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Thomann has officially kicked off its Synth Days sale, offering up to 80 percent off a wide selection of synthesizers, grooveboxes, drum machines, and plugins. Running from 8 May through 18 May, the sale coincides with Berlin’s Superbooth 2025 and features over 100 deals aimed at synth enthusiasts, sound designers, and producers. READ MORE: Plugin Boutique is hosting a massive Excite Audio sale – including all 10 Bloom plugins for just £149 Here at MusicTech, we’ve sifted through the full r

Should producers and beatmakers be calling more upon sounds heard in everyday life when making music? TOKiMONSTA does, and it’s a key part of her artistic process. In a new episode of MusicTech’s My Forever Studio podcast – in which we sit down with producers and have them select gear for their fantasy Forever Studio – the veteran DJ and producer dives into her approach to using field recorders to source sounds for her beats. READ MORE: My Forever Studio: TOKiMONSTA nabs a historic synth As

A transient shaper is often overlooked by beginner producers. And it’s understandable. Its effects are subtle, and it probably shouldn’t be the first thing you learn 😅 However, once you learn about it, you’ll end up using it all the time 🔥 Transient shaping is the art of making your transients more or less apparent. […] The post Top 10 Transient Shaper: Bring Your Drums to The Next Level 💯 appeared first on EDMProd. View the full article

Over 400 items that belonged to filmmaker David Lynch are due to go up for auction this month, including unique musical instruments and audio equipment from his home studio. The auction is being hosted by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies, and will take place on 18 June live and online from Julien’s Studios in Los Angeles. Lynch was behind famous works such as Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, and more. He died in January 2025. READ MORE: Warm Audio WA76-A and WA76-D2 review

Musician and sound designer Venus Theory has launched yet another free goodie, and this time it’s a piano library sampled right from his good friend Benn Jordan’s own home studio piano. Jordan’s piano is described as a “unique” upright Yamaha, which also happens to have a MIDI input. The pair had been meaning to sample it for quite some time, and finally, it’s available free of charge for the Decent Sampler plugin (handily, this is also free). READ MORE: “You have eight months to soundtrack a

Some have called Vital synth the successor to Xfer Serum. Released in November 2020, it is one of the most intuitive synth plugins on the market. And it’s free. You read that right. So what makes Vital so special? In this guide, we will go through everything you need to know to create the most […] The post Vital Synth Guide: 9 Tips to Get the Most out of It 🔥 appeared first on EDMProd. View the full article

Waldorf Music is introducing Largo 2, an enhanced and visually adaptable software synthesizer that now offers a scalable user interface. The post Waldorf Music annouces Largo 2 software synthesizer appeared first on Gearjunkies - Music tech news, Reviews, Videos, Synthesizers, Studio, Recording. View the full article

Learn about the Warm Audio WA73-EQ's features and studio applications. Discover if this British-style microphone preamp and EQ is right for you.View the full article

Single-channel models: $699 / € 749 / £629 Dual-channel models: $1199 / €1299 / £1159 warmaudio.com Warm Audio’s WA76 compressor/limiter has been performing stellar dynamic control duties in studios worldwide since its launch way back in the before-times of 2014. Indeed, your MusicTech correspondent here was one of the first to sing its praises; so much so, I bought a pair of them. READ MORE: Are KIT Plugins’ BB F66 and F67 convincing emulations of classic Fairchild compressors? Now, WA

Waves has launched an AI-powered text-to-sound engine called ILLUGEN, and it’s capable of making unique sounds from specific and incredibly weird prompts. The new tool is available as a subscription-only app as of current, with three tiers (basic, premium, and pro) available, and prices starting at $7.99 per month. This model is an interesting choice, given Waves’ previous u-turn on making its plugins available through subscription plans only after significant backlash. READ MORE: Waves’ Curv

Electronic producer Isaac Baden-Powell, AKA Waz-u, has become acutely attuned to spinning many plates. As well as the release of his latest album, Preludes: Duck Psalms, Baden-Powell also runs a studio alongside his brother and fellow producer, Mali Baden-Powell, and is the drummer for alternative soul project Monzanto Sound and experimental punk project Nexus_0. READ MORE: Myd locked himself in the studio for 168 hours and livestreamed every minute — but did it really help him finish an album

Despacio – the mighty sound system created by James Murphy, Soulwax, and audio expert John Klett – is coming to Portola music festival this September. The sound system is not like any other out there, and MusicTech went as far to call it the “world’s greatest” when we got to take a look inside the system itself back in 2019, prior to its appearance at Meltdown Festival. READ MORE: “I need to build the room I want to play in”: Floating Points has created his very own sound system that he’ll us

Learn what a music producer does and what's involved in the production process, as well as how to start producing music.View the full article

If you don't know when to use a DI box, you might be damaging the quality of your guitar and bass recordings, and hurting your sound when performing live.View the full article

Learn what a preamp does and how preamps work. Explore different types of preamplifiers and their applications in recording studios and the world of live sound.View the full article

Learn what an audio interface does, why you need an audio interface, and which audio interface is right for you.View the full article

Did you know phantom power can damage audio equipment? If you aren't sure when to engage +48V phantom power on your audio interface, your microphones could be at risk.View the full article

“Even from my very first tracks, I had a desire to get really into the machines, to make a different world inside one of the boxes, live inside there instead,” Aphex Twin said in 2014. READ MORE: Zeds Dead sampled a century of sound to create their new sci-fi bass odyssey The trickster producer exploded electronic music in the early 90s with strange rhythms and visuals, endless sonic detours and a hearty dose of tomfoolery. His cutting-edge music is rarely one genre, exploring dreamy ambie

AlphaTheta and Rupert Neve Designs both seem certain that the Euphonia rotary mixer is the nicest-sounding DJ mixer on the market right now. It does sound incredible — you’d hope as much for $3,800 — thanks to a combination of analogue and digital circuitry, custom-made transformers from Rupert Neve Designs and high-end components by AlphaTheta. The Euphonia’s striking design is immediately inviting, flaunts some seriously intriguing features and is the brand’s move into a “new generation” of r

Learn how to overcome the roadblocks holding you back from working full-time in the music industry.View the full article

Wide Blue Sound introduces SILENCER, a pioneering plug-in revolutionizing reverb by leveraging the patent-pending TimeGate process. This innovative tool resets The post Wide Blue Sound reimagines reverb with Silencer appeared first on Gearjunkies - Music tech news, Reviews, Videos, Synthesizers, Studio, Recording. View the full article

Scientists found life on another planet before we got GTA VI. Rockstar dropped a new trailer this week to alleviate fans’ disappointment after delaying the game’s release to 26 May 2026. At this rate, we might actually make contact with aliens before anyone plays the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto (GTA), Rockstar’s modern, crime-driven role-playing game series. At least, that’s the joke amongst avid gamers. The previous game in the series, GTA V, was released in 2013. After 12 years, its

Spotify has unveiled its annual Songs of Summer list, predicting the 30 songs that will soundtrack summer in 2025. Despite arriving a whole month before summer begins on 21 June, Spotify is confident that its selection – made by analysing streaming data – will soundtrack your memories in the sun this year. READ MORE: Zeds Dead sampled a century of sound to create their new sci-fi bass odyssey The list is curated by Spotify’s editorial team, who are confident after the accuracy of their pred

Epidemic Sound has acquired Song Sleuth, a company which uses music recognition technology to identify copyrighted music and claim “undiscovered royalties” from user-generated content. The acquisition sees the immediate launch of Aentidote, a new service which combines Song Sleuth’s “cutting-edge AI technology” with Epidemic’s industry expertise to identify music usage that traditional detection systems struggle to find, like in remixes, covers and live recordings. Aentidote is said to offer an

“Ideas? I got a million dreams. That’s all I do is dream. All the time.” A Million Dreams by Zeds Dead begins with these wondrous sentences spoken by the piano legend, Duke Ellington. READ MORE: Myd locked himself in the studio for 168 hours and livestreamed every minute — but did it really help him finish an album? “This is not piano, this is dreaming,” he continues. Ellington passed away in 1974. In order to include his whimsical oration on their new album, Return to the Spectrum of Inte