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“Try this on drums, and you'll end up with something similar to a classic gated drum kit. Eat your heart out, Phil Collins!”: Our go-to plugins for adding flavour to sounds

With so much processing available in modern DAWs, we take a look at some of the more left-field plugins and approaches for maximising the colour of your audio signal

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“Roger went absolutely nuclear, apoplectic. He had every right to”: Producer Bob Ezrin reveals what led him to fall out with Roger Waters over The Wall

He was too trusting with a journalist, apparently

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“As a musician, I don't want to spend time and energy scrolling through endless lists of samples. I don't think that's creative”: Output’s AI-powered Co-Producer picks samples for you, but is it streamlining workflows or outsourcing creativity to AI?

We speak to Output CEO Gregg Lehrman about the company's AI-assisted digital crate-digger designed to speed up sample discovery

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"Our aim with ShaperBox is to make it easy for any producer to get complex-sounding results, all in one plugin": Cableguys talk modulation-mad multi-effects plugins and more

We sit down with the developer behind ShaperBox and Kickstart to find out more about Cableguys' inspired creations

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Hit Record Meter is the free plugin that can assess the commercial appeal of your track. But does it actually work?

Airwindows' creation reveals the inner workings of what makes the hits 'tick'… But is it a hit or a flop?

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“Their music changed my life – if not saved it”: Band that soundtracked history gets the biopic treatment

Dominic West is among the names cast in Wind of Change

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“Nobody was going to freak out. We said, ‘This is going to get done. We just need to find the right person to join the family.’ And we got Steve Vai, thank God”: How the virtuoso Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album of the ’80s

And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place

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“A timely reminder that investing in local music isn’t just good sense - it’s a way to boost pride in place and breathe new life into our high streets”: New report shows immense contribution of music tourism to UK economy

The live music economy brought in £10 billion in 2024

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"It’s just $50, and it’s the best reverb for the buck": Video game soundtrack composer Jason Graves reveals his go-to reverb plugin behind the sounds of Still Wakes the Deep

After scoring Dead Space and Call of Duty, Graves' most recent video game project takes him offshore to a monster-infested oil rig

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“There is a special place in hell for those people that went for this business model”: Are plugin subscription services really as bad as some people say?

“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

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How to record virtual and live instruments more smoothly by taking stock of your DAW's sample buffer

Latency on your plugins and audio recordings can derail a developing musical idea - but if you get a handle on managing your sample buffer you’ll have a much smoother ride

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"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025

From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software samplers that make sampling fun, fast and intuitive

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“I won’t miss being in a sh** band with horrible humans”: Mastodon guitarist slams ex-bandmates

Brent Hinds left metal band in March

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“She thought anything could be pop - she wanted pop to be pushed to its extremes”: Sophie’s brother and studio engineer talks completing her final album and the legacy she left behind

We sit down with Ben Long to talk through the making of Sophie's posthumous final project and gain a rare insight into the creative process of a generational talent

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Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: The Wave Warden Odin 2

Hybrid synths offer a wealth of synthesis options and this one is absolutely free. What are you waiting for?

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PreSonus at Plugin Week 2025: Studio One Pro 7.2 takes you all the way from idea to finished track - without adding a single third-party plugin

No setup headaches, no chasing updates - Studio One Pro gives you everything you need, straight out of the box

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“He is perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England, he is a Glastonbury legend and a personal hero of mine”: Olivia Rodrigo surprises fans during her headline Glastonbury set by duetting with The Cure’s Robert Smith

He joined her for Friday I’m In Love and Just Like Heaven

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“Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss — and they turned him down!

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“It’s one of the greatest cities ever, it’s given the world so much”: Black Sabbath have been awarded the freedom of Brum

Honour come a week before their final performance together

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Excite Audio collaborates with KSHMR to create a new Bloom instrument that brings the sound of Indian music to any DAW, and you can grab the Lite version for just $5

All you need is the coupon code: ma-lite-5

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“It's absolutely not necessary – people can get by their whole careers without knowing music theory": Producer Lawrence Hart on the mixed blessings of classical training and the importance of being ‘scrappy’ in the studio

The Domino artist and George Fitzgerald collaborator on the creative process behind Come In Out Of The Rain

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The beginners guide to virtual instruments: What are 'VIs', 'plugins' and 'VSTs' anyway? And how can you make the best use of them in your music?

Because there's never been a better, easier, more affordable time to make great music on your computer

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“The idea that singing with deliberate Auto-Tune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band means you must not be a ‘real artist’ is like, the most boring take ever”: Charli XCX addresses "boomer vibe" criticism of her Glastonbury performance

“The best art is divisive and confrontational," she believes

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“They are the three classics that I love to listen to, and they all remind me of certain times in my life”: McCartney names his all time top three albums

And, of course, Pet Sounds is in there

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The ultimate soft synth showdown: Serum 2, Pigments 6, Phase Plant, Vital and Massive X: But which is best?

We pit five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins against each other to find out who comes out on top in 2025

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