And away…

The hottest new hardware of 2023?

New Matrix device promises to be “the only grid controller you need”

Get with the programmers

Peter V (aka Dawesome) has been programming some great instruments for companies including our cover stars Tracktion. Who better to answer our pro Qs?

App watch

We report on the latest developments in phone and tablet music making

10 years back

Our monthly shake-of-thehead at our earlier selves’ news choices…

Scatter: the most simple and effective plugin ever?

Soundghost certainly make relatively simplelooking plugins, but they

Ins & outs

TYLER THE VERY SUCCESSFUL CREATOR Congratulations to Tyler

Best MIDI keyboards

Owning a great MIDI controller keyboard will take your music production to another level. There are many different priced and sized models out there, but don’t worry, we have the ultimate guide on the subject , right here…

Best MIDI keyboards: our top picks

MIDI controller keyboards tend to fall into size

Nektar

SE25 £40

Launchkey Mini Mk3 £69

Novation

FLkey 37 and FLkey Mini £99/£199

Novation

iRig Keys 2 Mini £99

IK Multimedia

Keystep 37 £89

Arturia

Komplete Kontrol M32 £88

Native Instruments

Komplete Kontrol A25 £129

Native Instruments

MPK Mini Mk3 £79

Akai

microKEY2 Air-25 £89

Korg

Oxygen 49 MKV £129

M-Audio

A-88MKII £899

Roland

Launchkey 88MK3 £399

Novation

Impact LX88+ £249

Nektar

KeyLab 49 MkII £449

Arturia

iRig Keys I/O 49 £249

IK Multimedia

Keystation 61 MK3 £129

M-Audio

Komplete Kontrol S61 MkII £699

Native Instruments

49 SL MkIII £549

Novation

Keystep Pro £399

Arturia

Track builders!

We’re giving away a complete DAW this month, so also throwing in these track builder samples to go with it! Download them now from bit.ly/cm319downloads

2017 remix samples

We’re giving away a free DAW and synth this month, so what better samples to go with it than these classic remix collections which we originally gave away way back in issue 157?

Loopmasters 319 samples

This month’s demo sample selection highlighting Loopmasters’ latest releases

YOUR FREE DAW+SYNTH

How to get Tracktion Waveform Free and your free synth!

cm/experts

Our resident music production gurus walk you through their specialist field every month

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COMPUTER MUSIC

ISSUE 319 APRIL 2023

Lewis Thompson

Lewis Thompson is one half of DJ duo Just Kiddin’ and also partnered David Guetta for last year’s huge hit Take Me Back which has so far been streamed over 20 million times. He has production and writing credits on eight Top 10 UK singles, but as one of the most prolific dance producers out there, that is just the start of it. Time for 15, actually 16, answers please...

TRACKTION WAVEFORM FREE 12

All of the tools and tips that you need to make great music with this month’s free software and synth, in one handy guide…

House

A combination of Waveform Free’s Micro Drum Sampler and this month’s free plugin will get you well on your way to dancefloor domination

Trance

Explore Waveform Free’s arpeggiation and effec ts features a little deeper with this easy guide to dance music’s most hypnotic sub-genre

Drum & bass

It’s the per fect time to get down to business with your bass, in our exploration of this hardhitting musical style

Ambient

We’ll s top droning on about Waveform Free soon, but firs t try out some of the tools it boasts in the area of evolving sounds and the key ingredients of this calmest of genres

Hip-hop

The fluid boundaries of this mammoth genre are obviously an invitation for creativity, but here are some basics to kick things off…

Create the perfect fifths pad

This month, we explore one of the most identifiable pad sounds around. Dave Gale gets his fifths and ninths in order…

The 3-reverb approach

Choosing and adding reverbs can seem daunting, but this simple technique should get you up and running in no time at all

COSMICAT

Things are changing on the Saudi dancefloor... and women are leading the way…

cm/interview

The latest computer music gear tested and rated!

Pigments 4 €199

Arturia

Drone s €189 + VAT

Orchestral Tools

Choreographs £249

Slate + Ash

Hitmaker SDX €165

Toontrack

Tonex From €149

Wouldn’t it be great if your amp emulation plugin could capture your own rig? Well now it can! Time to get toned up with IK…

Soundware round-up

Zenhiser Leftfield Techno £43 Sublime serving of tough,

Soundware round-up

Loopmasters Francesca Lombardo: Echoes £24.95 Quality artist pack