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News | May 18, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

The fastest-growing company in the music and sound industries, Gibson brands, has taken over Deckadance from Image-Line. This means Stanton DJ has a new software presence and direction...

Tutorial | May 17, 2015 by Joe Albano

If you're looking to re-create an acoustic instrument or vintage synth/drum machine in software, sample-based instruments will only take you so far. Joe Albano explores modelling instruments in depth.

News | May 16, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

As vinyl records continue their surge in popularity, turntables are becoming more in demand again. Here are some expensive (and some cheap) options with unique visual design twists.

Review | May 16, 2015 by Lynda Arnold

Bringing music making tools to the masses is something IK Multimedia have done successfully in recent times. So how does their iRing gesture based music controller stand up? Lynda Arnold finds out.

News | May 16, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

In this video interview with Electronic Beats, Fort Romeau talks about his take on music making and how he approaches it with samples and synthesis. Well worth a watch.

News | May 16, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Buy any Blue Mics enCORE live performance microphone and get a second for free at participating dealers '" Save up to $199!

Review | May 15, 2015 by Toby Pitman

You can now bring Hip Hop grooves into your EXDrummer 2 workflow with the latest expansion pack from Toontrack. Toby Pitman puts it to the test.

Tutorial | May 15, 2015 by Roy Furr

Roy Furr is back by popular demand with these timeless arranging and production secrets for making tunes DJs will want to play over and over again.

News | May 15, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Single Cycle Audio have released Vintage Drum Elements, an AU'‹/'‹VST plugin based on the Yamaha RX5 vintage drum machine. It's available via Bandcamp as an album and can be downloaded for free!

News | May 15, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

You can now customize your iRig Pads setups and tailor the ultimate ultra-portable, universal MIDI groove controller to suit any production style or performance workflow.

Review | May 14, 2015 by Rich Tozzoli

I like when you open a guitar plug-in, play a few notes to sound check, and say '˜whoa' to yourself'"in a good way. That's just what happened when I plugged into the new Marshall Plexi Super Lead amp.

Tutorial | May 14, 2015 by Hollin Jones

Cubase is one of the best-looking DAWs around, but its interface also has some hidden secrets to help you speed up your workflow! Hollin Jones showcases five tips every Cubase user should appreciate.

News | May 14, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Electronic music pioneer Giorgio Moroder has joined forces with Novation to release a limited edition synthesiser, the MoroderNova. Just 500 are being made so grab one now...

News | May 14, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

A sibling of the Jupiter 4, Roland tell us the new ProMars PLUG-OUT synth is a perfect reproduction of the vintage version with Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB) technology and an advanced arpeggiator.

News | May 14, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

There's some sad news for the wanting to get hold of the much-loved and much respected Moog Music MF-104M Analog Delay. But the Minifooger and 500 series are still available.