Beat Magazine March 2025

English | 84 pages | True PDF | 21 MB

The 101 Most Underestimated Producer Tricks – in Beat 03/25 As producers, we‘re constantly experimenting with techniques to get the perfect sound. But while sidechaining and parallel compression are often in the spotlight elsewhere, we reveal the really crucial secret tricks that make a big difference in the mix. Get ready for secret recipes, mixing tools and the most underrated production techniques that will improve your sound quality, optimize your workflow and increase your motivation. These techniques are the key to more creativity and productivity in the studio – a must for every serious producer! 101 Producr Hacks That No One Else Reveals Sidechain, parallel compression, from loop to track and so on… all run-of-the-mill tips that you‘ve probably gotten tired of. That‘s why we‘re going to look at the real insider tips that no one else dares to mention. Maybe because they sound banal or aren‘t technically explainable?

Beat Magazine 226 2024

PDF | 16 October 2024 | ENGLiSH:59.87 MB | GERMAN:23.45 MB

42 EFFECT PEDALS discoverd – New sounds for guitars, synths & vocals

Effect pedals are only for guitars! No, because they also work for drums and synths. So it‘s time for a market overview with must-haves, affordable all-rounders, the coolest tube distortion pedals for drum machines, endless reverbs for your synths and of course secret budget tips. We also provide promising effect chains, test the latest pedals and provide instructions for building your own pedal boards. Discover with us the huge potential of experimenting with effect pedals and get back to tweaking the sound with a pedal instead of using a mouse and trackpad!

BEAT Magazine 222 July 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 16.71MB

PLUGIN SECRETS – 56 Tricks you don’t know yet!

Some things are just not up for debate, plug-ins are a cool thing! But do you really know every trick? Can you quickly create the ideal sounds for your track? Are you taking advantage of VST3 and CLAP? Are the vocals prominently mixed and the bass perfectly placed thanks to the Pultec trick? Our extensive special not only provides you with indispensable sound design tips, but also shows you how to build chart sounds for current genres such as K-Pop, House and Bass Music. And (shhh!) you‘ll also benefit from exclusive advice from experts like Hainbach, Venus Theory and Bad Snacks!

BEAT Magazine 223 August 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 11.40MB

Pure nostalgia, reduction to the essentials or is it the retro charm that is so popular thanks to Lo-Fi? Either way: While battleships like Kontakt, Falcon or HALion boast ever more complex features and make entire orchestras playable in a realistic way, trackers and old-school samplers are celebrating one revival after another. We‘ll show you why this hard- and software is so popular for Lo-Fi sound, how you can produce emotional tracks with the popular lo-fi flair and provide the right plug-ins for the most important tricks. We‘ll also give you our own tracker, which lets you revive more than just the vibe of the 80s.

BEAT Magazine 222 Juli 2024

PDF | (German Edition) | 27.28 MB

PLUGIN SECRETS: 56 Tricks, die du garantiert noch nicht kennst!

Manche Dinge stehen einfach nicht zur Debatte, Plug-ins sind ’ne geile Sache! Aber kennst du schon wirklich jeden Trick? Kannst du schnell die idealen Sounds für deinen Track erstellen? Nutzt du die Vorteile von VST3 und CLAP? Sind die Vocals prominent gemischt und der Bass dank Pultec-Trick perfekt platziert? Unser umfangreiches Spezial liefert dir nicht nur unverzichtbare Sounddesign-Tipps, sondern zeigt auch, wie du Chart-Sounds für aktuelle Genres wie K-Pop, House und Bass Music baust. Und (pssst!) außerdem profitierst du von exklusiven Ratschlägen von Experten wie Hainbach, Venus Theory und Bad Snacks!

BEAT Magazine 216,217,219

P2P | 28 May 2024 | 112.24 MB

BEAT Magazine 221 June 2024

P2P | 21 May 2024 | 22.96 MB

Beat 06/24: How do I get on playlists, which ones do I have to be on and what do I get out of it? If you want to „be there“ on platforms like Spotify or Apple Music and reach a large audience, there‘s no getting around playlists. There are two types here: curated, put together by people on the one hand. And generated individually for each listener by the algorithm. How do you land on one and the other? Which ones are most important for your own genre? And what, other than streaming millions, does that bring?