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One of the things I’ve felt guilty about

It’s an interface-off!

NEW RELEASES • COMMENT • INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS

Get with the programmers

In light of this month’s free plugin, we put Bitwig software developer Niklas Klügel in the hot seat

Computer music 10 years back

Some things never change (eg forum snark) but happily a few things did…

15 questions with… AMIRALI

Amirali’s debut was so successful that the  follow-up has been a long time coming,  but it’s finally here and worth the wait…

UÈLE LAMORE

The Franco-American composer is  bringing together orchestras and  electronics, and wonders if AI will  take us into a musical future…

DILIP & OTXHELLO

15 questions with…

Make a track with BITWIG STUDIO 8-TRACK

Get to know this month’s cool free  DAW by making a complete track!

The big picture

8-Track gives you a free taster of Bitwig Studio’s  easy-to-use interface. Let’s look closer…

FOURWARD

Austrian drum&bass stars Fourward take  us through some of their production  techniques in an exclusive video and over  the following in-depth workshops…

The Fourward studio up close

It’s a neat and tidy studio with most  production done in the box but Fourward’s  studio also has some great hardware in it

HOW TO RECORD VOCALS

After last month’s look at recording guitars, drums and bass, it’s time to look at the most important instrument of all, the human voice

THE DELICATE ART OF COMPING

As we’ve just covered the best way to record vocals, now it’s time to learn how to build the perfect vocal from multiple takes

All-new chilly samples

Before we say good riddance to winter 2021, let’s squeeze in two new chilly sample collections for eerie pads and atmos. On the DVD or at filesilo.co.uk

Borrowed chords

easy guide to songwriting

Sequencer, pt 2

Modular  masterclass with Scot Solida

Bring your own percussion

Production techniques with Audiotent

IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 From €99.99

The latest evolution of IK’s lauded amp suite promises a veritable sonic utopia for guitarists. But do the new features warrant the upgrade?

Orchestral Tools Modus €349

With ample performance options and tension-building scope, Orchestral Tools take us where no sample library has gone before…

Bass plugins

Need better bass in your face? Here’s a selection of the best bass producers and processors we’ve reviewed…

Baby Audio

Spaced Out $69

SoundMorph

Dust £80

Nugen Audio

Paragon £419

Soundware round-up

Mode Audio Flood £20 Batten down the hatches,

Revers

We’re raiding the Vault like The Protagonist from Tenet, doing it backwards and shooting bullets/samples from the Vault into our gun/mag. OK, maybe not…

Sample Market samples

It’s the second time Sample Market have set out their stall and they have demo samples from five collections including Oldskool  Jungle , 2-Step & Garage, Baked Beatz Vol.1 feat. Carlo Lio & Nathan Barato, and Floog from the Originals series

THE 40 GREATEST SYNTH SOUNDS OF ALL TIME

And how to recreate them using the CM Plugin Suite