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 214 PDF

P2P | 17 October 2023 | PDF | 37.3MB

Earn money with your beats: Hip-Hop, Rap & Boom Bap Hip-Hop is more than music, Hip-Hop is culture – and an incredibly big one, which has long since outgrown the underground and, with acts like Eminem, has found a firm place at the top of the mainstream. In our feature, we not only interview the hottest acts, but also look over their shoulders as they produce and give you all the tools and tricks you need to write exquisite Raps as well as for contemporary Lo-Fi sound and classic sampling & turntablism Hip-Hop with a 12-bit aesthetic.

BEAT Mag Issue 196 2022

PDF | 100 pages | English: 88 MB | German: 68.8MB

(English & German)

Beat 05/22: Deep & Bass House – Get your ideas arranged + 6 DAW templates. Deep & Bass House and related styles such as Future, Vocal and Ibiza House have not only taken the dancefloors by storm in recent years, but also radio, YouTube, Spotify and more. But what makes a successful House track and what needs to be considered during production? You can find out all this in our big feature. In addition, we reveal the hit secrets of Tiësto & Ava Max as well as Acraze feat. Cherish. To help you get started right away, we‘ve also created six track templates for different house styles to be fired up in your DAW.

Drums & Groove (2021)

Team DECiBEL | 20 Jul 2021 | 8.3MB

Whether techno, EDM, hip-hop or chillout, drums have to sound crisp, need to be used cleverly and above all: they have to have groove. But what to look for when searching for sounds, how do kick and bass become one unit, how can ready-made loops and samples be combined into a signature sound. How can you even create your own sounds and how does a infectious groove come about? Look forward to all the answers, techniques and personal equipment recommendations from the editorial team.

Selling Sound Beat Specials

English | 16 pages | PDF | 10 MB

It cannot be whitewashed, the current crisis affects us all. Above all, however, music makers and artists are standing on the edge and an end is not in sight for the time being. But do not despair, because every need also holds opportunities and alternatives. Those who have expertise can ultimately use and pass it on in various forms. In this eBook we will not only show you alternative sources of income around music, production and DJing, with which the crisis can be overcome, but also how new, long-term footholds can be build up.

Beat Workzone 02.2021 PDF

Team DECiBEL | 29 Aug 2021 | 26.5MB

Roland Juno-60 emulation Syntronik J-60 comes with BEAT WORKZONE 2/21 Fat synth, fat filters, fat sound. Nevertheless, the J-60 is not just a clone of the analog classic Juno-60, but has the original, in addition to the numerous filter models and a powerful sequencer, with which the finest grooves can be conjured.