“I love Grimes and wouldn’t wish this on anyone”: Morgan Page shares top tips for avoiding DJ issues at major events

Last weekend, Grimes found many of her tracks were playing at double their speed during her Coachella set. Morgan Page hopes his top tips can help others avoid this technical error…

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Akai lanches dub siren-inspired Ring The Alarm software synth

It’s available now for £24.99 from Akai’s MPC store.

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Oeksound Bloom is one of the best plugins in its category — despite being more expensive

Oeksound’s third plugin release offers a fast and fluid workflow that can dynamically improve the balance of your mix

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Get Excite Audio’s VISION 4X Lite or Audified’s U78 Saturator totally free with any purchase at Plugin Boutique

This deal is active until 30 April, so act fast…

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Benn Jordan “needs to hear” Sexual Eruption by Snoop Dogg during soundchecks

“They’d be like, ‘Don’t you want to, like, play?’ And I’m like, ‘No, no… I need to hear Sexual Eruption out there.’”

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“I almost didn’t want to finish it because I was having so much fun”: Jamie xx will release second album soon “if all things go to plan”

Listen to his new single, Baddy on the Floor, and check out a virtual tour of Jamie xx’s London studio.

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How to bring the outside world into your beats

You can turn everyday sounds into unique and inspiring drums with just a few simple steps.

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“Your studio is not a museum”: Tourist says you shouldn’t be precious about treasured gear

“You don’t want to feel intimidated by it. You want to feel like you can revel in its creativity.”

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Lewitt’s Ray microphone tries to solve an age-old problem with recording vocals

Groundbreaking new AURA technology could revolutionise the way you record vocals – using invisible sensors.

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My Forever Studio: Tourist wants antiques, not museum pieces

Grammy-winning songwriter, Tourist shares the one iPhone app he can’t live without, “sneery” synthesizers, and the importance of inspiring presets.

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Plugin Boutique is offering its “lowest prices ever” on a range of Universal Audio UAD plugins

Grab a new plugin for as little as $29.

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Omnisphere is “one of the most inspiring instruments,” says Tourist

“So much of my music is just Omnisphere presets.”

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Fight musique: claire rousay is making — and recording — the most of every moment

The “emo ambient” star tells us about life, death, auto-tune and her new album, sentiment

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Kevin Saunderson: “I changed the game” with 1988 Heat It Up remix

“Nobody did what I did… There’s a reason why they call me The Elevator”

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Band invent bionic robot arm that lets plants play musical instruments

The first show by Bionic and the Wires featuring their botanical bandmate will take place on 20 April.

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Tracktion’s “huge” Waveform Pro 13 update introduces a brand new Clip Launcher

Along with the update, new Feature Expansions for Waveform Free users have been launched.

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Plugin Alliance releases Battalion, a new drum machine by Unfiltered Audio with 20 “distinct” synth engines

You don’t need to stay cooped in the studio when using this new plugin, as a performance mode lets you manipulate sounds on the fly.

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The Reese bassline was inspired by historic NYC club Paradise Garage, says creator Kevin Saunderson

Saunderson also thinks producers are making the Reese bass all wrong: “They’re using different machines I didn’t even use.”

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Watch “Synth God” Mike Dean play Moog’s highly anticipated new synth, the Muse

It’s the latest teaser for the new synth, after Dean posted it on his Instagram Story last week.

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Musician points out microphone mishap in forthcoming Bob Dylan biopic and fans are divided

“Why choose a microphone Dylan was never photographed singing into, and was never in wide use in the United States during this time?”

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