Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Transform your voice into another vocalist's in real-time in your DAW with Dreamtonics Vocoflex
This AI-powered plugin can morph between multiple voices and even generate completely new vocal timbres
"That's why I'm sitting here - that's why I'm allowed to put out records, because I understand how to do that bit of it": Four Tet on his strongest skill as a producer
Kieran Hebden explores his approach to arrangement in the Tape Notes podcast
"David Guetta was whupping my ass because his CDJs were louder": Fatboy Slim on making the transition from vinyl to CDJs
Norman Cook reminisces about his early days in a new fanzine from Pioneer DJ celebrating 30 years of the CDJ
"Construct and sequence songs from start to finish in a true DAW-style workflow": Akai Pro announces huge update to its MPC software
MPC 3 brings a new Arrange Mode, new mixer, new channel strips, enhanced automation capabilities and much more to standalone MPCs
Unlock instant inspiration with this browser-based YouTube sampling tool
Samplette plays roulette with music on YouTube, serving up a random song to sample with every spin
A Place To Bury Strangers release an album you can build a synthesizer with
The noise-rock trio's seventh album is fittingly titled Synthesizer
Cristian Vogel's ShifterMesh is the trippiest effects plugin we've tried all year - and you can test it out for free in your browser
ShifterMesh's unique interface is based around a matrix of tree-like nodes inspired by the Chilean araucaria araucana tree
Roland updates two of its most popular stage pianos with new sounds
The RD-2000 EX introduces a "concert-class" grand and an intimate upright, while the RD-88 EX gets the SuperNATURAL Acoustic Piano 3 Expansion
"More than just another phaser": Minimal Audio's Ripple Phaser promises to inject movement and character into your sound
Take your music to new dimensions with Minimal's "multi-mode phase manipulator"
"Most people don’t have the time, space or money": salute on the barriers to diversity and inclusion in music production
We sat down with the rising electronic artist following the release of debut album TRUE MAGIC
Tame Impala on working with Dua Lipa: "The energy Dua creates is one of no ego"
The Australian artist opens up about his experience collaborating with Dua Lipa on her 2024 album Radical Optimism
"I pretty much only use presets": Four Tet on producing one of his biggest tracks in bed on laptop speakers
“There's no compressors on anything, there's no distortion, there's no effects. It's just a few raw sounds, a few presets and a little bit of EQ”
PinkPantheress: "I don't listen to albums, I just listen to songs... do people care about tracklisting?"
PinkPantheress says that she's more concerned with the strength of individual songs than how they come together as an overall body of work
Could Traktor Pro 4 put Native Instruments back at the top of the DJ software game?
Traktor just received a huge update, bringing stem separation, flexible beatgrids, Pattern Player and Ozone Maximizer to NI's flagship DJ platform
"It's a literal space echo!": Hainbach and AudioThing's free delay plugin sends your sounds to outer space and back
Both "a musical lo-fi effect and a playful tool for teaching about space", Moon Echo is based on a technique that uses the moon to reflect radio waves
Gryphon Rue: “I don’t dream about gear… I dream of a Hammond B3. Or an ARP 2500, of course”
We sit down with the multi-disciplinary artist following the release of his enigmatic, synth-fuelled project 4n_Objx
Specs, price and pictures leaked for Moog's new flagship polysynth
The leak suggests that Moog has packed a whole lot of synth goodness into its forthcoming eight-voice analogue synthesizer - and priced it competitively
MPC Stems goes standalone, bringing on-device stem separation to the MPC One, Live, X and more
MPC owners can now split samples up into four layers of stems using tech from Zplane
5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
This month, we've got experimental delays, high-end exciters and spectral synth plugins
Slate Digital's new auto-ducking plugin makes sidechain compression easy
With mid-side processing, filtering, EQ and sample rate reduction, Submerge offers more than your average ducker
Chromeo left all of their synths in the studio on their latest tour - except this one
Chromeo's P-Thugg gives us an exclusive tour of their live rig and shows us the ins-and-outs of their hybrid electronic/band set-up
Kiasmos on the “perfect mono synth”: “It doesn’t need anything on the chain and it still sounds great“
The Nordic duo bringing modern classical into dance on vintage Korgs, orchestral mixing and their love of the iPhone mic
Sonicware's new LIVEN Ambient Ø synth is designed for creating immersive ambient soundscapes
Sonicware continues its excellent run of affordable and portable synthesizers with an instrument that'll take you into the stratosphere
