It’s sleek, it’s smart, and it’s sophisticated. But it’s $2,300. Can Teenage Engineering’s OP-XY really be worth the eye-popping price tag? We’re hoping to review the new synth, sampler and sequencer later this month to find out but, in the meantime, we’ve been looking at what else producers can get

Since the introduction of Pioneer’s CDJ decks in 1994, digital DJ gear has innovated tenfold. Screens have become bigger, touch screen-compatible and more detailed. Advanced features and effects have been added, and taken away, and units have become more compact.READ MORE: Focusrite’s Scarlett 4i4 i

DJ software can have a plethora of uses. It can help you manage and analyse your collection of digital music files, or simply let you mix tracks, set cue points, and add effects, providing tools for seamless beatmatching, looping, and live performance.READ MORE: Best DJ Gear 2024: 8 of the best Stan

If you’re looking to expand and enhance your studio setup, bringing new and exciting gear to your performances or workflow, we’ve gathered the best music technology deals at Reverb ahead of Black Friday, so you don’t have to. From top‑quality microphones to hardware synthesizers, portable MIDI contr

If you’re in the market to expand your plugin collection, there’s no better time to do that than on Black Friday, and there’s no better place to do it than at Plugin Boutique. Black Friday itself isn’t until this Friday 29 November, but Plugin Boutique is already offering killer savings on both indi

Choosing a software synthesizer over a hardware counterpart offers a wealth of advantages: authentic emulations of iconic units, expansive sonic palettes, innovative synthesis methods, and cost‑effective solutions that often beat the price of the original hardware.READ MORE: The best Black Friday mu

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Black Friday is the perfect time for music producers and DJs to snag the gear they’ve been eyeing at a fraction of the price. Sweetwater, one of the world’s largest musical instrument retailers, is rolling out deals that can cut up to 80% off more than 14,000 products. No exaggeration.Explore the bi

Ad feature with BandLab SoundsThe sounds of 50s sci-fi movies evolved in a more electronic direction as the 70s and 80s arrived with its synthesizers and computers – but those bleeps, sweeps and sequences have never fallen out of favour. Now, they’re as likely to be used in music productions as in s

2024 saw a slew of excellent headphones and earphones of all shapes and sizes, and happily, the trend among the models we reviewed tended towards them remaining pretty affordable. With wireless earbuds now a common sight, it was refreshing to see companies pushing the envelope in terms of battery li

2024 was a bumper year for software releases. Some developers resurrected and recreated impossible-to-find hardware classics of yesteryear, while others tackled modern problems with algorithm-powered processors that can clean up mixes by removing frequencies you may not even be able to identify.READ

The quality and variety of free music making software on offer never ceases to amaze us. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite free plugins and tools from 2024 so you can craft amazing tracks without breaking the bank.READ MORE: These are the best new plugins of 2024, according to MusicTech’s revie

The DJ world offers just as much variety as the studio when it comes to controllers large and small, simple or advanced. While there’s still a wealth of big hardware systems for those playing packed-out sets in clubs, performing on a smaller scale has got easier than ever too.READ MORE: These are th

Every December, when we look back on the synths released over the past year, we come away thinking: ‘Surely a pinnacle has been reached? Surely there’s no way to out-innovate the innovations we’d been treated to that year?’ Then, inevitably, come January during The NAMM Show, a new, innovative synth

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Featured in this articlePowered by BandLabThere are millions of sample packs available online right now — from archives of old sample CDs from the 90s, right through to daily-updated sample pack platforms and artists releasing sounds on a Patreon page. This is awesome for creators wanting to manipul

Ad feature with BandLab SoundsThe woozy, FX-drenched sounds of the 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock may have fallen out of favour somewhat as synths and dance music took over in the 1980s and 90s, but since the turn of the millennium, guitar bands, alternative and even pop producers have rediscovere

If you’ve been following the headlines, 2024 was an exciting, eventful, and often anxious year in music. From AI and legal controversies to innovative new instruments and festival blunders, this year really brought us more than we bargained for.READ MORE: These are the 10 best synthesizers of 2024,

The biggest music technology convention on the planet is fast arriving. The NAMM Show 2025 will promise — as it does every year — thousands of product demos, a plethora of performances from acclaimed artists, more talks and panels than you can possibly attend, and a healthy dose of sensory overload.

At the start of 2025, I attended a series of workshops by Brian Eno, run by the School of Song. Sharing his thoughts on creativity, studio methods, and plenty of personal anecdotes, it offered us a rare chance to hear from the master himself on a spectacular music career and a lifetime’s worth of in