News | Apr 16, 2023 by Matt Vanacoro

Matt Vanacoro is back for another NAMM report, with new gear from Zoom, Artesia Pro, and Yamaha.

News | Apr 14, 2023 by Matt Vanacoro

NAMM Day 2 brought the heat with Neural DSP Quad Cortex, a history lesson from the MIDI Association, and the highly anticipated Ivory 3 from Synthogy.

News | Apr 13, 2023 by Matt Vanacoro

It's the NAMM and Matt Vanacoro is there to bring you a daily rundown of his favorite gear finds. Take a look at the latest gear releases with Matt as he shares his top three finds from Day 1!

Review | Feb 24, 2022 by Matt Vanacoro

The SWAM technology is a great way to create the timbre and expressivity of real instruments. Matt Vanacoro investigates...

Review | Feb 23, 2022 by Matt Vanacoro

The most comprehensive and authentic-sounding sampled vintage synth collection gets a major upgrade! Matt Vanacoro dives deep into it...

Review | Sep 25, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

According to Korg, their Nautilus workstation offers the most dazzling and expansive collection of sounds ever put into a Korg synthesizer. Matt Vanacoro discovers whether it lives up to the hype.

Review | Sep 17, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

When Korg announced the NC-Q1 headphones I jumped at the chance to check them out.

Tutorial | Aug 26, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

Here are 5 things that can be easier to do with a paid streaming app.

Review | Aug 17, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

The Neumann U87 has been the goto mic for engineers since it was introduced in 1967. Yes, it's that good! Their latest iteration of this "classic", the U87ai, is even better. Let's see why:

Review | Jul 08, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

The combination of PhotoScore and NotateMe into one bundle is a pretty big deal for the music writing, scoring, and arranging world. Let's find out what Matt Vanacoro thinks about it!

Review | Jun 20, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

Black Lion Audio are synonymous with making audio interfaces from other manufacturers sound better, so how good will their first foray into the interface world be? Matt Vanacoro finds out.

Tutorial | Jun 15, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

There's more to live loops in Logic X than you might realise. Maytt Vanacoro shares advanced tips with you here.

Tutorial | Jun 07, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

These three Jazz music theory elements will give every producer a way to enhance songs in almost any genre.

Review | May 04, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

Quadra is a very powerful instrument and sequencer. There's a staggering level of control available as Matt Vanacoro discovered. But who is it aimed at?

Tutorial | Apr 12, 2021 by Matt Vanacoro

Following on from part 1, master musician Matt Vanacoro takes us deeper into Auto-Tune covering advanced views, analysis and graph modes and more.