Future Music

Sample and hold

In the early days of electronic music making,

New Waves plugin promises to create instant eight-part harmonies from a single voice

> Waves are promising “instant vocal harmonies” from

IK Multimedia’s Beat Machines is a smorgasbord of vintage analogue drum sounds

> IK Multimedia’s new Beat Machines is a nostalgic

Mooer enters the audio interface fray with Steep I and II

>China's Mooer initially had a niche as agile

Eventide’s interval-based Misha instrument/sequencer is here

> Eventide have revealed more about Misha, their

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live

How can I use Ableton Live to create interesting randomised, chopped-up vocal sequences?

Max Tundra Mastered By Guy At The Exchange

Domino, 2002

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Max Tundra Remixtape A cracking, brand new set

CREATE YOUR OWN SAMPLE PACKS

Whether it’s to create your own unique style, share with collaborators or make a little money on the side, there’s a host of reasons to try creating your own sample packs. Let us show you how…

Tools to organise your samples

If you’re a serious samplist, you need to streamline the whole process from capture to organising so you can find everything later

7 tips for successful sampling, anywhere

How to maximise quality and maintain consistency when creating your own sample packs

Multisample your hardware instruments

Even though there are some outstanding sample-based instrument

DOs & DON’Ts

> DO: Explore different launch modes, Abletonstyle –

Prep your one-shot samples

A one-shot sample is any sample that plays

Adding effects to your samples

As always, selecting effects is about personal choice, but there are some that work better than others in this situation

“IT’S IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE MASSES”

We speak to artists Krust, Demuir and UMEK, who share their top tips for curating an ear-catching pack of sounds

iZotope Neutron 4

Go in-depth with the new modules and features in iZotope’s AI-assisted mixing package

Paramida

The Panorama Bar resident on her essential plugins and love of ’90s dance music

CARL COX

Danny Turner learns how the Pioneer DJM-V10 mixer resuscitated Carl Cox’s lost passion for music making

Dr Meaker

The Bristol-based drum & bass musician created his latest track with just a single synth. We caught up with him to see how it was done

COSEY FANNI TUTTI

Noise pioneer Cosey Fanni Tutti chats to Danny Turner about her soundtrack to the Delia Derbyshire docudrama

SUDAN ARCHIVES

For her second album the Ohio native puts her beloved fiddle through all new antics, guided by the same affecting, curious spirit. Kate Puttick learns more

Akai Pro MPC Key 61 £1,699

Akai’s standalone MPC Live becomes a full-blown keyboard workstation. Martin Delaney asks how well it scales up

Moog Mavis £339

Rob Redman discovers you can now get West Coast flavours from a traditionally East Coast synth company, while enjoying putting it together himself

PreSonus Eris E5 BT active media reference monitors £209

Choosing the right media monitors can be confusing. Jon Musgrave sheds some light on PreSonus’ latest

Focusrite Vocaster One £190 / £290 (studio bundle including mic and headphones)

Jon Musgrave sizes up yet another newbie on the podcast production circuit

Roland Jupiter-4 From $9.99/month

The original Jupiter – and Roland’s first poly – is the latest to get the ‘Cloud’ treatment. Si Truss takes it for a spin

sE Electronics DynaCaster £210

Simon Fellows tries this premium dynamic mic, with built-in Dynamite preamp and extensive tone-shaping tools

Donner DDP-80 digital piano £522

An affordable digital piano that looks nicer than many expensive models? Ben Rogerson takes a closer look

iZotope Neutron 4 $399

The AI mixing package is back for its fourth incarnation. James Russell sums up the new additions and replacements

WHAT CAME BEFORE

iZotope Neutron is a mixing plugin suite that

IK Multimedia MixBox €199

THE ALTERNATIVES A suite of processors to load

FabFilter Total Bundle £999

Bleeding-edge but highly, highly creative and professional mixing

Sonible Smart: range From €129

With AI-assistive tools for mixing – EQ, compression,

THE ASSISTANT DID IT

You can use the Assistant View to analyse

Qu-bit Aurora £339

Rob Redman comes for the reverb, stays for the playability

Reason Studios Chord Sequencer £64

The latest Rack Extension is an interesting take on automatic chord generation. Si Truss takes it for a spin…

IK Multimedia: Beat Machines €79

>IK have been in the music business for

Spitfire: Nok Cultural Ensemble Tape Percussion £29

>This percussion-based collection was created by the Nok

Audiotent: Agenda $56

>Sun-kissed and fun-packed collection of riffs and rhythms

Monstercat: Eminence £12.47

>Marvellous melodic house and techno selections from the

Blind Audio: Freeform House £7.47

>Cool, catchy house samples, pulling inspiration lovingly from

Splice: Dëra Sound Kit From $7.99/ month

>Slick beats and wicked rhythms form the first

Sample Magic: Pounding Techno From $7.99/month

>Sweat-box soundtracking samples get cranked to 11, in

ARVerb Room

>ARVerb is a new audio software company taking

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field vs OP-1

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STANDALONE MUSIC MAKERS

NEW ENTRY Akai MPC Key 61 £1,699 Full

DJ MIXERS

Pioneer DJ DJM-V10 £2,899 A favourite of many

COMPACT ANALOGUE SYNTHS

Moog Mavis £339 NEW ENTRY Full Review: FM387

ANALOGUE DRUM MACHINES

Elektron Analog RYTM Mk2 £1,299 Full Review: FM331

CREATIVE EFFECT PLUGINS

Arturia Efx Fragments €99 Full Review: FM382 |