Record setters

As any seasoned mix engineer will tell you, trying to

Akai’s MPC Beats is a free ‘beatmaking DAW’ for Mac/PC

Akai’s MPC products have been inspiring electronic music and hip-hop

deadmau5’s performance controller available to own

> What do you do when you want to use

You can now import your own wavetables into the Sequential Pro 3

> Sequential have announced that they will open their Pro

Can HoRNet’s low-cost MasterTool plugin “make your tracks sound good without effort”?

> Plugin developer HoRNet has big claims for MasterTool, its

Saffron’s new Members’ Club is aimed at supporting women and non-binary people working in music technology

Formed in Bristol in 2015, Saffron is a non-profit organisation

Arturia’s Sound Explorers Collection box set puts 20 years of synth/FX plugins and presets on one 250GB hard drive

Available as a limited edition and available exclusively in stores,

“I love my tambourine, it brings a special natural vibe”

Drawing influences from post-punk, electro pop and techno, Berlin’s Jennifer

Beardyman Distractions

Beardyman has always been a walking jukebox of sorts, able

Track by track with Beardyman

“I thought this was an apt track to start with

Breathe life into your MIDI parts in Ableton Live

Using MIDI is a fantastic and incredibly flexible way to

Huw Marc Bennett Tresilian Bay

Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett, the man behind

Sophia Loizou Untold

Composer and artist Sophia Loizou releases her intense third album

Spencer Zahn Sunday Painter

US multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn has followed up two decades of

Jaga Jazzist Pyramid

Five years on from their last record, much-loved Norwegian jazz-prog

HOW TO... RECORD EVERYTHING!

When something moves and causes the air around it to

BT

Few electronic artists have displayed their passion for sound, technology

Shadow Child Mars

Longtime Future Music readers will be no stranger to one

Ableton Wavetable

Although Ableton Live 10 was packed with workflow enhancements and

Cableguys Shaperbox 2

> With Cableguys’ plugin package you can build the perfect

Thys

After 20 years working alongside Nik Roos and Martijn van

Dubstep

Of all genres with complex legacies, dubstep ranks as one

David Strickland

Mentored by production legend Noel ‘Gadget’ Campbell, Grammy and JUNO

Korg SoundLink MW-2408 Hybrid mixer £1,199

KEY FEATURES 24-channel mixer with 8 sub groups, 4 aux

Erica Synths Fusion System II €1,950

KEY FEATURES MODULES: 2x Fusion VCO 2, Fusion VCF3, Fusion

Apple Logic Pro X 10.5 $199

KEY FEATURES Update to Apple’s Mac-only DAW. Free to existing

Røde NT-USB Mini £109

KEY FEATURES I/O: Cardioid electret condenser, 1 in 2 out

Free Instruments

A clone of the Korg PS-3300 synth, which was a

Klevgränd Spinn $50

KEY FEATURES Multiband rotary modulator. Formats: AU, VST, AAX (64-bit

Steinberg - Backbone Drum Re-synthesizer £128

Backbone, tagged as ‘drum re-synthesizer’ is a new sample-based VST

Organic Loops - South American Soul £19.95

Whatever the weather, your music could always benefit from a

Singomakers - French Space Disco £29.95

The Singomakers posse has boldly gone all “Space Disco: The

Sonic Collective - Electro Swing $7.99/mo

You couldn’t swing a poi at a festival a few

Sample Magic - Indie Chill $7.99/mo

The same team that struck gold with their ‘Chillwave’ and

Audiotent - Arch Standard: £27 Deluxe: £37

The arch deacons of dopeness over at Audiotent have been

Craft the ultimate analogue kick

If you have a large collection of kick drum samples,

DAWS SOFTSYNTHS

Although many of Logic 10.5’s new tools are familiar from