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Arturia update Pigments and PolyBrute

The French brand add major new features to their flagship hardware and software synths

VCV Rack 2.0 launches with VST support and more

> VCV Rack is a wonderful thing –

Reason’s new MIDI Player Effect can generate basslines in seconds

> Reason Studios have launched a new MIDI

SSL launch Big SiX SuperAnalogue mixer

> SSL have introduced a beefier version of

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BONOBO

After years of touring, Simon Green found himself lacking creative stimulus. Danny Turner learns how modular synths fuelled his imagination

Get 3D with Animoog Z

Rob Redman gives us a kickstart in taking sound design to another dimension, with Moog’s latest virtual instrument

Drill

From roots in South Side Chicago, this twist on trap has spawned regional variations around the world

Sylvan Esso

The electronic pop duo explain the gear choices that defined their most important work

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live

How can I fatten and widen any sound?

Nathan Fake

Built from keening detuned pads, soaring synth lines

David Castellani

Get to know this LA techno mogul’s modular-and-more setup – in gloriously nitpicky detail

Introducing the Anti-Kulture Precision Disruptor

VIDEO ON FILESILO 01 > Precision Disruptor is

Turning modular jams into club-ready techno

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MMM

The glowing techno chords of MMM’s long-awaited debut album, On The Edge, are delivered with scapular precision. Danny Turner charts the record’s creation

DAEDELUS

The US producer teams up with UK poet Joshua Idehen for a new work of hip-hop-influenced electronics. Matt Mullen finds out more

Korg ARP 2600 M £1,699

Korg are back with a smaller take on the ARP 2600. Bruce Aisher checks whether any magic has been lost in the process

IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-Gear pedals €300 each

IK place the AmpliTube experience under foot. Robbie Stamp gets into gear

Universal Audio Volt 76 series from £215

UA have finally joined the affordable audio interfacing party, reports Jono Buchanan

iZotope RX 9 from $129

The audio repair colossus reaches its ninth incarnation. Robbie Stamp explores what’s new

Alesis V49 MkII £99

Alesis’ V49 MkII offers more performance features and control with great affordability. Jono Buchanan plugs and plays

Synth Gems 1, by Mike Metlay £53

Dr Mike has unearthed a veritable treasure trove of vintage synths for this landmark book, Simon Fellows finds

Ocean Way Audio Pro 3 $2,994 per pair

How much should you spend on your monitors? Jon Musgrave tries out Ocean Way Audio’s latest high-end nearfields

Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam £369

From the north of Italy comes what Rob Redman can only describe as a box of inspirational happy accidents

Moog Animoog Z £8.99 (in-app)

Rob Redman takes Animoog Z for a spin round some new orbits to see what Moog’s update offers over its predecessor

Soundpaint – Juniper 8 from $30

>Kontakt soundware purveyors 8DIO need no introduction on

Audio Damage Other Desert Cities

Over the years, Audio Damage have cut a

Moog One From £5,775

Rob Redman waxes lyrical about his love affair with the Moog One – but is it a keeper?