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Listen better
IK Multimedia’s ARC Studio room correction promises a monitor upgrade like no other…
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Wavetick: forging an equitable music market
Promising an artist-focused service that gives musicians, beatmakers and producers a free marketplace to trade their sonic wares, Wavetick aims to disrupt the current sample website paradigm in the creator’s favour. Let’s find out more…
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CREATIVE REVERB
Reverb has been relied on for its evocative sonic character ever since the first homo sapien warbled expletives into a dark cave. The transformative power of space is still a vital mix ingredient
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Reverb types
Before you get creative, it’s important to understand how different types of reverb work
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Deeper reverb manipulation
Now you know the basics, let’s delve into the more complex attributes of reverb control for our tracks
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Reverb effects
While we can manipulate those regular sounding ’verbs with ease, it’s time to explore how to make all manner of reverb-based effects…
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14 creative reverb pro tips
Take our advice, and become a reverb master in no time
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MARIA W HORN
An avid explorer of sound’s spectral properties, Maria W Horn’s work realises the potential of long-forgotten spaces. Via instrumental textures, room responses, the human voice and a specialised computer language, she synthesises entirely new sonics. We heard more about her processes and the at-times chilling story behind her affecting new album, Panoptikon
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#03 Make a filter kick bass with BazilleCM
Following our deep-dive into the oscillator section of BazilleCM, we follow the signal flow to create a filter-thumping bass sound
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#05 How to make a rave-style techno track
Prepare to get fists in the air as we learn the tools, tricks and tempos for nailing the basics of rave-ready techno
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#18 Sidechain compression
Sidechain compression is an excellent mixing tool and in this tutorial we pick apart this essential process
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SEDIBUS
Detaching from The Orb mothership, Sedibus is the latest project of core figurehead Alex Paterson, accompanied by former Orb-member and key creative collaborator Andy Falconer. With a studio shorthand and a shared passion for flourishing ambient textures, the pair’s second record SETI gazes skyward for its inspiration. We spoke to Andy to learn more…
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RADICAL RHYTHMS
From pepping up basic grooves to creating full-on 4/4-flouting madness, learn a multitude of timing tricks with our classic guide
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Ableton Live 12 £69/£259/£539
He’s lived with it for a few months, now Andy Jones judges if Ableton Live’s 12th major update is still the DAW MVP…
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BLEASS Arpeggiator $39
Classic synth-based arpeggiators’ up-down patterns can be tedious, says Stuart Adams. Can Arpeggiator bring the variability he craves?
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Cherry Audio Pro Soloist $69
A bit of a diva in synth clothing? Roland Schmidt travels back to 1972 for a reimagining of an ARP classic with soloistic tendencies
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Synthogy Ivory 3 German D $279
One of the most highly regarded piano libraries around gets an update. Does it strike a chord with our reviewer, Herr Roland Schmidt?
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MODALICS BITFUZZER
Distortion can be a great effect for enlivening and mashing up sounds, and this month we’ve got you a plugin that can do both
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Stutter, glitch and Buchla!
This month we’re bringing you a selection of weird and wonky stutter and glitch sounds, as well as some slick West Coast Buchla synths
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Classic samples Extreme packs
A few years back we went on a plunge into some of the most extreme sounds that we could spawn. Here are the results…