Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and new synth sounds using plugins such as Massive, Sylenth and Diva. In this instalment of Synth Secrets we’ll be creating these techno chords using NI’s Form, a “transformative sample-tracking synthesiser”. We’ve used a simple A…

Fake news, bad news, big news, future news, old news and nudes. Fake news. Spotify have been accused of littering their playlists with fake artists in order to save money. They denied it, as written in the Guardian, while Music Business World investigates further. Bad news. Despite laying off 40% of staff, SoundCloud are still reportedly…

Bitwig Studio has been updated to v2.1.2. Improved in Bitwig Studio 2.1.2: Changing buffersize of Jack on the fly (e.g using jack_bufsize command) does not update the buffer size of the audio [Read More] Read the full story

FXpansion has released Cinematic Synthesis, their first Strobe2 Expander, a collection of spacious, cinematic sounds perfect for adding depth, texture and interest to your music. Cinematic Synthesis [Read More] Read the full story

Applied Acoustics Systems has announced the release of Masala, a new sound bank for the String Studio VS-2 synthesizer and AAS Player plug-ins, in collaboration with musician and sound designer [Read More] Read the full story

Direct Approach has released completely new versions of LimitX, BoostX, and Snap!, plus two new plugins DASR, a new de-esser, and CompPlus, a new compressor. All have the unique capability to [Read More] Read the full story

Burzukh Studios has announced that, by popular demand, the original samples used in the MegaMetal and MegaRock sampled drumkits have been released as a bundle containing all open WAV files to [Read More] Read the full story