The chronicles of a new Eurorack setup The very first challenge when building a Eurorack modular set up is choosing...
Can $600 really buy you a synth that sounds at least as good and can do more than the original Prophet 600?! Mark Jenkins says… Behringer’s...
John Krogh takes on this tremendously big bundle of instruments, sounds, and effects. Komplete 14 was released in September to much fanfare, adding a range of...
Mark Jenkins investigates a groundbreaking but still mysterious style of music A lot of the pioneering work in using day’s music technology came from the area...
Mark Jenkins traces the history of pocket-size sound makers 180-pound six foot weighted keyboard controllers are still a going concern, but there’s also a trend toward...
Desktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 FretlessDesktop Jaco Jockeys, your instrument awaits. I’ve been a fan of Impact Soundworks libraries since Sitar...
A different way of approaching your digital audio sequencing software and its plug-in processors There’s an interesting feature in the forthcoming CLAP open plug-in format: polyphonic...
Absolutely, but a lot of instruments that look backward are being released – and that’s a good thing, as Nick Batzdorf philosophizes. Don’t worry, innovation isn’t...
A further blow to the electronic music community has come with the death aged 79 of Vangelis from COVID-related complications [Editor’s note: I posted some brief...
Or maybe? We have our opinions, but we’re also interested in yours. Like it or not, a lot of the music software we rely on is...
What are these ballyhooed 3D audio formats all about? Intro Q: What is Dolby ATMOS? A: Dolby ATMOS is an encode/decode process that introduces a novel concept...
Seriously? Are we really still having this debate in 2022?! You’ve viewing this page to see what kind of human would make such a ridiculous assertion....
Oh yes they are, and here’s why For years, a lot of Mac users have been facing one compromise or another when it came time to...
Charlie Clouser’s signature go-to percussion library is both gnarly and sensitive. Nick Batzdorf’s review is neither. From the name and “cover” images, you’d expect Spitfire Audio’s...
An Oberheim SEM software recreation comes in at a fraction of the weight with eight times the fat. Marty Cutler lifts it for exercise. Tom Oberheim...
