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Can Linux really replace Windows and macOS for music production?

3 days ago | musictech.com | Adam Crute

Once the preserve of specialists, hobbyists and geeks, Linux is nowadays a wholly viable solution for everyday desktop computing. Moreover, and for various reasons, Linux tends to be less demanding of system resources than Windows and macOS, and so can give a new lease of life to older hardware that would otherwise be added to the burgeoning e-waste mountain. The big question for us music production types, then, is ‘Can we use Linux for audio production?’ The answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’.
IK Multimedia Total Studio 5 review: Almost a must-have — with a few must-fix

4 days ago | musictech.com | Clovis McEvoy

Total Studio 5 Standard – $/€299.99Total Studio 5 Pro – $/€399.99Total Studio 5 MAX – $/€599.99Introduction and upgrade pricing availableIK Multimedia is on a roll. Over the past few years, the company’s product lineup has gone from strength to strength, with venerable classics such as its standalone Mastering Console getting significant improvements. Meanwhile, new standout plugins have arrived, including the multi-band Quad Saturator, alongside some impressive hardware, like the Uno Synth Pro X.
Stimming breaks down the production techniques on his new single, ‘Lucky Me’

1 week ago | musictech.com | Clovis McEvoy

Beloved for his delicate, detailed, and highly emotive production style, Martin Stimming has carved out a niche in the world of experimental IDM. Based in Harmburg, Germany, the producer is currently on part two of a trilogy of albums; each one dedicated to his three sons.
Apple Logic Pro 11.2 and 2.2: Stem Splitter, Flashback Capture, ChatGPT and everything else you need to know

1 week ago | musictech.com | Sam Willings

Apple has unveiled surprise updates to Logic Pro for macOS and iPad, with Logic Pro 11.2 and Logic Pro for iPad 2.2. New features include an enhanced Stem Splitter, Learn MIDI for iPad, a ChatGPT integration and a revamped feature that you probably never knew existed.
Warm Audio WA76-A and WA76-D2 review: The most versatile ‘76-style compressors to date?

1 week ago | musictech.com | John Pickford

Single-channel models: $699 / € 749 / £629 Dual-channel models: $1199 / €1299 / £1159warmaudio.comWarm Audio’s WA76 compressor/limiter has been performing stellar dynamic control duties in studios worldwide since its launch way back in the before-times of 2014. Indeed, your MusicTech correspondent here was one of the first to sing its praises; so much so, I bought a pair of them. READ MORE: Are KIT Plugins’ BB F66 and F67 convincing emulations of classic Fairchild compressors?
Who is the next Aphex Twin? Meet the producers warping the future of electronic music

2 weeks ago | musictech.com | Ana Yglesias

“Even from my very first tracks, I had a desire to get really into the machines, to make a different world inside one of the boxes, live inside there instead,” Aphex Twin . READ MORE: Zeds Dead sampled a century of sound to create their new sci-fi bass odysseyThe trickster producer exploded electronic music in the early 90s with strange rhythms and visuals, endless sonic detours and a hearty dose of tomfoolery.
What is granular synthesis, and how do I use it?

1 month ago | musictech.com | Adam Crute

Since bursting onto the music production scene in the late 90s, granular synthesis has become an indispensable weapon in the sonic arsenals of many producers. But where did it come from, why was it so late to the synthesis party and, most pertinently, what exactly is granular synthesis anyway? What is granular synthesis? Like many synthesis methods, the theory underpinning granular synthesis existed long before the technology capable of realising the idea.
Arturia V Collection 11: New plugins, price, V Collection Intro, and everything else you need to know

1 month ago | musictech.com | Sam Willings

Arturia has released V Collection 11, the latest instalment of its revered suite of plugins that emulate classic analogue synthesizers and acoustic instruments. Along with a handful of new emulations, V Collection 11 also introduces new additions to Arturia’s Augmented series and a new synth, Pure LoFi. Also new is the V Collection Intro bundle, which offers a slimmed-down version of the library at a lower price.
Bitwig Connect 4/12: Excellent for Bitwig users, still pretty good for everyone else

1 month ago | musictech.com | Adam Crute

€499 / $549, bitwig.comBitwig Studio entered the DAW scene in 2014 and, since then, has gained countless new fans, thanks to combining some killer features of other DAWs with innovative features that are all its own (and that are now being copied by those same competing DAWs). READ MORE: Audient’s iD48 goes all-out for channel count and routing flexibilityIt’s a big success story that the company is aiming to replicate with the launch of its very first hardware product, Bitwig Connect 4/12.
Finis Musicae on programming robots to play live instruments

1 month ago | musictech.com | Harry Levin

Futurist art and transhuman tech collective Finis Musicae is applying robotics as the next step in the evolution of music performance