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What did you learn in 2023?

Leapwing Audio: their own best customers

One of the mixing world’s most prolific software innovators, Leapwing Audio’s incredible range of intuitive, incisive plugins have let users perform forensic mix surgery with ease, with the company’s sideline in emulating the tones of iconic producers merely the cherry on the cake. We gave ’em a call…

Ableton Live 12’s accessibility revolution

Ableton’s Accessibility Specialist Adi Dickens and blind musician Andre Louis speak to us about Live 12 and Note’s improved accessibility for the visually impaired

BACK ISSUES

Catch up on what you’ve missed – all of these issues include FileSilo downloads!

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The ultimate guide to using reverb creatively

Next issue, we go beyond the typical applications

THE GREAT SYNTH SHOWDOWN

Grab your favourite softsynths and let us take you on a journey into their evolution. Learn how to get more out of them and see how they stack up next to the pioneers that inspired them. Yes, we’re pitting some software against hardware, and on the way, expect to pick up one or two things…

PETRI ALANKO

Weaving the dramatic and tension-stoking soundtrack to one of the most critically acclaimed games of the last year, Petri Alanko built a score for Alan Wake 2 that harnessed an arsenal of plugins with DIY instruments and a huge array of hardware and software synths. We spoke to Petri about his idiosyncratic approach and its exhilarating results

15 questions with… Canblaster

A pivotal player in French electronic music, Canblaster’s insight was solicited by plugin company BLEASS during the development of the extraordinary Arpeggiator. We spoke to the man behind the Can, Cédric Steffens, to learn about his evolution from arcade dance game enthusiast to one-fourth of the acclaimed Club Cheval

How to get Billie Eilish vocals

Billie Eilish and Finneas have built some of the defining songs of the millenia. Here we break down their approach to vocal production, all thanks to Apple…

Create a fractal sync tone with Bazille CM

In part two of our new deep-dive into our Plugin Suite’s best software, we take another look at BazilleCM’s oscillators, and harness some fractal resonance!

Craft Avicii-style melodies

We pay tribute to the modern dance pioneer who, in his short time, set a standard for songwriting in the genre

The benefits of submixing

If your mix just won’t gel, this month’s technique could be just what you need to finalise your track’s core elements

Moog Mariana

£30 (iOS) £99 (PC/Mac)

U VI Falcon 3 $349

This workstation was already chock full of every synthesis and effect type imaginable, so what can v3 possibly add? Andy Jones takes flight

Toontrack Stockholm & Stories SDX Expansions

€179 per pack

Native Instruments Kontrol S-Series Mk3

£649 to £1,129

Mastering the Mix

RESO £49

Soundware round-up

Frontline Producer Funk Rock Sessions £24.95 The loose

TONE2 ULTRASPACE

Quality spatial effects can really lift your productions and this month’s fantastic giveaway will help you do just that

Ambient guitars + delays

Did you hear that? Subtle guitar textures flicker in the background of our tracks this month with a new ambient guitar pack, plus some atmospheric delays…

Rough and tough bass

We’re bringing some of our favourite extreme bass sounds out to play once again. Your low end will thank you, trust us…

Loopmasters 332 samples

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

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