Jas Shaw, Sebastian Plano, Jennifer Touch and more on their music making essentials

In celebration of Ableton's 20th birthday, we spoke with a collection of artists to find out how the DAW figures in their creative process

“Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind…” We chart the rise and fall of the music game and pick out 10 landmark times music and games got it right… or more often didn’t

As the influential DAW turns 20, we talk to some of the team members who have steered the software to ‘industry standard’ status

Roosevelt, Scalping, CID RIM and more on what tops their gear wishlist

A sputtering block of wood and metal, the CR-78 was the first drum machine to make the big time

The hardware that formed the foundations of electronic music production

Join us as we survey the past, present and future of music technology

We spotlight seven artists pushing electronic music forward in 2021

What do Fatboy Slim, Burial and Metronomy have in common? They're all using outmoded gear to achieve a unique sound

We attempt to predict the future of music technology, with the help of a few brands at the cutting-edge

The story of music technology in the new millennium, told through 22 groundbreaking products

This year's hottest new softsynths, from oddball instruments to FM behemoths and beyond

An undisputed classic, the iconic FM synth changed the synth landscape forever

Oberheim’s Xpander and Matrix 12 are two the most flexible synths ever

We investigate why the MPC3000 is regarded by many as the finest MPC ever made

The first, and some still say best, alternative to studio-bound modular systems

We go back to 1982, to the affordable polysynth war that led to Roland’s ‘diet Jupiter-8’…

An iconic ’80s multi-effects unit that has possibly never been bettered

The P600 was the first to feature a MIDI interface, let's reassess an iconic synth