Melodies, hooks and 8-Bit

welcome

Wherever you look these days, you’ll find somebody

A little sketchy

In their latest update to Pro Tools, Avid introduced Sketch, a new loop-based route to building up fresh ideas…

Pocketful of dreams

Billed as an “ultra-flexible pocket recording system,” Austrian

Push off!

Long before Ableton released its own Push hardware,

10 years back

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

How do you make beats kick harder?

We asked readers for their ultimate beat-beefing tips

Ins & outs

SPHERE ME OUT Unless you’ve been purposefully avoiding

Audiomovers: sound that crosses borders

At the forefront of long-distance collaborative production via the ListenTo audio streaming plugin, Audiomovers have enhanced the workflows of professionals around the globe. Having joined the Abbey Road family, the company’s ambitions have built increasingly outwards, with an innovative new Binaural Renderer expanding on their passion for connectivity

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GFORCE IMPOSCAR2

Get to know this month’s impossibly good value freebie, a software take on the classic ’80s OSCar synth, from the unstoppable GForce

Classic samples 21st century synths

Recently, we asked Robbie to concoct his take on modern mono and poly synth sounds. He came up with a real treat…

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MAKE A WORK FOR YOU

Fancy having AI Elvis singing on your next record? Getting an AI Lennon and McCartney on your album? Incredibly, you can. That’s how fast AI has moved. In this feature we’ll learn how it can transform your music production toolkit and become your dedicated creative co-pilot

Gregg Kowalsky

Initiated by a chaotic web of MIDI data, the music that makes up multi-instrumentalist Gregg Kowalsky’s new album Eso Es represents an immersive dive into a lush and emotive array of synth sounds. For the Los Angeles-based creative, its making signalled a new approach to composition

Physical Audio Modus £99

Modus is a new physical modelling instrument for creating virtual models of instruments impossible in the real world. Andy Jones gets hands-on

Leapwing Audio StageOne 2 £229

Level up your control of the stereo field with this powerful and transparent-sounding width and depth plugin. Rex Johnson leaps in…

Neumann MT 48 £1,779

The MT 48 could be the audio interface of the future, and has a futuristic price to match, but will it set a new recording standard, asks Andy Jones?

Sound Particles SkyDust 3D £166/£333

It’s the first 3D synth but will SkyDust 3D clutter up your mixes or scatter magic dust across them? Andy Jones journeys through time and space…

Void and Vista Strands £129

Void and Vista’s first product to reach the market provides enormous scope for cinematic sounds and beyond. Dave Gale picks up the Strands

U VI Opal $99

If you thought optical compressors were predictable, UVI’s latest gem might get you thinking again. Jon Musgrave is dazzled by the colour…

Solid State Logic Sub G en £64

Need to beef up your bottom end? This

Spitfire Audio Jupiter £99

Spitfire Audio taps into the collection of one of the most iconic producers of the last 50 years. Dave Gale finds out whether it’s a gas or a pass…

AIR Music Technology Sprite £79.99

AIR Music Technology claim to have taken the multi-effect concept and made it refreshingly simple. Andy Jones cracks open a can of innovation

Soundware round-up

Zenhiser Golden £39 Take a chill pill and

Make a glide and rise lead

Creating an interesting synth lead for an arpeggiated hook in your track isn’t difficult. We just glide’n’rise!

Choosing reverbs

A dash of reverb can make or break the sound of your mix so careful selection is key for getting the right spatial qualities

MEDUZA

Since exploding into the public consciousness with the majestic Piece of Your Heart, deep house outfit Meduza have established themselves as the genre’s prodigious figureheads. With a glut of incredible singles emphasising the trio’s gift for euphoric hooks, big room beats and deft vocal processing, the Milan-hailing three now bring us an eclectic debut LP. We spoke to members Luca de Gregorio and Mattia Vitale to find out more on how the trio have shaped their fortunes to become Italy’s biggest streaming artists

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The latest computer music gear tested and rated!

15 questions with / infekt

As one of the dubstep scene’s most dominant forces, Infekt is now sharing his wisdom on everything from technique to maintaining a positive mindset as a musician in the modern age with a new course. We spoke to the bass music behemoth to find out more about this and the building of his dubstep bangers