Computer Music - July 2023

In this issue

ARRANGE LIKE A PRO
Our main feature goes deep on arrangement, with tutorials and pro advice on structuring your tracks.

14 ARRANGEMENT TIPS
A cherry-picked selection of some of CM’s tried-andtested methods for quickfire arrangement building..

15 questions with...Suki Sou

Musician, sound designer and radio presenter Suki Sou may have a studio full of bespoke hardware and software that denotes a precision-based mindset, but she’s also big on adaptability. And her music – influenced by everyone from Raymond Scott to Joanna Brouk, Aphex Twin to Teresa Teng – puts that multifaceted approach on show

9 mins

ARRANGE TRACKS LIKE A PRO

Taking the time to work up your sketches into fully-fledged tracks can be a tricky process. That's why it's important to understand how an effective arrangement works to take listeners on a journey...

10+ mins

15 questions with...Tom Salta

Not content with being one of the video game industry's most acclaimed composers, Tom Salta has turned his attention to plugin development, with the wonderful Auto-Bounce taking the sting out of finalising Logic productions. We spoke to Tom about this life-saving new tool and what motivates his creativity....

9 mins

Make a Gorillaz-style synth string patch

This month, we use a retro sound in an über-contemporary setting, as our synth strings get the Gorillaz treatment

2 mins

Gain staging

Being in control of your levels is a vital aspect of mixing, but how should we approach this when mixing in the box?

2 mins

MANON GRANDJEAN

From working to bring Stormzy's decade-defining debut to life to switching tracks from studio engineer to mixing specialist, Manon Grandjean's expertise has been widely acclaimed by the industry. Following a trio of MPG Award wins, Manon is now keen to expand her career into new areas. We caught up with Manon to learn more about her studio work, and glean some insight on how to make it as a mix engineer...

10 mins

Cherry Audio Mercury-6

Cherry Audio's latest softsynth arrives from the orbit of Mercury, with vintage stimulus from one of the biggest gas giants of them all

3 mins

JMG Sound Retronaut

Promising to infuse the crackle of yesteryear into your tracks, Retronaut goes beyond its lo-fi headline to deliver thrilling sound-shaping abilities

4 mins

Digit Music Cmpsr

A hardware controller that merges accessibility, music, and gaming practices into something everybody can use.... with a very large joystick!

3 mins

Image-Line FL Studio 21

FL Studio 21 is not celebrating a birthday, as the previous version did, but is introducing some significant additions to this most popular of DAWS

3 mins

Toontrack EZKeys Synthwave & EZX Expansion

Want your track to sound like it was birthed in the technicolor 80s? Toontrack are on hand, transporting us to when synths ruled the waves

3 mins

Sonora Cinematic Harmonic Bloom

Bloom is all about extracting harmonics and chaotic waveforms based on noise... but fortunately, it's a lot better than that sounds

3 mins

Polyverse Supermodal

By using 27 models - ranging from physical bodies to maths formulae Supermodal could well be the filter you didn't know you need

3 mins

W.A. Production KSHMR Reverb

Globally acclaimed music producer KSHMR collaborates with W.A. Production to deliver his first reverb plugin with many distinctive features

3 mins

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Computer Music Magazine Description:

Computer Music's goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions. Our Zinio edition does not include the DVD but - FROM ISSUE 182 (October 2012) onwards - it DOES INCLUDE the full software, samples and tutorial files to download. Full details inside. Download does not include Producer Masterclass in-studio video. This digital edition is not printable.