Matt Mullen

You can still pick up many of this year’s best Black Friday music software deals from Waves, Native Instruments, Plugin Boutique, IK Multimedia and more

Black Friday itself may be over, but the sales definitely aren’t. Here’s our expert pick of the best still-live Black Friday musical instrument deals for drummers, guitarists, DJs, producers and more

MG4+ is Antelope's take on a popular 500-Series six-band analogue EQ renowned for introducing top-end shine and clarity

"Thomas told me in this lift on the way down to the show that the first time he fell in love with electronic music was in this building in 1992. He also told me hasn’t played a proper set without the mask on for 24 years"

Reports suggest that preorders for the VCS3 and Pro-16 have been cancelled at Sweetwater due to discontinued development

Equipped with an optimized vocal tuning algorithm, Antares says the plugin represents "the most significant update in the software's history"

A new 1.1.0 firmware update brings sample slicing and sidechain-style ducking to the monochrome synth/sampler

Omnisphere 3 arrives with "thousands and thousands" of new sounds, a new global control system, an expanded effects engine, patch mutation, MPE support – and much, much more

The 120g device combines a dual-mode microphone, wireless in-ear monitors and a built-in USB-C audio interface

Dropping the built-in audio interface and slashing the price, Allen & Heath positions K3 as a flexible budget controller for club or studio setups