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Live 12 introduces a raft of new features, devices and general improvements.
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Live 12 introduces a raft of new features, devices and general improvements.

Cherry Audio delve into the distant past to bring us two new virtual instruments.

Catherine Marks, Executive Director of the Music Producers Guild, explains the motivation behind this 'Change Makers' themed SOS edition.

From co‑founding cult band Jellyfish to writing with Brian Wilson and touring with Beck, Roger Manning has enjoyed an extraordinary career — and a remarkable collection of vintage instruments.

AJH Synth’s first dedicated system reimagines what the Minimoog might be.

Ricky Damian is that rarest of things: a young engineer trained in all‑analogue recording. His experience stood him in good stead with Jorja Smith.

Sometimes Knobula’s Pianophonic module sounds a whole lot like a piano, sometimes it just sounds piano‑ish, and sometimes it sounds nothing like a piano.

“I have an impulsive streak,” confesses Puerto Rican‑Italian artist Becca Mancari. That impulsive streak brought Mancari to Music City around a decade ago, and it was in Nashville that they met a host of future collaborators.

After rising through the vibrant New York studio scene of the ’90s, Ann Mincieli developed a 25‑year partnership with the biggest R&B star of the 21st Century, and now has her own state‑of‑the‑art Manhattan studio.
Universal Audio’s Sphere microphone modelling system is well known for emulating classic mics — but that’s not all it does.

We profile Dutch designer Matthijs Munnik of Cosmotronic.

It takes talent, attitude and self‑belief to succeed in the music business, and Linda Perry has plenty of all three...

Sofia is an oscillator that synthesizes vocal‑like formants without filtering, achieved by superimposing decaying sinusoidal tones onto each individual cycle of a fundamental base waveform.

Film composer and producer Ludwig Göransson has earned a stellar reputation for sonic world‑building.


Dave Smith’s last synthesizer is a worthy farewell from a man who gave the synth world so much.

Music production has changed a good deal since Harrison’s most famous in‑line console enjoyed its heyday — so they decided to bring it up to date.

With the UNO Synth Pro X, IK have upped their synth game and targeted ‘serious’ synthesists.

Understanding the science behind musical taste and listening preferences can help you make more effective production decisions.

Can the Synclavier Regen live up to the near legendary status of its ancestors?