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Crucial P2 500GB
What’s this? Low-cost SATA-breaking speed without the DRAM? Sean Webster is impressed, albeit with a few reservations.
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Is this the Goldilocks chip? Well, Zak Storey did catch it stealing porridge from Intel, so the moniker might stick…
BACK UP LIKE CLOCKWORK!
Jonni Bidwell has a plan – several plans, in fact – to keep his ever-growing repository of data ticking over nicely.
4tronix Picon Plus
Les Pounder needs to build a robot to help during social isolation. But can he build a robot butler to deliver more Pis to his table?
Say hello, wave goodbye
What an amazing ride it’s been. As Mac OS X faces the final curtain, let’s remember 20 years of OS excellence
RANDOM APPLE MEMORY: eMate 300
Adam Banks remembers how the businesslike Newton spawned Apple’s strangest computer
Mute background sounds
Get perfect audio on your video calls with Krisp
Import, organise and edit
How to import migrated Photos images into Lightroom Classic
HOW IT WORKS Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.0
Faster data, cleverer cables and some confusion too
APPLE CORE: MATT BOLTON…
WONDERS WHETHER APPLE’S CULTURE IS TOO AMERICAN TO SEE EVERY AREA WHERE IT COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
Anthropics PortraitPro 19
Spruce up your portraits using a range of AI enhanced retouching tools
6 apps to get stuff done
For big personal or work projects, these apps will help you achieve your goals
Top Features In iPadOS And iOS 13
The iOS 13 and its iPadOS operating systems are packed full of little tips and tricks that let you get even more out of your Apple smartphone and tablet. It’s amazing what they can do, and even expert users might not be aware of all the hints and hacks that we’ll show you over the next few pages. With our help, you can use your iPad and iPhone in ways you might never have imagined.
MIXING BEATS
Getting your electronic beats mixed well together can make or break the backbone of your tune
The Filter – pt 2
We’ve shown you what a filter does and how it does it, and now it’s time to put that knowledge to use!
PROGRAMMING SYNTH DRUMS
Once so maligned that the musicians’ unions took them to task, synthesised drums are a staple of modern music. Here's how to program your own using the Plugin Suite…
Novation Launchkey Mk3 £var
Novation’s third incarnation of the Launchkey has a lot going for it if you are a Live user (and the smallest almost offers the most)
D16 Syntorus 2
Chorus has proven to be a tricky effect to create in plugin form. Let’s see if this upgraded classic hits the spot
DUSTY KID
The Italian producer and DJ has released music on some of the most influential labels in the dance music business, and remixed everyone from Armand Van Helden to Booka Shade. And while his studio looks exceptional, he reveals here that it only came about thanks to a major gear clearout. Who needs all that vintage equipment anyway?
15 questions with…MEDUZA
The Milan-based production trio of Meduza have already conquered the world with their huge and multi-award winning hit Piece of Your Heart. Here the trio’s Mattia Vitale reveals the plugins behind the sound
Crafting a bassline
This month, Dave Clews takes you through bassline programming bassics, from both ‘real’ and synth-based approaches
15 questions with… HARRISON
The collaborator to stars including Guetta, Aoki and Hardwell has a studio packed with some of the best hardware on the planet but is now ‘95%’ in the box. Time for Harrison’s 15 answers…
Electronic Beats
Last month we looked at how to make your acoustic beats more human, more realistic and less machinelike. This time, we’re going to the electronic side. Leave your humanity at the door
MINT 20
The latest Mint, codenamed Ulyana, is here and so is the herbaceous Jonni Bidwell to tell you all about it.
Robolinux 11
Review bot-at-large Jonni Bidwell does his damnedest to look past the late 90s-stylings of this project’s website…
Intel Core i9-10900K
Zak Storey straps himself in, ready to ride Intel’s fastest chip yet!
Waveshare Game HAT
Stretching the idea of what a Pi HAT can do, Neil Mohr settles in for some portable retro gaming.
Calculate Linux 20.6
After that last review, Jonni Bidwell finds something much more suited to his highbrow tastes: a Russian distro based on the venerable Gentoo.
Besiege
Management have fended off many a pleb revolt against LXF Towers, but Rick Lane has been plotting and practising with mighty siege machines!
Mainframe Mage
Jonni Bidwell reconnects with mainframe guru John Mertic and somehow ends up talking about Doom and cheesecake…