“I just need to make one edit. Could we start talking while I do it?” Mike Dean asks, lowering himself into a leather office chair in his Los Angeles home studio. He swivels his seat to face a ...

Critter & Guitari make some of the most unique synthesizers I’ve ever seen. They don’t just sound cool—they’re explicitly designed to be both familiar to experienced musicians and encourage people to ...

Artists "It was the best-sounding piece of kit ever – but they were so up themselves": Trevor Horn on the pioneering synth that defined the sound of Welcome to the Pleasuredome Artists “He wanted it ...

Every aspiring artist or bedroom beatmaker reading this will have made something they don’t like; it’s a near-universal experience among creatives of all kinds, but it’s not always an easy one to move ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. The complex work of composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith defies expectations. Her technique of blending synthesizers, ...

Over the past decade or so, British producer Max Cooper has emerged as one of our most innovative electronic musicians. Much like his peers Jon Hopkins or Floating Points, Cooper’s take on electronic ...

FL Studio's latest update is here, and it's a big one. The latest version of the DAW to be released since FL Studio 21 last year has been rebranded as FL Studio 2024, and with it comes a host of new ...