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EASY SOUND DESIGN

In these days of 'ultimate sample banks' and 'preset-packed' synths and effects, it's easy to think that sound design is a dying art. But, if anything, we think it should be your go-to creative process. So, here's how to get into it, whatever your level of understanding

6 mins |

MOONILENA

Standing at the intersection of music and art, where melody and memory blur into hazy half-formed shapes, stands Moonilena. We spoke to the Stockholmbased creative about her technical approach to her aural constructs, and the genesis of her captivating new album, Minnet

10 mins |

EastWest Sounds Hollywood Strings 2

LA's finest is back for a long-awaited cinematic sequel. Roland Schmidt auditions EastWest's new string-based nod to tinseltown

5 mins |

Reason Studios Reason 13

A quarter of a century after v1, Reason reaches the not so unlucky v13, but is this once influential DAW still relevant? Andy Jones investigates

6 mins |

JESS CAMILLERI

From engineering the likes of MIA, Rudimental and GoldLink at Strongroom Studios to her current career as an MPG award-nominated engineer and producer, working with new artists to develop their sound, Jess Camilleri is one of the recording industry's most impressive new talents...

Kit Grill

After a decade of making experimental, multihued records, Kit Grill's most recent release, Swimming in Honey concludes a journey of bold aural adventuring with the addition of his vocals to the mix. We spoke to Kit to hear more about the making of this atmospheric, nuanced listening experience

6 mins |

Solid State Logic UC1 with 360 Link

SSL's UC1 can now control everything thanks to its new 360 Link plugin. Andy Jones hits the big play button and watches worlds collide...

3 mins |

Arturia Augmented Yangtze

Stuart Adams embarks on a sonic journey though the world of traditional Chinese instruments - set against a modern backdrop

2 mins |

Tone2 Icarus 3

This under-the-radar synth has just received its biggest update ever, and if that doesn't make it 'over the radar, what will

3 mins |

LOLCOMP LITE CM

As much as we love creating chains from scratch, for quicker results, Computer Musics very own edition of LOLCOMP Lite could be just What youre after, and it’s free with this month's issue

1 min |

The Bitwig round table: a decade of innovation

In 2014, a DAW landed that not only rattled the industry's big players, but brought a workflow that encouraged experimentation. To celebrate ten years of Bitwig Studio, we brought its key figures around a table to reflect on a journey that’s still they promise just starting...

Ray Volpe

A titan of the bass scene, showered with acclaim by both his peers and an enraptured audience, Ray Volpe's contemporary spin on dubstep is both earth-shakingly impactful and sonically multi-hued. We caught up with Volpe and discover how he assembles his brand of crowd-pleasing ultra-bangers fully in-the-box...

8 mins |

Everyone loves an efficiency hack, so if you're looking for ways to cut valuable time from your mixing process, then it's time to join the chain gang...

When we mix, it would be ideal if we could load up a simple one-knob-style plugin, choose a preset, set an amount and simply move onto the next sound.

5 mins |

A virtual future?

Like many tech-focused magazines, we've been entranced by the latest glut of augmented and virtual reality headset releases from the likes of Apple and Meta. Our question: how good are they from a music production POV?

JASON GRAVES

Harnessing sounds wrangled from a bespoke, hand-crafted sculpture, alongside a legendary synth and a deft mastery of software-shaping tools, composer Jason Graves further justifies his position of the world’s most in-demand score providers with nis latest project the oil rig-set horror Still Wakes the Deep...