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21 YEARS OF CM SAMPLES
It’s our best ever sample giveaway, with the DVD full of 21 of the greatest cm sample collections ever! Get them on the cmDVD or download from File Silo
Wavesfactory Cassette €59
Turn your studio clock back to the era of the tape-based Portastudio with this evocative new saturation and modulation plugin
Mixed In Key Captain Beat $50
Take command of your dance, urban and electronic music drum tracks with the latest addition to the gradually expanding Captain range
D16 Group Godfazer €69
Combining two multi-mode filters and a chorus/ensemble module, Godfazer may be the only modulation effect you’ll ever need
Apogee Clearmountain's Domain $349
This new multi-effects plugin promises to bless your tracks with its divine mixing touch, but you’ll need to be seriously committed to the cause…
What's On Your Hard Drive?
Jay Clarke The British techno star and Klockworks regular reveals a few studio secrets and the importance of… Dropbox
Optoma UHZ65UST
Optoma’s futuristic 4K HDR projector
Philips 243B9
Affordable, featured-packed full HD monitor
Netgear Orbi WiFi 6
Netgear brings Wi-Fi 6 to its Orbi mesh range – at a price £710 FROM Netgear, netgear.co.uk FEATURES WiFi 6, tri-band with 1x 2.4GHz and 2x 5GHz, beamforming for 2.4GHz/5GHz bands, 2.5Gbps WAN port/4x Gigabit Ethernet (router), 4x Gigabit Ethernet (satellite)
STORE GUIDE
Your complete guide to the best Apple hardware and third-party accessories
Peripherals
Thinking inside the box to refresh the parts other tips can’t reach
MATT BOLTON…
JUST TOOK A TRIP BACK TO THE MACBOOK PRO OF 2014, AND IT’S NOT MAKING THE MODEL OF 2020 LOOK SO HOT…
Crave
THE GEAR WE’RE LUSTING AFTER
APPLE CORE
Apple says the 2020 MacBook Airs are twice as fast
Equip Your Home With Detecting Devices
Two kids, three cats, and a broken extractor fan – my home is a haven of volatile chemicals and bad smells
Project: Atoll by Studio Myerscough
Morag Myerscough reveals how she and Luke Morgan designed a vibrant biophilic installation in a central London office tower studiomyerscough.com
Creative space
LORNA BOYD OF JONES KNOWLES RITCHIE REVEALS ITS OASIS OF CREATIVITY
Portrait of an Illustrator
SIXTEEN OF THE BIGGEST TALENTS AT WORK TODAY
Studio Profile: Seachange
Tim Donaldson and Amanda Gaskin explain their refusal to specialise, and how they manage to push their clients towards disruptive designs
Grant Associates by Supple Studio
Supple Studio in Bath worked with Mud and Fitzroy Hawk to create a new identity for landscape architects Grant Associates supplestudio.com
Artist insight: Jinhwa Jang on adopting comic techniques in digital illustration
Discover how you can take drawing methods such as screen tones, pattern fills and solid colours, and apply them to your digital artworks
TONE SPOT CM
This month, we have a fabulous plugin giveaway that promises to make your music shine. Here’s how…
THE ORB
Ambient godfather, Alex Paterson, returns with a surprising new album. Alongside the chilled anthems, you’ll hear arms-aloft house and even a touch of drum&bass
Solid State Logic SSL 2 & 2+ £179/£239
Brand new and cheap interfaces with an expensive name on them? What is the interface world coming to? A studio near you, that’s what
Novation Launchpad Pro Mk3 £300 / $350
In a hotly-anticipated update, Novation’s top-of-the-range Launchpad finally gets the ‘Mk3’ treatment, but is it ready for lift-off?
Korg Collection Triton $249
Amid a 90s revival, Korg release their pioneering late 90s workstation in software. But is the promise of on-trend sounds worth shelling out for?
cm/ the 6 best … Emulations of classic gear
We’ve reviewed some amazing software that emulates classic hardware. Here are six great examples…
CM PLUGIN SUITE
The plugin suite is world-famous for delivering everything you need to make music, and you get it free with every issue! Here’s your complete guide…
BLAST FROM THE PAST
This time we get to know some of the Plugin Suite’s ‘firsts’, including a software sampler that made a stir back in issue 50…
All-new free samples
There’s a bumper crop of new samples this month, from Cyclick Samples and Groove Criminals… Get them on the DVD or at filesilo.co.uk/computermusic