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Review | Jul 22, 2015 by Matt Vanacoro

A wireless, handheld microphone designed for live performance is essential even in the studio. DPA's d:facto II vocal supercardiod microphone is given a full workout by Matt Vanacoro in this review.

News | Jul 22, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Bitwig are on tour this summer, and they're coming to the UK from 23rd July onwards courtesy of Bitwig Certified Pro and Nektar demonstrator, Tim Chandler.

Tutorial | Jul 22, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

In his new advanced course on using external MIDI in Logic Pro X, Booker Edwards shows how to go multi-timbral and use vintage audio processing hardware and get them all in sync in Logic Pro X.

News | Jul 22, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Good news for those who want their acoustic or electric guitar to sound like two, courtesy of the recent crowdfunding campaign for the Submarine pickup. It's been funded!

Review | Jul 21, 2015 by Hollin Jones

TKFX 2, from Imaginando, now runs on phones as well as tablets, making it easier than ever to control Traktor. With a nice GUI, memory banks and easy controller assignment, Hollin Jones tests it out.

News | Jul 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

If only producers had analog sounds with the convenience of real-time software control… Thanks to Elektron’s Overbridge (in BETA) we’re almost there. And of course, Electron want to tell us about it.

Tutorial | Jul 21, 2015 by Hollin Jones

Steinberg Cubase 8 has all the tools you need to get the perfect arrangement. Hollin Jones shows you how with these eight excellent tips.

News | Jul 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Designed and built in UK, Modal Electronics synths, including the new Modal 001 are designed to do more than your average hardware synth. Here's a video showing it interfacing with a modular synth.

News | Jul 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Grammy-award mixing engineer, Manny Marroquin, has his very own reverb plug-in courtesy of Waves Audio. The even better news is you can grab it for just $29 today only (normal price is $125)!

News | Jul 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

C-Tools is a collection of 3 instruments for retro sound creation not tied to any particular vintage hardware. Capsule (drum synth), Coil (hybrid mono synth), Clique (hybrid string & organ synth).

Review | Jul 20, 2015 by Matt Vanacoro

Does UVI's new Relayer delay plug-in make delay effects interesting and creative again? Matt Vanacoro taps away to find out just how good this "shapeable" delay effect can be.

Tutorial | Jul 20, 2015 by Darren Burgos

Imagine being able to stream audio from your iPad synth directly into Logic Pro X on your Mac... with low latency. Imagine no longer! Darren Burgos shows how using Audreio as a plug-in inside Logic.

News | Jul 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Start your morning off with some energy. DMC Champion DJ Rasp takes things to the next level in this latest turntablism routine, using djay Pro, two Pioneer XDJ-1000s and a Pioneer DDJ-SP1 controller.

News | Jul 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

If you’re looking for Warm, fat, gritty and pretty synth samples, then Samples from Mars free analog tape synths is for you. They’ve been recorded to 1/4" tape and they’re free!

Tutorial | Jul 19, 2015 by Mo Volans

Welcome to part 3 in this series on music production techniques. Think of these as essential audio concepts every self-respecting producer should know! This article delves into distortion effects.