Future Music 396 June 2023

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 62.6 MB

We often dedicate a lot of FM to discussing the specifics of sound design, production and mixing, all of which are complex and varied disciplines worth studying and exploring, but none are of any use without an actual song to work with. To quote one of this month’s featured artists, Lewis Thompson, “the production should support the song”. While Thompson is often working with pop vocalists, the principle is true even for the most experimental, minimal or ambient tracks – unless you’ve a core song worth developing, no amount of mixing or mastering skill can paper over a lack of ideas. This issue we’re tackling the principles of songwriting from an electronic musician’s perspective, with tips and techniques along with deep dives into the theory behind a classic tracks from Frankie Knuckles, Deadmau5 and Floating Points.

Electronic Musician June 2023

English | 66 pages | True PDF | 23.8 MB

NEW GEAR The latest gear, software and happenings. Sequential Trigon-6. Apple MacBook Pro M2..

BEAT Magazine 209 June 2023

English | 84 pages | PDF | 50.8 MB

PRODUCER TRICKS: 40 Boosters for your tracks with BEAT 06/23

How do I find musical inspiration and how do I bring my ideas from my head into the DAW? How can I increase my musical productivity? How do I turn loops into a song and how do I develop stirring chord progressions and melodies? For everyone who hates instructions, who finds specialist recording books too dry and who finds long searches on YouTube just too stupid, we provide the best power tips on the topics of inspiration, songwriting, production, mixing, sound design and arrangement to make producing faster and easier to handle and more fun!

Computer Music 321

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 82.5 MB

A Computer Music magazine subscription is the complete guide to making music with a computer. There are millions of potential musicians out there and this magazine will help them get the right software and hardware and show them how to use it. Technology is now at a stage where computer users can complete virtually every musical task in the computer domain. Computer Music magazine subscription enables computer owners to develop their musical interest and expertise.

Sound On Sound June 2023

English | 148 pages | True PDF | 160 MB

Apple M2 MacBook Pro & Mac mini • Neumann KH120 II monitors • Erica Synths Perkons HD-01 drum machine • Tascam Portacapture X6 recorder • IK Multimedia Tonex Pedal • Black Lion Audio Auteur DT mic pre/DI • RME Digiface AES audio interface • Voyage Audio Spatial Mic Dante • Universal Audio Galaxy ’74, Del-Verb & Max pedals • Sonicware SmplTrek sampling groovebox • Tierra Audio New Twenties mic • Malcolm Toft Punishr distortion/EQ • Chandler RS660 valve compressor • Audio-Technica ATS99 mic • Extinct Audio BM9A active ribbon mic • Xaoc Devices Sofia Eurorack • Sony MDR-MV1 headphones — and lots more!