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Relive the golden era of the DX7 with this mega-pack of free '80s synth samples

Recreate the sound of the decade that brought us synth-pop, new wave and glam metal ...
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"How real can drums feel inside a plugin?": Klevgrand promises to "redefine what a drum sampler can be" with OneShot 2

OneShot 2 features a new Motion Engine designed to create phrases that "breathe and evolve" by morphing through multiple ...
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Kevin O’Toole recalls the Bee Gees’ reaction to N-Trance’s ‘90s cover of Stayin’ Alive

The group also had a huge hit with rave anthem Set You Free ...
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“This is actually rock music written on electronic equipment”: How to replicate the sample-based sonics of a gnarly Prodigy classic

The ferocious big beat sound of The Prodigy's 1997 album Fat of the Land has been hailed as a classic of the electronic genre ...
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Jim-E Stack reveals the lo-fi production techniques behind Bon Iver's Walk Home

Stack opened up the Pro Tools session for SABLE, fABLE highlight Walk Home for Mix with the Masters ...
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Native Instruments releases update on insolvency proceedings

CEO Nick Williams writes that the company has seen “strong interest from multiple parties with deep roots in audio and ...
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"I knew this would be controversial": ChatDSP generates instruments and effects from text prompts

Dillon Bastan's latest device has sparked heated debate among the M4L community ...
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“When Tarantino first sent me the script I hated it. I didn’t want my music associated with that!”: Why Neil Diamond refused to have his song used in Pulp Fiction – and ...

In the mid-’90s, Diamond refused permission for his song Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon to be featured in the movie Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Diamond’s original recording of the song ...

SampleRadar: 303 free organic drone samples

Drones are often created with synths, or perhaps a guitar run through a reverb pedal or two, but we've taken a slightly ...
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“We hate AI slop. We don't want the fun to be taken out of music making": We tried to vibe code a custom looper pedal with Polyend Endless – here's what happened

Polyend founder Piotr Raczyński explains the tech behind the company's eye-catching effects pedal and its text-to-code ...
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I just stumbled on a treasure trove of free glitch plugins

Inear Display has generously made its entire catalogue of audio tools available as pay-what-you-want downloads ...
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“I tried to write a love song that wasn’t corny, that didn’t sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded”: How Talking Heads crafted the delicate beauty ...

Both one of Talking Heads’ most out-of-character compositions and their most emotionally resonant, This Must Be the Place continues to cast its spell over listeners ...