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Sonuscore The Score $399 PC MAC

The Score comes up with a film soundtrack based on your stylistic choices, but that’s just the start of it. Andy Jones scores The Score

Baby Audio Humanoid $129 PC MAC

Humanoid brings the ‘extreme’ and ‘radical’ to the world of vocals, but is also one of the easiest plugins to use and abuse, says Andy Jones

The Synth Factory Horizen $129 PC MAC

A synth/sampler that packs in a lot of power at an almost silly price - despite its low profile, Andy Jones gazes at Horizen...

Flow Mastering Suite $15/month PC MAC

Mastering your music just got as easy or as complex as you want. But, Andy Jones asks, is it worth yet another monthly subscription?

Universal Audio LA-6176 $299 PC MAC

UA has bundled three of its classic emulations into one channel strip. Is this analogue dream your ideal plugin team? Andy Jones finds out

Rack'em up...

IK Multimedia has announced a comprehensive update to its mixing and mastering software, T-RackS, that brings some smart mastering additions

FX Collection 5 €499

Arturia's huge bundle of effects gets its regular update and it's still easily as essential as the company's V Collection

Make a pulsing bass with GForce Axxess

Get mechanical, with a garage-inspired bass patch, which gets right to the pulsing heart of the Axxess synthesiser

The software that shaped us

Computer Music has had a 25-year history, and over the life of this magazine, the technology behind music production has changed beyond recognition. Here are the products that set the stage for the modern world…

PERFECT VIRTUAL GUITAR!

Need a great guitar sound, but lacking any guitar-playing contacts, or the skills to play it yourself? Have no fear, your computer is here! With a few pointers, buying advice and hands-on tips, you and your PC or Mac can emulate the greatest guitarists in the world…

Explore Black Salt Audio's cm bundle

In a new series, we're highlighting the best plugins from the CM Plugin Suite V3.0 and showing you how to make the most of them

DH Plugins LFO-EQ-1

Modulating your EQ parameters opens up a multitude of exciting effects. Can this affordable plugin really hit the mark? Jon Musgrave finds out

SSL Module8

Multi-effects are getting more powerful at the expense of ease of use, but Module8 manages both and is therefore pretty gr8, says Andy Jones

Dawesome/Tracktion Myth

Peter V is fast becoming the most ground-breaking plugin developer around. His latest is a synth of mythical proportions, says Andy Jones

Tailored reverbs

Reverb is a great tool, but cleverly thinking about its application can really take your mix to the next level. Here’s how to get tailoring…

Make a spicy lead with GForce Axxess

It's time to turn up the heat and Axxess a searing lead, with a little help from an ultra-cool addition to the plugin suite

Cherry Audio Chroma

If you're after a colourful new synth, Cherry Audio has something that covers the whole spectrum. Roland Schmidt looks through the prism

GForce Software VSM IV

This updated VSM continues to prove that strings are very much the thing! Roland Schmidt swots up on his virtual string theory

KATIE TAVINI

A ubiquitous name in the world of mastering, Katie Tavini’s intuitive senses and aptitude for bringing out the best in a huge array of music has been rightly praised. We were keen to catch up with Katie – fresh from moving her studio into a new setup in Liverpool – to find out more about her acclaimed approach

Make a loop into a track

It's simple to make a killer loop, but how does that become a dancefloor-filling hit? It only takes a few steps to get the process started...

Void & Vista: Art to make art with

With just two products released to date, Void & Vista has already captured our attention via its hugely creative approach to sound design. We spoke to the key minds behind the company to find out more about its refreshingly artistic attitude to the craft of software instrument making...

THE CM PLUGIN SUITE RELOADED!

We've overhauled and upgraded our world famous Plugin Suite for the modern age, adding a wealth of new instruments, tools and effects - and they're all yours with this issue! Over the next few pages, we'll shine a light on the best new additions, and how to get the most from the greatest free arsenal in music production

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...

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

Tracktion Waveform Pro 13

After a series of big updates, Waveform hits v13 and it might be lucky for some. This could be the DAW you're waiting for

Arturia Augmented Yangtze

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

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

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

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...

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