Latest articles by Matt Mullen
FL Studio's huge 2024 update brings new synth, effects, AI-powered MIDI tools and more
FL Cloud subscribers can now access 69 instruments and effects from Baby Audio, Native Instruments and UVI
Watch the first videos of the leaked Moog Labyrinth
Get lost in the sounds of the Labyrinth, a left turn for Moog with generative sequencing and a West Coast-style architecture
Is Tame Impala about to launch his own synthesizer?
The Australian artist has set up a new musical instrument company, but details are scarce - the less we know the better, apparently
Dua Lipa rumoured to be joined by Calvin Harris, Tame Impala and Cyndi Lauper in surprise Glastonbury appearances
Harris is reported to be joining the star during her headline set for a performance of their 2018 hit One Kiss
Major record labels sue AI music generators, alleging "copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale"
The RIAA says that platforms such as Suno and Udio "threaten enduring and irreparable harm to recording artists, record labels, and the music industry"
WebSampler just made sampling the internet easier than ever
Open up a browser within your DAW and record audio directly to the timeline
50 music tech brands come together to endorse Roland and UMG's Principles for Music Creation with AI
Focusrite, Splice, Waves, NAMM and many more have voiced their endorsement of the principles
Waves expands the StudioVerse with cloud-based instrument rack StudioVerse Instruments
Waves' StudioRack has also been updated and relaunched as StudioVerse Audio Effects
Is this the end for the Moog One?
If you were thinking of picking up Moog's beastly 16-voice polysynth, you might want to grab one before it's too late
DJ Mustard says it took him "approximately 30 minutes" to make the beat for Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us
"I didn't know he was gonna gas that beat like that"
Struggling to finish a song? Don't worry - now AI can do it for you
The latest update to AI-powered music generators Udio and Suno gives them the power to extend any musical idea you upload into a new track
Steinberg unveils SpectraLayers 11 with enhanced AI-powered unmixing, workflow enhancements and new user interface
SpectraLayers' new Unmix Chorus module can separate lead and background vocals, while the Unmix Crowd Noise module can clean up live recordings
UMG partners with makers of AI-powered vocal plugin MicDrop
SoundLabs' MicDrop plugin produces high-fidelity vocal models for artists, giving them full creative control over the results
Elsa Hewitt on sampling and remixing her own music
A restlessly creative producer/songwriter with an ear for the hypnotic, Elsa Hewitt joins us to talk loop jams, flow states and Ableton Live
Make Noise's new Eurorack module is an "audio alchemical experiment"
Bruxa lifts the curious filter delay from Make Noise's experimental Strega synth and puts it into your Eurorack setup
Watch Roger Linn, creator of the original MPC, test out Akai's MPC Live II
"Akai has done a very good job of honouring the workflow of my original design and bringing it into the present"
Alexander Panos' Color Transfer bundle has some of the coolest Max for Live devices we've seen all year
This trio of sonic manipulators is an experimental sound designer's dream
Arturia releases FX Collection 5, adding a new exciter and limiter and two EFX multi-effects
FX Collection 5 ups the total to 34 "precision-engineered effects for studio mixing and creative production"
Bullion: "There’s no bigger turn-off than going into a studio that feels like a spaceship"
We visit producer and songwriter Nathan Jenkins in the studio to talk self-doubt, eBay bidding wars and the joys of the laptop mic
Get a glimpse inside Korg Berlin's experimental synth-building workshop with Reverb
Watch Korg instrument designer Tatsuya "Tats" Takahashi demo the brand's Acoustic Synthesis phase_8 prototype
76% of new artists say their career is "not financially sustainable"
Toolroom Academy's From Mix to Mainstage report also found that 62% of new artists struggle to grow their audience
Tourist invites us into his new home studio and shows us the trio of synths he couldn't live without
We visited Tourist in the studio to find out more about how his new album Memory Morning was made
"If I could delete one instrument": James Blake says he "hates" the saxophone
"The saxophone is like the guy at the party who's done too much coke, and he's telling you about his new business idea"
D16 Group's Roland TR-606 emulation Nithonat 2 updated with new sequencer, effects and more
Nithonat 2's new sequencer replaces the original's 606-style sequencer with a grid-based version that's easier to use and gives you precise control over dynamics and articulation
"Making electronic music technology more accessible": Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin's Bullfrog Drums is an educational drum machine inspired by the Roland TR-909
This seven-voice sample-based drum machine is designed to be paired with the other instruments in Erica Synth's educational "ecosystem", Bullfrog and Bullfrog XL