Music Production
Jam Master Jay Murder: Accomplice Pleads Guilty to Helping Alleged Killers
Prosecutors say Jay Bryant opened a locked door so that two other men could slip undetected into a Queens recording studio and shoot the famed DJ.
Plastician Explains His Monitor Setup With KRK Kreate 8
Plastician’s studio setup reflects the way a lot of producers actually work right now. It is not a large, isolated control room built around one purpose. It is a compact, hybrid space where production, DJ prep, and label work all happen in the same environment. That kind of setup puts pressure on yo
Skindred score first UK Number One album with Noah Kahan currently on track to beat Foo Fighters to top spot
The Welsh metalheads said that they hope their record will “help empower every young band or artist, and to help them to keep going and push on through”
LALAL.AI Expands VST With Six-Stem Separation Inside the DAW
Back in February, LALAL.AI’s VST hit the market and what stood out then was how quickly it let producers pull vocals and instrumentals without leaving the session. It was useful, but still limited in how far you could push it before needing other tools. This new update changes that in a way that act
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Unleash “Don’t Let It Control You” Ahead of New Album: Stream
The single will be released as a 7" featuring a psychedelic rearrangement of the track as a B-side. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Unleash “Don’t Let It Control You” Ahead of New Album: Stream Langdon Hickman
Social Media and Digital Marketing Coordinator – Solar Management – London
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‘Final Fantasy 10’ soundtrack is getting 25th anniversary vinyl release
A special ‘To Zanarkand’ remix collection is also launching
“It was a hard song to record. It changes time signatures and keys as it goes along. What sounded so simple on the piano quickly got very complicated when translated to a full arrangement”: How A-ha combined classic pop with an experimental mindset
“It’s how we started out in the ‘80s – a return to synth-based thinking”
“My heart skipped a beat. Shock, horror, horrendous feelings. Yeah, it was traumatic, really. It was like someone passing away": Paul McCartney’s driver on how he felt when Macca’s beloved Hofner was stolen
But it turned up 51 years later
‘Michael’ has biggest ever box office opening for music biopic
The film has beaten previous record-holder 'Straight Outta Compton'
5 amazing stock synths that come bundled with your DAW
A selection of superb stock synths that you might not have even realised you had…
"It's possible to end up with exactly the sound you were looking for without once thinking about frequencies, filters and all the rest of it": 5 innovative synth plugins daring to do things differently
Unconventional and creatively inspiring, these soft synths are pushing synthesis in bold new directions
“I’ve heard tracks where someone took a Massive preset and just added a snare and some chords and that’s all they did”: How Native Instruments’ Massive became the go-to bass synth for a generation of music-makers
This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its rebirth as Massive X Player
“Our music was so simple: we’d all laugh when Adrian Wright moved just one finger on the synthesizer and it sounded great”: Replicate the sonic magic of the Human League’s defining synth pop anthem
The first UK No. 1 to use a drum machine plays host to one of the most recognisable synth parts ever. We re-create its opening 5th riff in all its 80s glory
Synth Week 2026: Exhibitor A-Z
Fantastic new releases and stories from our partners
Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun: Girls Trip Deluxe Edition to Feature PinkPantheress, Robyn, and More
The deluxe edition of her 2025 album also features remixes with Tyla, Shakira, Kehlani, and JT
Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun: Girls Trip to feature PinkPantheress, Robyn, and more
The deluxe edition of her 2025 album also features remixes with Tyla, Shakira, Kehlani, and JT
Zara Larsson's "Midnight Sun: Girls Trip" to feature PinkPantheress, Robyn, and more
The deluxe edition of her 2025 album also features remixes with Tyla, Shakira, Kehlani, and JT
Zara Larsson's "Midnight Sun" Deluxe Edition to Feature PinkPantheress, Robyn, and More
The deluxe edition of her 2025 album also features remixes with Tyla, Shakira, Kehlani, and JT
Zara Larsson to Feature PinkPantheress, Robyn on Deluxe Album
The deluxe edition of her 2025 album also features remixes with Tyla, Shakira, Kehlani, and JT