With the exception of ambient or orchestral genres, drums provide the backbone of basically all modern music. If you make music for clubs, good drums are essential - they’re what makes you want to ...

For a long time, Green Oak Software’s Crystal was regarded as one of the best free VST synth plugins around, and became a go-to for many budding producers in the noughties. The plugins go by the names ...

Let’s not sugarcoat it – things have changed. There was a time when if you wanted strings on a track, you had to call a quartet. Horns? Hire a session player. Even a simple piano line meant booking ...