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Behringer says it’s made a development breakthrough as it aims for a “100% authentic” Yamaha CS-80 analogue synth clone
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Bitwig and PreSonus’s new open file format enables you to save projects in one DAW and open them in another
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NAMM 2024: Korg opens "a new chapter in synth history" with the microKorg 2, the long-awaited successor to one of the world's best-selling synthesizers
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Someone made an Excel drum machine, and it’s amazing
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, acclaimed composer and electronic music pioneer, has died aged 71
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Teenage Engineering’s new £299 EP-133 KO II sampler, sequencer and composer looks like a genuine knockout
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“I made some quite 'difficult' sounds that even a pro would struggle to reproduce!"
In the new issue of Computer Music, we speak to composer Petri Alanko about scoring the sublime Alan Wake 2, organising his synths and developing 'classical trance’
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Did you know that you can download more than 33,000 BBC sound effect samples for free?
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KnittedKeyboard II is the expressive MIDI controller you can wear like a scarf
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People are going crazy for Nopia, the MIDI chord generator prototype that’s racked up 2.6m video views in 8 days
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Take a look at Tuna Knobs - suction cup controls that stick to your tablet's screen >>>
http://t.co/jqyr2WZAOt
http://t.co/C5r0G09E7I
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Novation’s Bass Station and V-Station synth plugins are now free to download
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Hell has frozen over, Donald Trump is the president, and Reason is adding VST plugin support -
@PropellerheadSW
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We've been testing out Ableton Live 12 for a month - here's what you really need to know
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Teenage Engineering reveal the TX-6 mixer and audio interface
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Valhalla DSP’s free Supermassive plugin gets 2 new modes that “sound good on everything”
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NAMM 2024: “Zebralette 3 will become one of the most comprehensive wavetable generation tools available, and like its predecessor, it'll be free” - u-he is releasing the cutdown version of its new synth before the full-blown Zebra 3
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This free VST drum enhancer plugin promises to make your kicks smack “10 times harder”
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NAMM 2024: Yamaha's Seqtrak is an all-in-one synth, drum machine, sampler and sequencer that could be an affordable rival to Teenage Engineering's OP-1
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@UAudio
says it’s launching its free LUNA DAW early to provide “a welcome escape from the outside world”
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Early DAWs: the software that changed music production forever
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Brad Pitt reopens restored Miraval Studios: “I’m really excited to see what music comes out of here”
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NAMM 2023: Polyend announces Tracker Mini, and it looks like a 'best in show' contender
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GPU Audio reveals Major, the first synth plugin to be powered by your graphics card
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Spitfire Audio makes the BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover plugin free for everyone, and you can download it right now
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MIDI 2.0 spec confirmed: “the biggest advance in music technology in decades”
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"To say its arrival was earth-shaking would be no exaggeration" : why, 40 years on, the Yamaha DX7 was the most important release in synth history, even though it did "make your head dribble"
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Looking for some light reading? 350 pages of new MIDI 2.0 specs have just been published
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Aphex Twin releases Samplebrain, a free and open-source “custom sample mashing app”
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10 of the best Roland TB-303 tracks of all time: Fatboy Slim, Voodoo Ray, Aphex Twin and more
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Arturia’s $99 Tape Mello-Fi plugin is free to download again, but only for a limited time
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Digitalis is an audio degradation plugin that looks like it was made in 1984 and mimics the sound of bad converters and catastrophic errors, but don’t let that put you off
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Warm up your holiday season with Arturia’s Tape Mello-Fi, a free plugin with lo-fi vibes
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Synth legend Dave Smith, designer of the Prophet-5, dies aged 72
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How to master your synths: "If you really want to get to know a synth, the best thing you can do is read the manual, test out each element and get a feel for how each feature affects the sound"
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It looks like the Access Virus TI 2 has been discontinued: is this the end of the line for one of the greatest synths of the 21st century?
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Ableton Live vs Bitwig Studio: which is the best DAW for you?
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Behringer unveils the miniest of Moog-style synths, as its Model D gets downsized
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The 10 things that every music producer really needs to know about chords
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7 underrated VST synths you might not know about (but really should)
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Hans Zimmer has reportedly bought the BBC’s iconic Maida Vale Studios for £10.5 million
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This 'experimental' new DAW has a ton of innovative features that we haven't seen anywhere else: "This is something that should have existed for years"
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Music theory basics: notes, intervals, scales and chords explained
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Celebrate Bob Moog’s birthday by playing a free online Minimoog stuffed with classic presets from songs by Phil Collins, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Air, Kate Bush, Wings and more
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How Wendy Carlos became music technology's greatest living pioneer
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First look: how does Roland's Juno-X synth compare to the Juno-60 and 106?
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@GLASYSmusic
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@TPAIN
's cover of a classic Super Metroid track is a wild synth ride back to 1994
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KRK Rokit 5 G4 vs Yamaha HS5: Which budget studio monitors are best?
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Arturia drops Acid V, a new plugin emulation of Roland’s TB-303 Bass Line synth
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How to use vintage samplers in a modern studio: "You can pick up a classic sampler for a fraction of their original cost, and adding one to your rig opens up a whole new world of sound design possibilities"
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The man who designed the Korg MS-20 has created a new $99 analogue groovebox for Behringer
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Juicy Loops puts FL Studio's beloved sequencer into Ableton Live
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15 "groundbreaking" synths, samplers and controllers that could have been classics, but flopped
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Behringer unveil final prototype of their PPG Wave clone
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Softube’s Dirty Tape is a filthy free plugin full of lo-fi analogue warmth
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Generate unlimited free samples with AI: TextToSample is a free VST3 plugin that puts an AI-powered sample generator inside your DAW
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It’s coming in the air tonight: Cherry Audio releases its first drum machine, a plugin emulation of the Roland CR-78, as used by Phil Collins and Hall & Oates
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Ableton Live 12 is here: everything you need to know - new devices, MIDI additions, workflow changes and more
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Venus Theory sampled $50k of gear at a synth convention to make this free plugin
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Behringer’s says that its tiny, Roland JP-8000-inspired synth is ready for production and will cost $69
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NAMM 2022: Neve unveils the 88M USB audio interface, promising flagship console sound for your DAW
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It looks like Behringer’s free DAW will come with free VST synth plugins that integrate with their hardware counterparts
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Ableton announces official release date for Live 12: "Get ready to lose yourself in new instruments, effects and much more"
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Suki Sou: "Making a living from music is like trying to compose a symphony on a calculator"
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Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder: “If you want to make a good dance song, you still need the 303, an analogue drum machine and a Minimoog”
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NAMM 2022: Apogee’s Soft Limit is a “simple but effective” free plugin for adding tape-style analogue warmth
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Roland’s Juno-X is a modern-day synth in ‘80s clothing
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ROLI returns with Seaboard RISE 2: “easier to play, more durable and a more beautiful, expressive experience than ever before”
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Idris Elba moving away from acting career to focus on producing electronic music
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Audacity, one of the best free audio editors, gets updated to version 3
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Choose a genre and BPM and this online DAW will use AI to make a complete track for you
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How to finish an EP in 30 days: Week 1 - inspiration and ideas
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Cherry Audio is giving away Voltage Modular Nucleus for free: “stay at home and learn to master modular synthesis”
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Behold the ReBirth orchestra, which runs on three vintage iMacs
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5 underrated DAWs that aren't Logic, Ableton or Pro Tools, and why you should consider switching
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Behringer unveils an Oberheim OB-Xa-inspired desktop synth and a $99 version of the Sequential Prophet VS
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Akai Pro looks set to launch a standalone 61-note MPC synth keyboard
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The LMN 3 is a DAW-in-a-box that’s already being called ‘the open-source OP-1’
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Ableton announces Live 12: major update brings a new synth, MIDI tools and interface tweaks to the feature-packed DAW
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"I try out ideas that might be too weird otherwise": version 3 of Valhalla DSP's Supermassive is the most "super massive-est" yet, and it's still completely free!
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The Vaporizer 2 wavetable synth plugin is now free and open-source: a commercial-quality instrument you can download for nothing?
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Ableton’s free Learning Synths website is now much more DAW-friendly
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