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Our resident platinum award-winning mixer and producer shares 10 of his go-to plugins
By Jon Musgrave published
Our picks of the modern virtual tools that will transform any self-sustaining producer’s workflow

"As nuanced as the real thing, but only if you know what you're doing": The ultimate guide to plugin guitars
By Andy Price published
After spending decades trying to emulate the guitar, it might have been easier just to pick one up and learn how to play it…

Our go-to plugins for adding flavour to our sounds
By Roland Schmidt published
With so much processing available in modern DAWs, we take a look at some of the more left-field plugins and approaches for maximising the colour of your audio signal

Output's AI-powered Co-Producer plugin chooses samples for you, but is it streamlining workflows or outsourcing creativity to AI?
By Matt Mullen published
We speak to Output CEO Gregg Lehrman about the company's AI-assisted digital crate-digger designed to speed up sample discovery

“We needed the right person to join the family”: How Steve Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album
By Andrew Daly published
And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place

Exploring the rise of plugin subscriptions and possible alternative models
By Adam Douglas published
“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025
By Stuart Adams published
From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software samplers that make sampling fun, fast and intuitive

“She thought anything could be pop“: Sophie’s brother and studio engineer Ben Long on the release of her final album
By Matt Mullen published
We sit down with Ben Long to talk through the making of Sophie's posthumous final project and gain a rare insight into the creative process of a generational talent
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