In today’s music landscape, talent alone isn’t always going to cut it. Whilst you’re busy perfecting your craft in the studio or behind the decks, there are hundreds of other…
Ghost production has never been a secret in electronic music (we even wrote about it back in 2016). It has always existed in the margins, understood rather than spoken about,…
Reykjavik-based instrument developer Genki Instruments has announced availability of the eagerly-awaited Katla as a Voice Rotating Polyphonic Synthesizer inspired by Iceland’s largest subglacial volcano as its natural namesake — readily representing the company’s first foray into analogue…
According to news reports from heise.de, Sennheiser’s entire consumer division is being put up for sale, and it is news that deserves attention from anyone working in the music industry….
There’s a particular kind of moment that tends to arrive when you introduce a new piece of hardware into a long-established workflow. It’s not the unboxing, and it’s not the…
Back in January, when Nick Williams broke his silence and confirmed that Native Instruments had entered pre-insolvency proceedings under German law, we said the implications would ripple far beyond balance…
Musical Beings is a startup with an interesting founding premise: that music is something most people feel but struggle to express, and that the problem lies with the instruments rather…
Groovesizer has been quietly building a reputation in the DIY music hardware space for some time, and their latest release looks set to add another solid entry to that catalogue….
Manual Music Label owner Paul Hazendonk drops in with some essential tips on how to submit your demo properly. So you’ve been working hard in the studio, haven’t seen daylight…
There’s a version of software development where engineers build features in isolation, ticking boxes on a roadmap that bears little resemblance to how anyone actually makes music. Bitwig has never…
The original KeyStep 37 earned its place on desks and stages worldwide for good reason. Compact, versatile and genuinely playable, it sat at a sweet spot between minimal keyboard controllers…
FabFilter Pro-C 2 has been my default channel compressor for years, partly because it was dependable, and partly because its interface made it very easy to see what was actually…
There are moments in electronic music history that force us to confront uncomfortable realities about the infrastructure we’ve built our creative lives upon. The news that Native Instruments has entered…
There’s a certain irony in the modern dance music landscape. We’ve got more resources, more technology, and more supposed shortcuts to DJ stardom than ever before, yet we’re somehow producing…
Recently over the holidays, I took advantage of a Spotify deal, 2 months free back on an account I stopped paying for a year earlier, I had no need for…
Native Instruments has unveiled Absynth 6, marking the return of a legendary semi-modular synthesizer built for creating textures and soundscapes that evolve and breathe, adding new, otherworldly dimensions to your…
Nobody gets into music to become a copyright lawyer. You’re here because you want to create, share, and connect with people through sound. But if you’re uploading tracks to SoundCloud,…
First published April 2023 We live in a hyper-speed world where everything changes so quickly. So much so that it is impossible to even keep up with real-world events, let…
Ten Amsterdam Dance Events across thirteen years. When I first walked through the doors of my inaugural ADE back in 2012, I was wide-eyed, slightly overwhelmed, and determined to catch…
