Content Director Nick Batzdorf looks back at some of the more notable music tech trends and product introductions of the year. (What has he missed?) No...
Type in the chord progression of a song, choose a musical style from a long list of styles, and the program constructs the music for you....
Marty Cutler jumps up and down on DP11, the latest version of MOTU’s DAW, while making ape noises and scratching his chest to see whether it...
Almost all the best synths in life aren’t free. But SURGE is, as Jim Aikin reports (in this article and in the “don’t miss” video and...
In which we discover how credible this instrument, MIDI keyboard, and stereo sound system is for serious musical applications. Synth and Software’s Nick Batzdorf holds its...
Mark Jenkins sends all six voices of Arturia’s new flagship model into controlled oscillation in this in-depth video. Arturia’s Matrixbrute remains the most powerful and impressive-looking...
Part 2: How the Metric Halo audio interface brain transplant fits into that cycle (whether or not you own one of their interfaces) We established in...
Will this portable reference really turn your softsynth-running laptop into a legitimate musical instrument? Nick Batzdorf hooks it up and plugs in some speakers and headphones....
NEW from Korg, the miniKorg 700FS – the famous analog monophonic synth from 1973 is reissued. It’s only natural to assume that the latest thing is...
Marty Cutler looks at the new additions to Arturia’s behemoth software “anthology” of famous instruments Arturia adds more classic synths and keyboards to their bundle of...
Synth and Software contributor Mark Jenkins provides valuable advice for musicians working in a very restricted space. Although huge studio setups are still common, increasingly musicians...