Interviews
Grammy Winner Young Fyre Is Building the eSports of Beatmaking, and It’s Only the Beginning
Raj Thomas sits down with Grammy-winning producer Young Fyre to discuss Audeobox, the world's biggest beat battle platform.
Blog Archive
Plugin Reviews
Sound Sculpture for the Soul: Inside MNTRA’s Beautiful Library Powered by MNDALA 2 Engine
What happens when you take ancient instruments, capture them in stunning high-definition audio, and then run them through a synth engine inspired by video games and nonlinear storytelling?
Plugin Reviews
Pitch Innovations Review: 5 Creative Tools That Will Transform Your Music
What if your pitchwheel never hit a wrong note again? What if a simple chord could evolve into an entire melody? What…
Plugin Reviews
Is Claire the Best Fazioli F308 Library Yet? Native Instruments Might Have Nailed It
When it comes to sampled pianos, the bar keeps getting higher. Every year, new libraries promise pristine realism, expressive nuance, and creative…
Hardware Reviews
CMEPRO WIDI Master – Unleash Wireless 5-Pin MIDI and Ditch the Cable Chaos!
Intro – An Overview of the WIDI Master The CMEPRO WIDI Master is designed as a wireless MIDI solution that frees you…
Plugin Reviews
Nightfox Audio’s Plugin Suite: A Deep Dive Into Their 9 Virtual Instruments
An Introduction to Nightfox Audio If you’ve ever wished your plugins worked like a box of LEGOs—clicking together real instruments to build…
Hardware Reviews
Tiny Titans of MIDI Control: This.is.NOISE.inc’s Astonishing NM2 and NMSVE
Sometimes the best creative sparks come from something small. Really small. Like, fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand small. This.is.NOISE.inc, is a hardware company that’s built a…
Hardware Reviews
Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval: An Adventurous Sampler for Bards, Beats, and Battlefields
Introduction to the EP-1320 Medieval Only Teenage Engineering would take the phrase “sampler workstation” and respond with “What if we made it…
Hardware Reviews
Crystal Clear and Camera Ready: How the ISOVOX ISOPOP BroadCast Fixed My Sibilance In 5 Minutes
Pop filters are one of those accessories you don’t think much about—until they’re ruining your setup. Whether it’s an awkward arm that…
(Counter)Culture
The 10 Greatest Wrestling Theme Songs of All Time
In honor of WrestleMania 41, Raj Thomas picks what he thinks are the greatest entrance theme songs from professional wrestling, along with a a few more that didn't make the cut.
Plugin Reviews
Trails by Fracture Sounds – A Hauntingly Beautiful Kontakt Library for The Modern Composer in 2025
Let’s face it—there’s no shortage of string libraries out there. But now and then, something hits differently. Trails by Fracture Sounds is…
Plugin Reviews
Beatsurfing: 5 Plugins You Need Right Now / Including Random, Random Metal and More!
Beatsurfing: A Creative Playground for Modern Sound Design If you’re curious about how innovative technology meets raw musical creativity, BEATSURFING is a…
Plugin Reviews
5 Excellent Must-Have Sonora Cinematic Products: Emma Legato, Aria Vocalscapes & More!
If you’re into composing soundtracks or creating immersive soundscapes, chances are you’ve heard the buzz about Sonora Cinematic. This plugin developer, based…
Plugin Reviews
Blezz Beats Purpl Pak Vol 3: Vocodine, SNOP & More – Packed With Vintage Greatness
A Blast from the Past Meets Tomorrow’s Sound Scrolling through Instagram one day, I was suddenly hit with a series of quirky,…
Plugin Reviews
Rast Sound Motif 2: Your New Creative Music Partner
Ever find yourself staring at a blank project with a head full of half-formed musical ideas? Sometimes the spark just isn’t coming,…
Plugin Reviews
MIDI Agent (Updated 2026): Even Better A Year Later – PLUS DISCOUNT CODE
Use ALTWIRE at checkout for a 20% discount off the price! I’ve been watching MIDI Agent grow for the past year. The…
Plugin Reviews
Elementary Sounds: Vintage Vibes Trusted by Depeche Mode and Lo-Fi Producers
In today’s world of hyper-polished digital production, it’s easy for music to lose a bit of its soul. Enter Elementary Sounds—a plugin company…
Plugin Reviews
Void & Vista – “Folds”: The #1 Plugin Right Now for Haunting Vocals
FOLDS: A Gateway to Ethereal Expression FOLDS by Void & Vista is one of those special plugins that manages to strike a…
