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Editor-In-Chief Si Truss, simon.truss@futurenet.com Reviews Editor, Music

The art of noise

‘Noise’ in music production is often associated with

Apple launches new AI-touting versions of Logic Pro

Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro for iPad 2 add stem separation, virtual session players and an ‘instant warmth’ effect

Generative drums in Ableton Live 12

Fire up your inspiration with Live 12’s Generative Tools

Mike Parker Dispatches

Geophone, 2001

RELEASES

ALBUM OF THE MONTH Hovvdy, Hovvdy Arts & Crafts

Neve 1073 mic pre/EQ

The Neve 1073 mic preamp and EQ has been delivering a must-have sound in music production for 50-plus years. Here we trace why that sound became so popular and how you can recreate it today in both modern hardware and much cheaper software…

A tour around the 1073 via three emulations

Get the best out of a software 1073 using emulations from Arturia, Universal Audio and Waves

DAWs

Bitwig Studio From €49 Arguably the most forward-thinking

HIGH-END POLY SYNTHS

Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave £3,279 Review: FM406 Simply

HARDWARE SEQUENCERS

Arturia KeyStep Pro £319 Review: FM359 For melodic

STANDALONE MUSIC MAKERS

Akai MPC Keys from £550 Full Review: FM387

HARDWARE GROOVEBOXES

Polyend Play+ $799 Full Review: FM405 The ‘Plus’

SEMI-MODULAR SYNTHS

Intellijel Cascadia £2,025 Full Review: FM401 A bit

Kasper Bjørke

The Danish producer discusses his love of Daft Punk and DFA ahead of new album Puzzles

BULLION

Producer and songwriter Nathan Jenkins joins Matt Mullen to talk self-doubt, eBay bidding wars and the joys of the laptop mic

Demi Riquísimo

The Italo and prog house-inspired producer lets us in on his go-to gear and music-making approach

Dave Clarke

As he reissues his classic debut album, the ‘Baron of Techno’ talks ’90s production, DJing and almost getting busted by the TV licensing authorities

GIGIFM

Danny Turner chats to multi-disciplinary DJ/producer GiGi FM about using gesture motion controllers to create her inter-dimensional club sound

Jean-Michel Jarre

With little around to compete with Oxygène when he released it nearly 50 years ago, Jean-Michel Jarre became the pinup of synth pop, and has continued to embrace the cutting-edge ever since. A true pionnier du synthétiseur…

JEAN-MICHEL IN FOUR TRACKS

Oxygène (Part IV) Disques Motors/Polydor, 1976 It does

NOISE

From white noise to incidental ambience – ‘noise’ plays an important role in sound design, and could be the secret weapon for bringing your tracks to life

Modern LFOs

The staple modulation tool used by professional audio engineers across the globe for decades

Arturia PolyBrute 12 €3,999

The French flagship synth gets upgraded with more voices and better aftertouch. Si Truss explores its new capabilities…

KRK Rokit 5 G5 £169 each

KRK’s excellent Rokit monitors have been updated. Jon Musgrave gets talking about the new generation

1010music Nanobox Tangerine £388

This latest Nanobox could be pushing for the title of world’s smallest sampler, Si Arblaster asks if it needs to be that small?

Lewitt Ray £299

Beat the proximity effect with Lewitt’s exciting new range detection technology. Chris Corfield goes live

SOMA Labs Metaconformer £175

As Si Truss discovers, SOMA’s latest is more than just a basic MIDI thru box

Kali Audio LP-8 Second Wave £390/pair

Simon Fellows asks if the LP-8’s powerful new wave cancels all that came before

4ms Catalyst Sequencer/ Controller £395

This dinky two-in-one module can flip between sequencer and controller modes. Rob Redman finds out if it’s double the fun

Noise Lab Formantic £310

Noise Lab’s module has three filters in one and bucket loads of control. Rob Redman fires it up for some formant fun…

Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer £319

A compact, battery-powered vocal effects unit which delivers powerful sounds. Dan Flitcroft takes the VE-22 for a spin

Oberheim DMX – GForce £48

>Oberheim’s DMX was one of the first commercially

S.K.Y. Studios – S.K.Y. Keys $129

>It is always interesting to see what a

Audiotent – Hypnosis £45

>Futuristic techno abounds in this gritty, full-sized sample

Sample Magic – Rarities on Wax From $12.99/month

>Inspired by the vinyl diggers of yore, this

Splice Sessions – Sounds Of Soca From $12.99/month

>Sun-kissed studio sessions, recorded live and direct in

Industrial Strength – TD Audio – Early Hardstyle £16.95

>Bonkers set of full-bore samples, taking their cues

Renegade Audio – Dub Pack Series Vol 6: Pressure Dub £19.95

>Time to get your mitts on a corker