Latest articles by Matt Mullen
Jamie xx announces long-awaited second solo album In Waves
The project features contributions from Robyn, Panda Bear, The Avalanches and Honey Dijon
Spotify CEO responds to backlash over comments on cost of making music
"It’s clear I was far too vague in the post, including with my clumsy definition of content. I understand how it came across as very reductive and that wasn’t my intent"
"It’s super cheap and I pretty much use it on every track": Demi Riquísimo on his number one synth
We visited the London-based producer/DJ in the studio to find out more about the making of new track Windows 95 Anthem
Musicians outraged as Spotify CEO claims the "cost of creating content" is "close to zero": "Our albums took hundreds of hours of human effort, hard work and creativity"
Daniel Ek's comments arrive as Spotify reports record profits of over €1bn in Q1 2024
"Lair is your door to familiar, abominable, and alien worlds": Is AberrantDSP's Lair the weirdest reverb plugin we've ever seen?
"Decoded from a diskette of unknown origin, Lair is a transporter through when and where, retooled as a reverberation effect"
"Turn any space into the ideal mixing and mastering setup": IK Multimedia says its iLoud MTM MKII studio monitors deliver sound worthy of speakers twice the size (and twice the price)
Beefed-up specs and improved software integration make the MTM MKII's an even more appealing prospect for producers after a monitoring solution that's compact but reliable
"This synthesizer is clearly not a clone": Behringer responds to Tom Oberheim on UB-Xa
"We clearly shared the plan for the UB-Xa synthesizer and received consent to use the trademark"
"A song doesn't need to be longer than 2 minutes 30... we don't need to repeat a verse, we don't need to have a bridge - we don't need it!": PinkPantheress opens up on why her songs are so short
The artist's latest single clocks in at 2 minutes and 27 seconds, while her longest so far is 2023's Capable of love, coming in at three minutes and 43 seconds
"I'll never record something that's reached farther": Avicii hits 1 billion streams for the fifth time
Vocalist Dan Tyminski reflects on his contribution to Avicii's Hey Brother in a new interview
Universal Audio's new plugin packs three legendary bits of analogue gear into a single channel strip
The LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip brings together an emulation of UA's classic 6176 Channel Strip with its beloved 1176 and LA-2A compressors
This free sample instrument captures the sound of Korg Berlin's new Acoustic Synthesis phase_8 prototype
"Part melodic synth, part drum machine", the prototype generates sound by electromagnetically stimulating metal resonators
iZotope's AI-powered mixing tool Neutron 4 Elements is the best free plugin you'll download this month
This stripped-back version of Neutron 4 is a hugely useful mixing plugin for beginners
“No collaboration and no discussions": Tom Oberheim responds to Behringer's UB-Xa statements
Behringer previously stated in a now-deleted Facebook comment that it "discussed the UB-Xa with Tom Oberheim and got his consent" to develop the synthesizer
How DJ Premier turned a mystery sample into the hook from The Notorious B.I.G.’s Unbelievable
DJ Premier opens up on the story behind his contribution to Biggie's iconic debut album in a new interview for the Broken Record podcast
“Daft Punk changed my life with Homework in the ’90s - then in the ‘00s James Murphy and DFA Records did it again”: Kasper Bjørke
The disco-loving Dane on his biggest influences, dream bits of gear, and embracing live instrumentation for his latest project Puzzles
Love Hultén teases Crum2, a "generative percussive harmonic device" that's the synth wizard's first commercial release
Designed in collaboration with Analog Sweden and Albert Nyström, Crum2 is an update to Nyström's Crum Drum
Arturia's MiniBrute V plugin reimagines the much-loved analogue monosynth
MiniBrute V aims to capture the brutal character of its namesake, beefing this up with seven more voices
Did Justice name Generator, from new album Hyperdrama, after the free plugin they used to make it?
Keen-eared YouTuber Dylan Tallchief has made a surprising discovery in his analysis of Justice's rave-inspired track Generator
Juicy Loops puts FL Studio's beloved sequencer into Ableton Live
The second version of this M4L device from YRAKI beefs up the sequencer with MIDI export and new modulation capabilities
Superbooth 2024 live: all the latest synth news from Berlin, as it happens
Knob tweakers, assemble! Big reveals from Korg, Moog, Polyend, Dreadbox and many more
The 5 instruments you need to know about at Superbooth 2024 – New synths, samplers and drum machines
Video and sound demos of some of the biggest hitters at this year's show, from Elektron, Arturia, Polyend, Oberheim and UDO
Arturia unveils PolyBrute 12 with doubled polyphony and improved aftertouch
The 'brute just got twice as brutal
Superbooth 24: "The ultimate analogue modular system": This colossal £15,000 synth was specially designed for Hans Zimmer, but you can buy one too
AJH Synth's RadioPhonic was commissioned for Zimmer's rebuilding of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
