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Ableton Live Advanced MIDI Technique: Manipulating Time & Playback Direction

Here's how to harness the power of the Note section and its tools to quickly and easily create variations on your beats, chords and melodies - with just a few clicks.

TekkZoo BunnyKicker Is A Virtual Drum Synth With Character

BunnyKicker, yes, 'Bunny' and 'Kicker' is a new drum synth plugin with plenty of sample layering potential and sound mangling potential.

Review: iZotope VocalSynth 2

VocalSynth 2 is a major update to iZotope's powerful voice processor with the new BioVox Module using a scientific model of the human vocal tract. Lynda Arnold sings its praises...

Elektron Digitone FM Synth Demystified

Unlock the secrets of Elektron's powerful Digitone FM synth with this expert course that covers all the bases.

New Sonic Arts Announces Nuance 2 Creative Sampler

Creative sampler gets a major update with workflow and engine enhancements - and it's on special offer until the end of July.

Review: Roland Go:Mixer PRO

JAde Wii from Ask.Audio gets hands-on with the new Roland GO:Mixer Pro and puts it through its paces in a real world jamming test with synths and music machines.

Quick & Easy Guide To Compression, Encoders, Streaming For Performing Musicians & DJs

Just pointing a camera at a band won't cut it - to stream effectively to a wide audience you need to know a few tricks about conversion and compression. Here's Matt Vanacoro with the inside track.

Factorsynth For Mac Brings Machine Learning To Ableton Live

This new synth for Ableton Live uses machine learning to deconstruct sounds on a micro level and let you modify, rearrange and re-sequence them in any way you like. The possibilities could be endless.

Review: Roland TD17KVX

Roland's TD17KVX V-Drum kit shares many features with its more expensive siblings, but at a much more accessible price. Matt Vanacoro asks if it makes any compromises.

How To Get $100 Off Master & Dynamic MH30 Headphones

Master & Dynamic is running a time-limited discount on its high quality, portable MH30 headphones. Here's what you need to know to get money off.

Mode Machines Releases SEQ12 Analog & MIDI Sequencer

Sporting 12 tracks this CV and MIDI hardware analog sequencer gives you three modes, lets you choose between three track types, 16 paterns per track with 32 memory slots in total.

Take Control Of Your Tracks With NI Komplete's Mix Plugins

Native Instruments' Komplete comes with a bunch of excellent mix plugins including EQs, compressors and more. Olav Basoski demonstrates how to shape a fat house beat with Solid EQ.

Bitwig Studio 2.4: What's New

From a brand new sampler to ParSeq-8, a unique modulation sequencer, MIDI channel support to a new way of working with samples, there's something for everyone in the new Bitwig Studio 2.4.

Adobe Audition CC: Track Vs. Clip Effects

Whether you're podcasting, wave editing or cleaning up dialogue for a movie, Audition's effects are here to help. Hollin Jones explains when to use track and clip effects.

Modular Synthesis: Using Audio As CV & CV As Audio

By mixing up connections that might not seem like they should work together, you can get some amazing results. That's the beauty of eurorack systems, as Scott Riesterer explains.