Best DAWs 2025: Top digital audio workstations | MusicRadar
Oct 17, 2024 · It's hard to overstate the impact that Live has had on the music software marketplace. When the first version was released in 2001 it threw out the traditional design rulebook and established itself not just as a recording program for composers, but also as a performance instrument in itself.
Best beginner DAWs 2025: Easy-to-use DAWs for producers
Dec 10, 2024 · The best beginner DAWs will be easy to use compared to their grown-up siblings, while still offering enough to handle any newcomer’s needs. Whether you’re messing around with royalty-free loops, putting together your first EP, or compiling a genre-bending live set, it’s inevitable that a Digital Audio Workstation (more commonly known as a DAW) will play the central role in your musical ...
Best DJ software: Mixing apps for all styles and setups - MusicRadar
Nov 28, 2024 · In the modern music age there’s no one single ‘correct’ way to be a DJ. Your DJ setup could involve vinyl turntables and a mixer, CDJs, DJ software and a controller, or just about anything that allows you to blend two or more tracks together.
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Aug 1, 2023 · MusicRadar is the number one website for music-makers of all kinds, be they guitarists, drummers, keyboard players, DJs or producers... GEAR: We help musicians find the best gear with top-ranking gear round-ups and high-quality, authoritative reviews by a wide team of highly experienced experts.
Best vocal mics 2025: For stage and studio | MusicRadar
Jan 22, 2024 · As an all-rounder vocal mic, the Shure SM7B takes some beating. Over the years it’s been adopted by some of the music world’s biggest names – Michael Jackson swore by them – while its rich, balanced tone has found it adopted more recently by the podcasting community.
Best live vocal microphones 2025 | MusicRadar
Jul 9, 2024 · To get the very best from a singer’s performance, live vocal mics need to fulfil some basic needs. First, they need to work. The stage can be a hostile environment for mics, full of strange liquids, unidentifiable sticky substances and accidents just waiting to happen.
Best digital pianos 2025: Options for every level and budget
Nov 30, 2024 · Buy if are looking for the ultimate family piano: The Clavinova CLP-775 looks the part and has the sound and playability to match.This piano will happily take pride of place in any home and is our pick for the best digital piano overall. Avoid for very young players: Yamaha pianos can have a heavier key action when compared to the likes of Casio and Roland, so it may not be the best option for ...
Best PCs for music production 2025: Mac and Windows | MusicRadar
Jun 10, 2024 · Discover the power that a desktop PC or Mac can bring to your music-making, with our expert pick of the best desktops for music production
Best home studio mixers 2025: analogue and digital options
Nov 21, 2024 · The latest update to A&H’s long-running analogue ZED series bundles a 4x4 USB interface alongside GSPre boutique preamps and onboard effects for a powerful studio-ready solution.
Best budget studio headphones 2025: Cheap picks for every task
Oct 30, 2024 · Headphones are humble additions to any studio desk, and quietly vital in a huge variety of different ways. In the recording process, headphones are essential for delivering monitor mixes to your musicians’ ears (without adding unwanted noise to your microphone recordings); in the mix process, headphones are a crucial second reference for how your mix moves are translating - and indeed, have ...