What is a producer? In an age of bedroom studios, DIY recording and remote collaboration, it's a term that's increasingly hard to define. With production and songwriting credits for Adele, Kae Tempest, Stormzy and more, Fraser T Smith is better qualified to offer an explanation full interview on our youTube channel: youtu.be/ElL4WlkFWGU?ut…
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The H1 Essential is the simplest and cheapest unit in the range, and yet it still packs a punch in terms of features. It’s a clear winner on portability and ease of use, and at €119/£99, it offers fantastic value.
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NAMM 2024: "We assure you that this beauty will come to fruition" : Behringer announces an update to its most hotly-awaited clone of the Roland Jupiter-8 trib.al/GY2GuX6
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NAMM 2024: "We've had everything" - is this year's NAMM already the best ever show for new hardware synths? trib.al/ynjCQbg
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NAMM 2024: AlphaTheta Corporation's Wave-Eight is a take-anywhere party speaker with an all-new wireless technology trib.al/rajb3Tc
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NAMM 2024: "It's inspired by denim jeans" - AlphaTheta Corporation announces the OMNIS-DUO portable DJ setup trib.al/vSb6WZe
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NAMM 2024: Waves goes intergalactic with Space Rider, a new multi-effects plugin for applying spatial effects to your project trib.al/ATMdlbf
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NAMM 2024: "To distorted misbehaviour and beyond" - Redshift 6 could well be the unexpected synth star of NAMM season trib.al/HBfZu4H
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NAMM 2024: Is this the end of the Pioneer DJ name? Parent company says that new products will be “launching as AlphaTheta” trib.al/6axfNtS
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NAMM 2024: Arturia updates Pigments with a revamped sequencer, new presets, wavetables and samples - and you can now use its effects to process sounds from your DAW trib.al/jbd03YD
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“The most succesful German music producer ever”: Frank Farian, creator of Boney M and Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 82 trib.al/BomBcZT
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"An impressive free update that adds extra sonic scope and enhanced usability to one of our favourite synths of recent years": Arturia MiniFreak 2.0 review trib.al/wHYCMDY
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NAMM 2024: Roland’s Bridge Cast X adds video support to the dual-bus USB-C gaming/streaming mixer trib.al/ShvXV3E
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TikTok has started testing an AI Song feature, and it’s already shown itself to be capable of producing some terrible music trib.al/NuDMExt
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NAMM 2024: “One of the rarest and most coveted synthesizers in music history” - Korg is reissuing the legendary PS-3300, but it’ll be made to order and cost $13,000 trib.al/yhn81HI
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NAMM 2024: “A genuinely unique experience” - a new Kawai keybed makes the Nord Grand 2 feel like a piano, but with advanced layering options, it can also sound like a synth trib.al/JjmRlZh
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"Not many producers can get away with putting out tracks that stretch to 45 minutes long": How Ricardo Villalobos' hypnotic grooves changed the face of minimal techno trib.al/2O6Xm3S
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Rhyw on sampling car engines, drum processing and why he loves the Sherman Filterbank: "I go through phases when I can’t make anything sound good, then I’ll come across a combination of parameters and it’s just gold" trib.al/9z4eKrc
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NAMM 2024: “Atmos just got easy” - Audient heads into immersive territory with the Oria audio interface and monitor controller trib.al/OMVMhTO
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NAMM 2024: Korg is embracing ‘portablism’ with a new portable record player/looper inspired by the Vestax Handy Trax trib.al/RzdPnpl
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"It’s seemingly nursery-rhyme simple, but there are a few intriguing twists": A music professor breaks down the theory and production behind Billie Eilish's Golden Globe-winning, Barbie-soundtracking What Was I Made For? trib.al/458R0rX
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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 trib.al/sv7rbVK
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"The most heartwarming thing was to receive nice words about my music from Aphex Twin": Sign Libra takes us inside the making of her intensely personal third album trib.al/Fj6Rffg
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"When it’s done well, the vocal ‘flip’ is an art form all in itself": The essential guide to vocal sampling trib.al/MoNDms4
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NAMM 2024: A different kind of Kaoss? Korg’s Nu:Tekt NTS-3 puts a new spin on the classic XY effects pad and you can build it yourself in 20 minutes trib.al/nmxYDjk
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NAMM 2024: Korg unveils the Opsix mkII, an updated version of its six-operator 'Altered FM' synth trib.al/yneiHL9
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NAMM 2024: Korg releases desktop versions of three of its most popular synths: Wavestate, Modwave and Opsix trib.al/JofSgOY
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NAMM 2024: Korg’s Nu:Tekt NTS-1 mkII takes the build-it-yourself synth to another level, adding a multitouch keyboard, 8-step sequencer and more trib.al/UFEwcIt
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NAMM 2024: “This isn’t just a guitar; it’s an all-encompassing musical companion”: Vox’s APC-1 has a built-in amp, speaker and rhythms, and its pushing all our retrofuturistic buttons trib.al/b2R8JAk
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NAMM 2024: Boss has something to sing about with the launch of the VE-22 Vocal Performer, a portable multi-effects box with countless creative features trib.al/wmlP1pf
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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 trib.al/qKHt2QK
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NAMM 2024: The KingKorg Neo promises a virtual analogue synth experience that’s in “a league of its own” trib.al/giEGQ2b
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"Polyphonic aftertouch is another new feature that sees NI keeping up with modern demands in instrument design": Native Instruments Kontrol S61 Mk3 review trib.al/X624dOP
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NAMM 2024: Love the sound of your own voice? iZotope’s AI-powered Vocal Enhancement Assistant plugin promises to make it sound even better trib.al/mkbv3yA
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The story of Elektron in 10 synths, samplers and drum machines, from SidStation to Syntakt trib.al/lpYICuN
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NAMM 2024: IK Multimedia’s iRig Stream Mic USB is a more affordable version of its compact mic/audio interface trib.al/UmUk9wf
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NAMM 2024: It’s a Stylophone, but not as we know it - CPM DS-2 is a compact, portable analogue drone synth trib.al/A1bq0af
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NAMM 2024: Mackie makes moves with new mixers, interfaces and an all-in-one portable performance system trib.al/0glXc9W
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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 trib.al/2EQrHeR
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“We only had one night to get this right”: new Netflix doc, The Greatest Night In Pop, to tell the story of the recording of We Are The World trib.al/yZ1HAuA
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How to use Sample Alchemy, Logic Pro's wildly creative new sampler-synthesizer hybrid trib.al/NDkqGuJ
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"Our engineering teams are working on close to 100 exciting products" : So what's happened to the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet? trib.al/wrAg6xn
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“How do I do it - the thing?” Ariana Grande explains Pro Tools Playlist keyboard shortcuts to Max Martin in studio footage of them working on her new single Yes, And? trib.al/PRYRLi9
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"Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it trib.al/YayDpS6
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Akai Pro promises “a new era in sampling” as it brings stem separation to its MPC platform trib.al/fifc2Hc
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Too cool for spool? FiiO has unveiled an ‘80s-style personal cassette player inspired by the original Sony Walkman trib.al/8BE5NGY
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NAMM 2024: Korg updates its Gadget music production software and plugin suite with new gadgets, effects and VST3/AUv3 support trib.al/wreHgDX
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What’s better than the Roland Space Echo? The RE-501 Chorus Echo, of course, and Nembrini Audio has just brought it back as a plugin trib.al/UcAvwxM
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NAMM 2024: Prince’s stunning custom Yamaha grand piano, the last instrument he played on stage, to go on display trib.al/hJHpDfr
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"I can't accept drum 'n' bass - we need jungle, I'm afraid": Producers sample University Challenge quiz show in jungle bangers as host's response to contestant goes viral trib.al/4RiP25Q
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2023 stats show that music fans are falling in love with CDs again, but will sales ever eclipse those of vinyl? trib.al/Crg84Lj
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The HD 515s are the t.bone's enticingly affordable pair of closed-back headphones for any studio application trib.al/Kgp6gzd
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Best DJ controllers 2024: Hands-on control for Serato, rekordbox, Traktor and more trib.al/ZuDK5L3
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Danny Daze: "If I want a low-end analogue sound, I’ll turn to my Moog Voyager, and if I want some high-end crispy stuff I’ll reach for an FM synth like the Ensoniq Fizmo" trib.al/goEOJFW
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“Guy Pratt has got such flair for bringing melody to a bassline”: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the making of Murder On The Dancefloor, the Saltburn song that’s back in the Top 10 after 22 years trib.al/2Ihlsz4
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Minimal Audio: "One of the best things about the music technology industry is that it’s one of the only places left where indie people can make something special and means something" trib.al/HrsgMfV
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Hands in the air for Stylophone Theremin, a cute and affordable version of the gesture-controlled classic trib.al/OWDmXu1
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"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance music defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981 trib.al/JSwgK0e
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“My idea was to merge The 1975 and Skrillex and make something between those two worlds”: SILK on the phenomenal success of his viral hit single Quiver trib.al/2TOKFyF
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