welcome

*Thinks* The very reason I got into music technology when

The Music Technology Show

There’s a possibility - and we hope this is not

Arturia Keystep 37

Fitting into the middle of the KeyStep range, Arturia’s new

iZotope RX8

This year’s update to iZotope’s industry standard audio cleanup and

Newfangled Audio Generate

Newfangled’s new plugin polysynth, Generate, is all about randomness. Five

Softube Statement Lead

The partner to Monoment Bass (7/10, 274), Softube’s Statement Lead

App watch

App-related hardware news: Apple has updated both its standard full-size

Get with the programmers

GD “Beatskillz started here in LA. I was struggling to

Leapwing RootOne

“Designed from the ground up as a new way to

Orchestral Tools Phoenix Orchestra

Produced with Hollywood legend Harry Gregson-Williams and BAFTA-winner Richard Harvey,

Toontrack Legacy of Rock SDX

Recorded and produced by the great Eddie Kramer at AIR

Overloud Gem Voice

The new addition to Overloud’s Gem range of mixing and

Computer music 10 years back

Much like Thomas Dolby during that Grammys performance (bit.ly/td_grmys), we

Native Instruments Maschine+

Much rumoured, NI have lifted the lid on a standalone

Ins & outs

We’ve heard artists deliver odes to their favourite instruments before,

15 questions with… HAIDER

Haider originally emerged out of the Sheffield bassline scene to

15 questions with… HOT CHIP

Yes it really is a full 20 years since Hot

PLAY KEYS LIKE A PRO

By far the most popular method of inputting note data

YELLE

Yelle’s music seems to belong in the city. The dirty

THE PROFESSIONALS Luis Guerra

> Luis Guerra is living proof that you don’t have

Chord progression clinic

It almost goes without saying that a good chord progression

Noise ordinance

In the earliest days of modular synthesis, noise was the

Perfecting your kick and bass

Mixing low end is one of the most requested topics

Arturia 3 Modulation FX… €199

Arturia’s FX Collection features 15 premium effects created using the

Roland A-88MKII £879

Roland’s full size piano action MIDI keyboard controller, the A-88,

the 6 best … Delay plugins

When we reviewed this over a year back, it was

IK Multimedia T-RackS 5 Space Delay €120

T-RackS is IK Multimedia’s processing system and it provides a

mini reviews

Output Audio’s granular multi-effects plugin, Portal, was one of our

Soundware round-up

This add-on library for Spectrasonics’ monumental Omnisphere 2 might just

SYNTHWAVE KEYS

Beatskillz are relatively new software developers that specialise in instruments

reader music

As promised in Backchat a few issues back, we’ve brought

backchat

Dear Dear Andy, Kate [Puttick, managing editor] and (almost exclusively)