Sam Willings

2 weeks ago | musictech.com | Sam Willings

At 30,000 daily downloads, Image-Line‘s FL Studio is among the most popular Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) on the planet. We’re now on FL Studio 2024, which is named so for the year it was released, with FL Studio 2025 seemingly coming soon. Keen FL Studio users and testers currently have access to the FL Studio 2025 beta and have been trying out a wealth of new features on the DAW.

Jan 7, 2025 | musictech.com | Sam Willings

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. READ MORE: Will The NAMM Show thrive or barely survive after 2024’s encouraging show?

Nov 25, 2024 | musictech.com | Sam Willings

After months of teasers, Tame Impala’s new instrument company, Telepathic Instruments, has officially announced Orchid, a digital synthesizer with an emphasis on chord generation. Kevin Parker conceived Orchid over 10 years ago, according to the company, intending to create an instrument for songwriters to “find what’s on their mind”.

Nov 18, 2024 | musictech.com | Sam Willings

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 reviewing 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 for the cash, instead of feeding their GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). Spoiler: it’s a lot.

Aug 30, 2024 | musictech.com | Sam Willings

“There’s always a kind of cosmic merry-go-round in entertainment, where some people are jumping off the ride while others are jumping on,” says Ryan Raddon, better known as the trailblazing producer and DJ, Kaskade. “John’s timing into music and DJing happened at exactly the right time — he’s who the audience was looking for.”John Schuster stands in the centre of Madison Square Garden, June 2024, surrounded by a colossal diamond-shaped stage, four CDJs and a crowd of 20,000.