Latest articles by Matt Mullen
"This stuff felt wholesome and pure and safe": Sufjan Stevens on producing John Legend's album of children's music
My Favorite Dream was released August 30
Venus Theory launches free plugin series with Arturia Polybrute 12 library
Auras is a new series of free instruments "designed to inspire, create and goof around with"
This free plugin brings AI voice modelling to your DAW
Voice-Swap's new plugin can be used to create AI models of your voice to share with collaborators
Stadium-sized vulnerability and synth-led synchronicity: Loyle Carner and LCD Soundsystem at Forwards Festival
Four Tet, Underworld, CMAT and more joined a diverse line-up at one of the most talked-about events in Bristol's cultural calendar
Channel your inner Phil Collins with Solid State Logic's new GateVerb non-linear reverb plugin
Recreate the iconic gated reverb sound that defined the '80s
"Re-engineered to look, feel, and play like an instrument": Novation unveils Launchkey Mk4 MIDI controller keyboard range
Six new models compatible with all major DAWs have enjoyed a comprehensive redesign, with OLED screens and pads equipped with polyphonic aftertouch
"We are going to celebrate what brings together the most people on the planet - sport and electronic music": Jean-Michel Jarre to headline the 2024 Paralympics Closing Ceremony
Cassius, Alan Braxe, Breakbot and Martin Solveig will also be performing in a stacked line-up of 24 acts
“The house didn’t feel terrifying so much as sad… but that could just be my own insanity”: How Nine Inch Nails recorded a Platinum-selling album at a murder scene
A macabre masterpiece recorded at the site of a gruesome killing, NIN's The Downward Spiral harnessed the era’s rapidly advancing music technology to bring Trent Reznor’s twisted vision to life
Arturia's KeyLab MIDI controller upgraded to mk3 with new keybed, bigger screen and touch-sensitive controls
The French manufacturer's flagship MIDI controller keyboard gets an overhaul with 49- and 61-key versions of KeyLab mk3
Clean Bandit on the Rather Be synth sound: "It's just an Ableton preset"
Clean Bandit's Jack Patterson shows you how to cook up the synth patch from the group's 3x Platinum 2014 hit Rather Be
Roland designer Atsushi Hoshiai reveals the origin of the TR-909's sounds
"Mr. 909" reveals the story behind the legendary drum machine's hi-hats and cymbals in an interview with Attack Magazine
"Apple leaked it so I can say it": Flying Lotus reveals he wrote two iPhone ringtones
The producer recorded the Daybreak and Chalet ringtones, which have shipped with every iPhone since iOS 17
"Professional-quality recordings with minimal effort": Shure's new SM4 microphone aims to simplify home recording
Shure says the SM4 will deliver pro sound regardless of your setup, environment or experience
Melodic resonators, tube saturators and distortion-laced reverbs: 5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
The latest and greatest freebies that we deem worthy of adorning your channel strips and clogging up your hard drives
Universal Audio is giving the $199 Century Tube Channel Strip plugin away for free - but not for long
"Get warm, vintage sounds from sterile-sounding digital tracks"
"Oh my God, that's four Splice sample loops on top of each other!": Afrojack on Fred Again..
"The people appreciate the melody and the composition - they don't appreciate the guy who put four samples on top of each other"
Aphex Twin DJ'd at a friend's wedding
Reports suggest that James played the set as a wedding gift, with Luke Vibert also performing
The NAMM Show will return in 2025 with an expanded five-day program: "The show continues to evolve based on our members’ needs"
The beefed-up program taking in more workshops, talks, educational events and networking opportunitie
UDO's Super 8 synth is now available to order
The Super 8 is a slimmed-down Super Gemini with (almost) everything we loved about that synth - and a cheaper price tag
Play God with presets: Dillon Bastan makes sound design evolutionary with this innovative Max for Live device
Breed multiple presets and mutate their sonic DNA to create new sounds, then choose which presets survive and pass on their genes to the next generation
