welcome

The synthesiser is the one instrument that you could argue

New Music Technology Show!

With Winter NAMM 2020 now cancelled, a new online show

The Tracktion Collective

Great news if you’ve liked the look of Tracktion but

Real-time collaboration online just got… real

For all of those TV clips we’ve seen of musicians

A handy Solo from UA

Talking of puns, following a pathetic Star Wars one in

Auto-tune go auto pay

Either the end or the saviour of the software industry,

When 3 become 1. Or 2.

The group of united plugin developers that is known logically

Out with the old in with the NEOLD

A new developer by the name of NEOLD (we hate

No laughing at the back

We love Audified. They developed ToneSpot CM for the (mighty)

Get with the programmers

BB “I’ve always been interested in music and computers. I

The Amped remix compo

If you took advantage of the $50 Amped Studio giveaway

Three to three from Akai

We seem to be wading through a sea of small

Ins & outs

Given their use of new tech, you might have thought

COMPUTER music 10 years back

cm157 (Autumn 2010) had us on a remix tip, as

What does 5G mean for music?

5G is the next generation of mobile cellular technology. Before

All-new free samples

It’s a Synth Special this month so we’ve got our

15 Questions With… SHAW & GROSSFELDT

Jas Shaw is best known for his endeavours as Simian

15 questions with… OFFAIAH

House producer OFFAIAH’s debut single Trouble was the biggest dance

Cm/backchat

I am really a bit upset about the current issue

SYNTH SPECIAL

Not one but five tutorials to get you making synth

INDUSTRIAL

For many, the term ‘Industrial’ conjures the tuneful primal scream

SYNTHWAVE

Everything old is new again. Just this once, it’s appropriate

the 6 best … Softsynths… of all time!

“If being at the cutting edge of sound design appears

Berlin School

Maybe it was written in the stars but a revival

AMBIENT

The term ambient music was coined in the 70s by

29 SYNTH TIPS!

Detuning two or more oscillators in the same octave range

HOLLY HERNDON

It’s not really doing down other computer-based musicians to suggest

Modulation

Without modulation, our sounds would be static and lifeless -

Anatomy of the techno kick

If you find yourself browsing through your drum library in

Baby Audio Parallel Aggressor

Baby Audio is an LA-based boutique software developer with a

K Multimedia iRig Keys 2 Mini €122

The mini keyboard controller has been with us for many

Beatskillz RetroVolt

You have probably noticed that there’s a bit of a

the 6 best … Future classic softsynths

*Whisper* Dune 2 was already close to classic status, a

Orchestral Tools Amber €149

Orchestral Tools are yet another Berlin-based music technology company -

Hi-X55 £249

Headphones are becoming more popular as the alternative way of

Eris E7XT

We reviewed the larger E8XT in cm 280 - the

Soundware round-up

Sample Market’s growing Originals series is the company’s artist-produced collection,

SYNTHMASTER PLAYER

KV331 Audio’s SynthMaster has been reviewed in Computer Music no

Get WA Production’s Exclusive EDM sample pack free!

This month we have an amazing EDM sample pack from