform for samples - but LABS will remain free
LABS+ is launching with a new sample instrument focused on the sounds of amapiano
The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale
"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"
The internet's biggest bundle of free plugins just got bigger, as MeldaProduction introduces MDelay
Melda's colossal collection of 38 free audio effects has been expanded with what it says is "the most powerful free delay ever"
This massive study compares 2,368 synths, samplers and drum machines from 1896 to the present day - and the results might surprise you
Which year saw the most synth releases, and what's the best-selling instrument in synth history? These questions - and more - are answered by Iftah Gabbai's analysis of synth data
