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SYNTH SPECIAL
It’s a super synth special in this month’s Computer Music and we have a fantastic selection of hands-on features to help you make great synth music and create some great sounds…
Beatskillz RetroVolt £99
BeatSkills deliver a sample player with synth ambitions and a plugin simply drenched in nostalgia
K Multimedia iRig Keys 2 Mini €122
IK Multimedia deliver one of their dinkiest computer music-making keyboards, and it might be just what your mobile production needs
Future classic softsynths
We have six all-time classics on p36. Here are six young pretenders from the last two years vying to steal the crown
Baby Audio Parallel Aggressor
Parallel processing is a great way to capture the flavour of heavy processing and this new plugin wants to make it easier than ever before
Softsynths… of all time!
Time to put our heads on the block as we pick the six best software synths… ever (and still available to buy)
Modulation
In this instalment of our synth series, we look at some common mod sources and how to use them to bring your patches to life
15 Questions With… SHAW & GROSSFELDT
Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw and Bas Grossfeldt make an album completely inspired by a Yamaha Dysclavier. Why not?
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
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…
The Easy Guide To Recording Drums
Inject real life into your tracks by recording a real human drummer (no jokes, please) playing actual drums! Follow our walkthroughs and you’ll see how easy and effective it can be
THE PERFECT SNARE DRUM
Now let’s get cracking and take a closer look at the kick drum’s constant companion, the snare
MIXING DRUMS
Mix a drum kit to perfection with our step-by-step guide to processing and balancing along with some top tips
LOGIC VS LIVE
When Logic Pro X 10.5 showed up to the party attired with a Live-tastic new feature list, we geared up for a faceoff!
THE PERFECT KICK DRUM
A good drum track starts with the bass drum – find out here how to make sure yours kicks ass
Arturia OB-Xa V €199
Growl… da… da… da… da-da… daa… da… da… da da daaaa’. Now you too can ecreate one of the most ‘iconic’ synth intros of all time. But please don’t
THE PERFECT HI-HATS AND CYMBALS
So you’ve got your kick and snare – now let’s add some sizzling metalwork to complete the kit
Free software PULSAR SMASHER
Engage ‘all-buttons-in’ with this issue’s free plugin from Pulsar Digital. It’s smashing. Let’s rock…
GET REAL!
You might not be a drummer, but that needn’t prevent you from programming your own totally convincing ‘live’ drum tracks. All it takes is a good set of sounds and a bit of MIDI know-how
15 questions with…THE DANDY WARHOLS
Peter Holmström is the guitarist and founding member of The Dandy Warhols. With their new record taking a few technology twists and turns, it’s time for 15 questions…
Tracktion Software Waveform Pro 11
Does 2020’s update to this resolutely ‘different’ DAW add enough to keep things moving without compromising its unique proposition?
15 Questions With…RAC
Portugal-born, US-raised André Allen Anjos is a Grammy-winning producer and songwriter, with no fewer than 250 remixes to his name, from Kings Of Leon to Lady Gaga, plus TV/film credits. He’s just released his LP, Boy, through Counter/Ninja Tune