If the thing your latest song is missing is a live drum track, plug-in developer Voxengo might just be able to help you. However, rather than selling you a new bit of rhythmic software, the company is ...

Novation’s Circuit groovebox is a pretty beloved piece of entry-level music making gear. And with good reason. Its two polyphonic synth tracks and four sample-based drum tracks give it a surprising ...

Metallica's "Lux Æterna," the band's new single released Nov. 28, is still being discussed by metal fans. One point of discussion — and a topic that will be unsurprising to longtime Metallica ...

With GarageBand for the Mac, Apple created something no one else had – a relatively inexpensive, very powerful music recording studio right on the computer. Several iterations later, GarageBand came ...

Devotees of Sly and the Family Stone’s introspective funk landmark, “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” rightly celebrate Sylvester “Sly” Stewart’s early experiments with a drum machine. Sublime achievements ...

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is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Algoriddim is adding an impressive new feature to its Djay app for iOS: a set of sliders that let ...

Drummer is one of GarageBand’s best features. It’s a virtual drummer that comes up with entire drum parts for your song. Or rather, it’s 15 drummers, each of whom has a different style, from hard rock ...

Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds is pretty sick of bands using pre-recorded kick drums during live shows, and he's making it well known. It all started when Reynolds tweeted "some of your ...