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Bastl Instruments has launched a new “experimental”, patchable sample player, inspired by its popular Kastle Drum synth launched in 2020. The new Kastle 2 Wave Bard brings the Kastle range “to the next level”, according to the brand, with user-uploadable samples, stereo, effects, plus better sync and patch capabilities. It’s compact and runs on 3 AA batteries or USB-C, and it “loves to jam” with other portable gear thanks to sync in/out ports and an audio input. READ MORE: Splice’s final inst

After partnering with Chromeo to launch a one-of-a-kind casette player last year, nostalgia-crazed brand We Are Rewind has unveiled a new boombox, the GB-001. Injecting the classic boombox with a modern twist, the GB-001 boasts all the classic functions of a boombox, allowing you to both play, mix and record onto cassette tapes, but can also play tracks via Bluetooth or a 3.5mm jack input. This means you can play music from your phone or laptop, making it a truly modern playback device. READ

Klon is taking Behringer‘s parent company Music Tribe to court over what it describes as a “blatant counterfeit” of its prized Centaur pedal. The lawsuit accuses Music Tribe of trademark infringement and misleading consumers, claiming the company’s actions go “far beyond the line of permissible inspiration versus unlawful copying”. Klon founder Bill Finnegan confirmed the suit in a statement posted to the company’s official Instagram, writing: “I have never been consulted in any way about this

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Start producing music without spending any money. Learn which digital audio workstations (DAWs) are the best for writing songs.View the full article

March is a month of growth and transformation. If you’re looking to refresh your sound and perhaps transform your production setup, our pick of March’s best freeware could spice things up. READ MORE: All the best free loops, music sample packs, breaks, one-shots and synth sounds This month’s roundup includes a fiery ‘bass enhancer’, a channel strip, an analogue colouration plugin, a cool-looking instrument called Sur, and a compression plugin created by Phil Speiser. We’ve picked these plugi

Making music for free has never been easier. All you need is a computer – or even just your phone – to start cutting tracks using nothing but freeware. Here, we compile our roundups of the best freeware music-making software, apps, instruments and plug-ins that every producer, musician, beatmaker and DJ needs. READ MORE: The best sample packs, updated every month Your first step should be to bookmark our regularly updated list of the best freeware of the month. There, you’ll find a selection

In music production, plugins are software add-ons that expand the capabilities of your DAW; these could be virtual instruments and creative effects, EQ and compressors, or tools that make editing a lot more manageable. READ MORE: NAMM 2024 recap: All the biggest synth, studio, DJ and software releases Below is a rolling list of the new plugin releases that catch our eye, so you can keep on top of any software goodies you may have missed that could be essential to your production process. We

We’d all love to be vinyl aficionados and Walkman fanatics but, for better or for worse, the most popular way people consume music is on streaming platforms. But which ones are the best? The leading streaming platform in 2024, with over 350 million users and 150 million subscribers and counting, is Spotify. And while Spotify does, of course, have brilliant features — a vast, evolving library of music and podcasts, accurate music suggestion tools, Spotify Wrapped and even an AI DJ — its average

Billy McFarland has announced that he is selling the Fyre Festival brand, as he describes it as “one of the most powerful attention engines in the world”. McFarland was convicted of fraud over the original 2017 Fyre Festival, where attendees arrived to find all the talent cancelled, and promises of glamorous accommodation and catering were non-existent. The festival became the subject of the 2019 Netflix documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. READ MORE: Electronic music de

€499 / $549, bitwig.com Bitwig Studio entered the DAW scene in 2014 and, since then, has gained countless new fans, thanks to combining some killer features of other DAWs with innovative features that are all its own (and that are now being copied by those same competing DAWs). READ MORE: Audient’s iD48 goes all-out for channel count and routing flexibility It’s a big success story that the company is aiming to replicate with the launch of its very first hardware product, Bitwig Connect 4/1

The latest addition to the Boss Katana series packs much of the same functionality into a compact headphone amp that connects directly to an instrument, offering users with a versatile solution for on-the-go practise. View the full article

Develop your photography, videography, graphic design, and web design skills to create a more powerful artist brand.View the full article

Calvin Harris has just scored his 45th Top 10 hit in the UK with his new track, Blessings. With its thumping dance beat and bright vocal performance from Clementine Douglas, it’s a summer-ready anthem – and it’s inspired, in part, by Grateful Dead. In a new Instagram video, the Scottish DJ explains how Blessings’ foundational riff exists thanks to his obsession with Grateful Dead. Last summer, he hunted down the guitars and bass guitars used by the rock group, and he’s been using them to aid hi

Once the preserve of specialists, hobbyists and geeks, Linux is nowadays a wholly viable solution for everyday desktop computing. Moreover, and for various reasons, Linux tends to be less demanding of system resources than Windows and macOS, and so can give a new lease of life to older hardware that would otherwise be added to the burgeoning e-waste mountain. The big question for us music production types, then, is ‘Can we use Linux for audio production?’ The answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’. I’d

Learn how to dive into music production and start producing songs with no musical background.View the full article

The latest ALM/Busy Circuits module delivers a pair of oscillators that aim to bring the sound of Casio’s CZ-series synthesizers into the modular world. View the full article

Learn how clippers and limiters differ from one another by taking a look at Kazrog's KClip 3 and FabFilter's Pro-L 2.View the full article

Convolution reverb is a topic I rarely see discussed on YouTube and blogs. Maybe you’ve never heard the term before. Or you’ve seen it in passing, but are not quite sure what it is? For me, convolution reverb is to key to ultra-realistic reverbs. In a nutshell, convolution reverbs apply the characteristics of reals spaces […] The post Convolution Reverb: The Hidden Secret to Realistic Spaces appeared first on EDMProd. View the full article

If you’ve ever felt your mixes needed just a touch more space, air, or emotional depth, now might be the perfect time to act. Excite Audio’s Lifeline Space module, a powerful reverb tool praised for its ease-of-use and versatility, is now available for less than the price of a coffee from now till 31 May. READ MORE: The best free and paid-for plugins you need to know about this week Built with flexibility in mind, Space can sit early in your signal chain like a reverb pedal or act as an env

Deadmau5 has apologised following a drunken set at Coachella, which was reportedly cut short. The artist, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, performed under his Testpilot alias alongside ZHU at the festival last Friday (18 April) on its electronic stage, Quasar. Videos later surfaced online showing them drinking together, with some showing Zimmerman falling over and slurring his words when speaking through the mic. READ MORE: Watch deadmau5 play the medieval EP-1320 while wearing a suit of ar

The deadmau5 and James Hype feud is far from over it seems, as deadmau5 is now truly flexing his muscles when it comes to showing his CDJ skills. How? By using it as a controller to play Elden Ring. The disagreement began as Hype shared a promotional video to his Instagram earlier this week to promote his new live show, SYNC. In it, he references old comments made by deadmau5 (which he has since claimed were taken out of context) during a livestream in 2021, when he suggested that most DJs play

Streamline your music production workflow and write better songs with these Ableton tips.View the full article