Matt Mullen
I'm MusicRadar's Tech Editor, working across everything from product news and gear-focused features to artist interviews and tech tutorials. I love electronic music and I'm perpetually fascinated by the tools we use to make it. When I'm not behind my laptop keyboard, you'll probably find me behind a MIDI keyboard, carefully crafting the beginnings of another project that I'll ultimately abandon to the creative graveyard that is my overstuffed hard drive.
Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Chromeo left all of their synths in the studio on their latest tour - except this one
By Matt Mullen published
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“
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
Sonicware continues its excellent run of affordable and portable synthesizers with an instrument that'll take you into the stratosphere
"Live 12.1 puts real-time pitch correction within reach for anyone working with vocals": Ableton update brings a new vocal tuner and drum sampler to Live
By Matt Mullen published
Live 12.1 also features improved MIDI editing, automatic sample tagging and updated Limiter and Saturator devices
How Fred again.. turned a 77,500-capacity stadium into a nightclub for his biggest ever show
By Matt Mullen published
Fred and his team tell Rolling Stone how they engineered an "intimate" vibe for his headline-grabbing performance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
FL Studio's huge 2024 update brings new synth, effects, AI-powered MIDI tools and more
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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?
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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"
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
Waves' StudioRack has also been updated and relaunched as StudioVerse Audio Effects
Is this the end for the Moog One?
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
"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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
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"
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
"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
By Matt Mullen published
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
By Matt Mullen published
FX Collection 5 ups the total to 34 "precision-engineered effects for studio mixing and creative production"
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