Grimes: 'Sound design is my favourite part of the recording process' trib.al/r9D38IB

'Harmonically, the song could not be simpler. All the excitement comes from the rhythm': The borrowed hooks and unstable grooves behind Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' trib.al/vs1rnXO

Dtronics is turning the free Dexed synth plugin, an emulation of the Yamaha DX7, into a hardware synth trib.al/Y8nyTYh

“The Vintage VST has not been officially launched”: Behringer explains what happened to its missing free synth plugin trib.al/aIzsMzT

“This is insane - all my tracks are double the tempo”: Grimes is forced to apologise as her Coachella set is thrown into chaos due to “technical issues” trib.al/my3PL4W

Scanner: 'When I'm mixing, I play a kind of sonic Jenga. What can I remove, so that the work remains resilient and yet still tells the story?' trib.al/sFFB3E3

“Delivering clarity and accuracy which means you can mix your tracks with confidence”: IK Multimedia ARC Studio review trib.al/lokUuYa

Georgia: 'My dad brought me into studios from the age of six - there’s a picture of me as a kid on his Juno on a Leftfield 12” somewhere!' trib.al/FUdrpzq

“Having too much stuff to start with gets in the way; there's too many options now”: Trent Reznor says that he and Atticus Ross like to choose “the best tools for the job” before they start writing trib.al/f5dyTon

“We prefer innovation over imitation”: AudioKit’s Nerd Synth is inspired by (but not a clone of) the Nord Lead A1 trib.al/ZqxpO3Q

Best laptops for music production 2024: portable computers for musicians, producers and DJs trib.al/FeZmZ7p

'I doubt we will have anyone breaking through in the kind of monumental way that The Beatles did, or like The Who or The Rolling Stones': George Martin correctly predicted the future in 1983. Or did he? trib.al/NcSyzf7

“Fairly conservative in its design but makes up for it with quality sounds and smart workflow features”: Klevgrand OneShot review trib.al/CuDJtrP

Is Shure's MV7+ the best microphone for podcasters, YouTubers and content creators? trib.al/QObjLs2

Chris Martin’s son is “becoming an expert” in ‘80s synths, says his mother, Gwyneth Paltrow trib.al/SdCOWsx

Antares' Auto-Tune Pro can now do four-part harmonies in real-time with your MIDI keyboard trib.al/Zdwwvcm

'Everything was so heavy at the time, so I was like, ‘Oh, you know what? I’m gonna completely do the opposite’': How Pharrell defined the sound of the ’00s and beyond trib.al/ODUyk4C

'It's a great synth, for sure, but £$25,000 great? No chance': Five stupidly expensive vintage synths (and how to get their sound for free) trib.al/e8MJmzx

Former Arturia V Collection developer releases Polaris, a fast and furious Android music-making app that embraces the trend for ‘DAW-less’ beatmaking trib.al/uUtH1RF

Ride's Mark Gardener: 'I’m definitely a gear nerd, but I had to stop otherwise I’d have gone bankrupt' trib.al/hNCKseO