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Steinberg Cubase 12

Cubase have just announced version 12 of Cubase, so in our excitement we’re doing a news special to give you the full lowdown on what to expect

12 of 12’s best

New season, new update, new features

COMPUTER MUSIC

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THE HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

We’re covering 60 years of the synthesiser in this issue but, as we discover as we look back in time, the synthesiser and electronic music were actually with us well before the 1960s. Here we break down their history into component parts – ironically, rather like a modular synth – and discover their rather ‘shocking’ beginnings…

THE 60S

As we begin our sojourn through 60 Years of the Synth, we go back to the 1960s to consider where it all started, laying praise at the door of the synth forerunners and revealing the first ‘proper’ synth from 1962…

6 of the best 60s plugins

Arturia Modular V Mac/PC €149 One of the

Top ten of the 60s

The people and tech that launched a thousand cultural movements

The 70s

Once the 60s had laid down the framework, the 70s picked up the baton and turned the synthesiser into a musical entity and idiom. It started off being used by the rich kids and then the very cool kids…

The 80s

All analogue and chipsMonoPoly was an ingenious

#03 Audio interface bass

Continuing our perfect bass production journey, let’s learn how to record and enhance a clean bassline through an audio interface

#13 Metallic keys

Want to wake up your inner sound magpie? Create something shiny with ZebraCM, as we get all metallic with those keys

Wave Alchemy Triaz £119.96

Wave Alchemy’s triple-pronged beat-making beast serves an enticing new way to sculpt your rhythms, with pro-sounding beats on-tap

Orchestral Tools Andea by Richard Harvey €399.00 PC MAC

With an emphasis on world instrumentation, OT’s latest suite whisks us off to the central and southern Americas, in search of Andea

Applied Acoustic Systems Multiphonics CV-1 $99.00

Going Modular needn’t be all about the hardware and expense. We head for our desktop and grab a virtual cable or ten!

Loopmasters Loopcloud Drum and Play £69.95/£29.95

Two of Loopcloud’s bespoke tools now stand alone as adept beatbuilders and synthetic colour generators respectively

Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Two: Iconic Strings Professional £449

Adopting an intimate persona, Spitfire’s latest sample-based suite pops iconic strings right inside legendary surroundings

Excite Audio Lifeline Expanse £50

Confidently calling itself the only multi-effect plugin you’ll ever need, is Excite Audio’s life-giving new star really the track sprucer it claims?

Odd Studios ODD Ball £95

Is this for real? A MIDI controller without pads, keys, or even corners. Just bounce it, and watch out for your studio fish tank

cm mini reviews

A rapid-fire round-up of hardware, samples, and much more

IK MULTIMEDIA SYNTRONIK 2 J-60

Get to know this month’s addition to our plugin arsenal, IK’s take on the iconic Juno-60 polyphonic synth

4 new synth packs!

It’s 60 Years of the Synth this issue and we’re tapping the first 40 for our all-new sample packs! Download them from filesilo.co.uk or wetransfer

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Download this month’s videos: filesilo.co.uk/computermusic cm/experts Our resident

Hinako Omori

Hinako Omori combines analogue synths with plugins to mesmerising effect, with her new album – recorded at Real World Studios – dazzling with rich textures and transformative atmospheres…