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Jordan Rudess Shreds The Star Wars Theme on New iPad App

What do you get when you combine the hit movie of the millennia, the music app of the month, and a musician whose talents and skills know no bounds? Simple: The Shred Awakens.

Sound Particles Brings Hollywood, CGI-Style Sound Design App to Mac

Something cool for sound designers that treats sounds like CGI apps treat graphics and visual effects. Sound Particles is an impressive way to create immersive audio and is being adopted by Hollywood.

PMC Launches the IB1S-AIII Activated Reference Monitor at NAMM 2016

With one month to go, NAMM announcements are coming in now. Designed for small to medium sized control rooms, PMC's 3-way plug and play monitor is designed for a wide range of pro applications.

Review: Geoshred for iOS

Jordan Rudess' Wizdom Music and MoForte have partnered up to create something rather special: GeoShred. This app is super fun to play, highly-addictive and innovative. Find out why in the full review.

Novation Circuit Beta Test Firmware Update, Software Synth Patch Editor & MIDI CC Spec

Novation Circuit is only recently out and already has some exciting updates, including an awesome Max4Live / standalone software synth editor from Isotonik Studios, updated firmware & MIDI CC spec.

ROLI Releases Noise, Expressive Musical Instrument for iPhone

ROLI have released a new iPhone app called NOISE that takes advantage of 3D Touch on iPhone 6s to provide expressive music-making potential for the mobile musician for free!

Boxed Ear Release Free R-8 MkII Sample Pack

Start your Sunday off with some samples. Better still, make that "Free samples". Boxed Ear have sampled the classic Roland R-8 MkII drum machine and are generously giving it away for free!

4 iZotope Ozone 7 Mastering Tips

There are a few software options for mastering, and one of the very best and most popular is iZotope's Ozone. Now up to version 7 we take a look at 4 mastering tips Ozone 7 users should know about.

Review: Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir Complete

Just how complete is the Rhodope Bulgarian Choir Complete? Lynda Arnold finds out.

Erica Synths Releases Acidbox II Analog VCF

Erica Synths' Acid box II is an emulation of a classic Russian synth's voltage controlled filter for awesome analog resonance sweeps. Don't take my word for it, watch the video to see it in action.

Review: Steinberg UR22 mk II Audio Interface

Steinberg scored a hit with the first-generation UR22. UR22mkII ups the ante with iPad-compatibility & software for Mac, Windows, & iPad. Matthew Loel T. Hepworth takes the new interface on a test run

How to Make an Acid House Jam with Roland AIRA TB-3 and the TR-8

The Roland AIRA TR-8 and TB-3 demand to be played, tweaked and performed with. In this tutorial for beginner users, Sara Simms shows how to create an Acid House beat and bassline using these machines.

Explore The Art of Mastering In This Free Webinar With Danny Wyatt, Steve H & iZotope

Our sister site, macProVideo, is running their first ever free webinar on Monday December 21st, 2015 in collaboration with iZotope & Danny Wyatt. It's on The Art of Mastering & it's FREE!

Arranging Beethoven's Masterpieces Is More Fun Than It Sounds As This Google Musical Puzzle Proves

Thursday 17th December saw the launch of one of the best Google Doodle's in my opinion. In this interactive musical puzzle you're tasked with rearranging some Beethoven classics. A must-try.

Wavesfactory Newmello I Brings Tape Sampled Mellotron Inspiration to Kontakt

So you want some Mellotron M400 inspired samples for Kontakt? Newmello I from Wavesfactory is a beautifully sampled instrument that oozes warmth and feel of the Mellotron and takes it further.