“An absolute triumph, with a depth of colouration that’s flexible in many settings”: Freqport Freqtube FT-1 review
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Fancy adding some analogue impurity to your DAW? It's time to turn on, plug in and freq out…
Fancy adding some analogue impurity to your DAW? It's time to turn on, plug in and freq out…
Manipulating samples into abstract new forms, Catching Flies has emerged with a creative identity all of his own. We sat down with the producer to find out more about his latest release, Tides
“It’s just knowing how far you can push something before it loses its musicality,” says the man who finessed Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
Knowing where to use vocal processing could make or break your track. We take a look at where you might choose to add some electronic vocal colour
Never mind AI, we’re getting the robots involved in production, as we demystify vocoders, talkboxes, hard-tuning and harmonisers!
“It was turning into this arena-sized highly commercial thing, which wasn’t what I wanted to do, and the whole EDM festival thing felt super whack to me,” he says now
“It’s like the fans just decided: ‘No, this is your hit song’”
Just like the astrological sign Gemini, UK company UDO’s “bi-everything” synth is double the fun
The company says it’s worth $99, but you can have it for nothing
Shake It Off is “all sung one or two notes going up and down,” he says
Do you know which synth or preset she could have been thinking of?
“A lot of people ask why I don’t use the Neve on her," says Stuart White. "And I love the Neve on vocals, don’t get me wrong, but the Neves tend to crackle when you turn the pre gain”
An Oberheim and Minimoog went for a song, but it was a Martin Gore guitar and E-mu sampler that stole the show
Near-death experiences, breakdowns, talking puppets, heart attacks, sleeping in coffins… Just another Depeche Mode album, then
12 easy steps to harmonising in your DAW
Now new users can get their EX kicks right out of the box
Company plans to develop advanced machine learning algorithms that can automatically detect musical instruments
Synth workstation? Karaoke machine? Recording studio in a ghetto blaster? Answer: all - and none - of the above…
For our latest free sample pack, we ran a variety of loops and one-shots through the Casio SK-1, Akai S900 and Bugbrand BugCrusher