CATEGORIES
15 questions with… Hinako Omori
Hinako Omori combines analogue synths with plugins to mesmerising effect, with her new album – recorded at Real World Studios – dazzling with rich textures and transformative atmospheres…
FLIRC Pi Zero Case
Les Pounder keeps his cool with a case for his beloved Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Will it beat the heat of a benchmark?
Slackware 15.0
He’s no masochist… until there’s a new Slackware release, when Mayank Sharma puts himself through all kinds of pains to relive the good ol’ days.
CHARITABLE CHARACTERS
The Emmabuntüs collective enlightens Jonni Bidwell as to its kind and open source efforts.
Weather Widget 2
PLASMA EXTENSION
Ubuntu alternatives
Michael Reed investigates Ubuntu progenies and finds that they each have their own take on a how a desktop should work…
UBOS Linux
Mechanisms for simplifying the installation of popular web tools are like snake oil. Or so thought Mayank Sharma, until he came across UBOS…
ArchLabs 2022.02.12
Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for new Arch-based distros, and this time around he’s found one that tickles his fancy.
Intel Core i5 12400
It’s the new Q6600, Dave James’ greatest compliment ever!
Build the Kernel
The kernel is what makes Linux tick. Jonni Bidwell is happy to get his hands dirty and help you tune up those ticks…
Philips Brilliance 439P1
Go big or go home? With this monitor, you can do both
Trust Teza 4K Ultra HD Webcam
Can you trust in this 4K cam?
BuddyPhones School+ Wireless
Safe-audio headphones for kids
512 Audio Skylight
Power up your podcasts with this magic mic
Marshall Motif ANC
Marshall brings its new noise cancellers to the table
Orbi Quad-Band WiFi 6E
An expensive but powerful introduction to 6E mesh networking
Moog Animoog Z $19.99
Proving that the old masters can still show us new tricks, we get animated by Moog’s latest update to their affordable software synth
PSP Audioware: PSP Saturator $99
Saturation can be a fantastic tool for bringing sounds to life, but does this new offering from PSP have what it takes?
Producer Masterclass: MOUSSE T.
Mousse T. is a legendary dance music producer whose hits back in the 90s paved the way for a three-decade – and counting – career in remixing and production. It has taken him everywhere from the top of the charts to Eurovision, and co-writing a Tom Jones smash to being a judge on the German version of Pop Idol. Here he gives us a couple of lessons in remixing, three decades apart…
Free software: W.A. PRODUCTION MULTIBENDER CM
Get to know this issue’s freebie: a cm edition of W.A.’s incredible multiband, tempo-synced delay
THE BEST FREEWARE PLUGINS
It seems with each passing year, the number of exceptional free plugins, DAWs, instruments, tools and services increases tenfold. With such a rich field to harvest, we know how overwhelming it can be to know just where to begin when collecting free music-making software – and avoiding that feeling that your precious hard drive space is being clogged by software that you’re never likely to actually use. Luckily Computer Music is on hand to help, with some carefully considered groupings of the very best – and genuinely useful – free swag that you can download this very day…
Delay effects
Our attention turns to a family of effect types that takes your signal and does weird and wonderful things
15 questions with…Keinemusik
Keinemusik first caught our ear back in 2017 with their ambitious debut album You Are Safe. Since then, the Berlin-based trio have refined their creative process, linking up with a variety of collaborators to produce an impressive sophomore effort that expands their sound while remaining firmly focused on the dancefloor
#12 LFO sequence
If you’ve ever wanted your Zebra CM to help you out by playing short phrases, it’s time to step up to the LFO. Dave Gale gets sequencing…
#01 Creative basslines
In this tutorial you’ll learn how bass can be so much more than a rhythm instrument as we delve into that low end
15 questions with…Sun-El Musician
Sun-El Musician has a huge fan base in his home country of South Africa, with tens of millions of Youtube views, but is on a mission to spread his brand of EDM across the world, even inventing a sub genre of it along the way – African Electronic Dance Music. We catch up with the man whose ambitions are as big as his setup is small. “I’m not one to have crazy things and just like my studio to be simple…”
Siduction 2021.3.0
You probably think Mayank Sharma has a thing for Debian-based KDE distros, but he’ll want you to believe that it’s just coincidence.
Pop!_OS 21.10
Keyboard-driven Jonni Bidwell is excited by the prospect of new shortcut keys and swish application launchers. Will his enthusiasm be curbed?
Slackel 7.5
Mayank Sharma finds this distribution combines Slackware and USB distros with two use-cases: older computers and portable installations.
Neptune 7.0
Debian-based KDE distros are a dime a dozen, so Mayank Sharma was keen to see how it stacks up against the competition.