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“Keith dedicated his life to revolutionising how live interactive music is played and experienced”: Music technology innovator Keith McMillen dies, aged 67 trib.al/JzU3EcT

Native Instruments announces Komplete 15 and Kontakt 8 - and we've got an exclusive glimpse of what's to come trib.al/kgfc7DK

“We were blown away by the level of risk-taking”: The UK’s female, non-binary and trans music tech community is hailed as “thriving” trib.al/vuyz2Dk

Modular manipulation: how to transform sounds with a Eurorack effects rig trib.al/AKRISV6

After many years in development, KV331 Audio has finally released SynthMaster 3 trib.al/umOFLZX

“The most expressive synth of its time, redesigned”: Has Softube created an authentic Yamaha CS-80 emulation that’s more user-friendly than the original? trib.al/JCjHSf0

“I can’t be in the same room as him”: Fatboy Slim explains why he couldn’t go in the studio with Fred Again trib.al/h1Cl1eN

"No strings attached, no subscription bullsh*t, just sound": Venus Theory launches free plugin series with Arturia Polybrute 12 library trib.al/9GBVNfi

How to tailor reverbs to work with any mix trib.al/VcMaLww

“I like to do a lot of micro-sampling, which is obviously super French housey, typical of Daft Punk and Justice”: salute on the inspiration behind their debut album TRUE MAGIC trib.al/Pw3tJZt

“I love figuring out not just what ‘should’ this album be, but what‘could’ it be”: Katie Tavini on the secrets behind top-class mastering trib.al/AgI81rK

“He felt it was too generic at the time”: Producer Rodney Jerkins on why Michael Jackson turned down the Neptunes songs that eventually went to Justin Timberlake trib.al/PIKAPZu

Move over Taylor Swift, Floating Points just played a 5-hour DJ set in NYC trib.al/4girE05

Best drum machines 2024: for every style and budget trib.al/O4XVEZA

5 creative sound design tips: "Try pairing pitch and frequency shifters working in opposing directions for oddball results" trib.al/6dglI4D

Goodhertz releases DC19, a delay plugin you can play like an instrument: "Where a standard delay gives you a button, DC19 gives you a slider" trib.al/2uLaoRD

"A lot of instruments feel like interacting with a spreadsheet... we're trying to do something different": Void & Vista's software instruments are "pieces of art for people to make art with" trib.al/EmzjRKX

5 budget hardware effects tips: "Cheap processors can often generate some of the most characterful results" trib.al/9Zff2gi