In October 2013, I joined synth-rock legend Gary Numan on stage for a one-on-one conversation before a packed auditorium. A few hours later, he was on...
Specially curated collection of rare and vintage drum sounds spanning the history of drum machines expands the UNO Drum sound palette. IK Multimedia announces the Drum Anthology...
Two leaders in MPE controller design will soon deliver something groundbreaking. MIDI polyphonic expression (MPE) controllers will undoubtedly have a tremendous impact on the future of...
Cubase 10.5 is the newly released version of Steinberg’s award-winning music production system, combining sophisticated audio/MIDI tools with pristine audio quality. Steinberg today announced the immediate...
Make your synth talk with subtractive synthesis and ring modulation. Recently I discovered it’s easy to make surprisingly realistic vocal sounds, called phonemes, using any subtractive...
Complex-1 is one of the 28 instruments included with Reason 11 Suite, the all-in package that encompasses an incredible array of sonic horsepower. This patch walkthrough...
Does Novation’s flagship polysynth live up to expectations? The Summit is the newest synthesizer from Novation, a company that’s by far the most prolific synth manufacturer...
A trifecta of delay plug-ins, including two vintage emulations and a potent original design. Arturia has released several plug-in bundles over the last several years, with...
Practically every electronic musician uses MIDI, but many have only a vague understanding of exactly what it is, what it isn’t, and how it works. You...
If you have SynthMaster or SynthMaster Player, KV331 Audio just announced a sale with your music in mind. Now you can download all 32 of their...
Strings, brass, and woodwinds in a single package derived from their larger, individual library counterparts. I’ve owned a few Chris Hein libraries over the years, and...
Should you upgrade to the latest revision of this popular virtual studio? Reason version 11 is here, and with it, Propellerhead Software has brought some big...
This underappreciated synthesis technique may be the key to greater musical expression. Ever since I first laid my hands on a Moog modular synth at around...
Does this sample-playback plug-in deliver the world as we know it…or something different? Sampling has introduced so many musicians, electronic and otherwise, to music they might...
Managing the horizontal and vertical dimensions of musical space. Chords. Who doesn’t love chords? Generally speaking and to most people, chords appear to be the basic...