Future Music

Future Music delivers the technique and technology behind the hits. Packed with inspiration for today’s modern musician there’s reviews of hot new gear, tons of tutorials to help you get the most out of your hardware and software, and exclusive In The Studio features where the stars take apart their tracks. Our Zinio edition does not include the DVD but DOES INCLUDE the full samples and tutorial files to download. Full details inside. Download does not include In The Studio With video. This digital edition is not printable.

The art of noise

FutureMusic

Apple launches new AI-touting versions of Logic Pro • Logic Pro 11 and Logic Pro for iPad 2 add stem separation, virtual session players and an ‘instant warmth’ effect

Generative drums in Ableton Live 12

Kasper Bjørke • The Danish producer discusses his love of Daft Punk and DFA ahead of new album Puzzles

Mike Parker Dispatches

RELEASES

NOISE • From white noise to incidental ambience – ‘noise’ plays an important role in sound design, and could be the secret weapon for bringing your tracks to life

BULLION • Producer and songwriter Nathan Jenkins joins Matt Mullen to talk self-doubt, eBay bidding wars and the joys of the laptop mic

Demi Riquísimo • The Italo and prog house-inspired producer lets us in on his go-to gear and music-making approach

Modern LFOs • The staple modulation tool used by professional audio engineers across the globe for decades

Dave Clarke • As he reissues his classic debut album, the ‘Baron of Techno’ talks ’90s production, DJing and almost getting busted by the TV licensing authorities

Neve 1073 mic pre/EQ • The Neve 1073 mic preamp and EQ has been delivering a must-have sound in music production for 50-plus years. Here we trace why that sound became so popular and how you can recreate it today in both modern hardware and much cheaper software…

A tour around the 1073 via three emulations

GIGIFM • Danny Turner chats to multi-disciplinary DJ/producer GiGi FM about using gesture motion controllers to create her inter-dimensional club sound

Jean-Michel Jarre • With little around to compete with Oxygène when he released it nearly 50 years ago, Jean-Michel Jarre became the pinup of synth pop, and has continued to embrace the cutting-edge ever since. A true pionnier du synthétiseur…

JEAN-MICHEL IN FOUR TRACKS

Arturia PolyBrute 12 €3,999 • The French flagship synth gets upgraded with more voices and better aftertouch. Si Truss explores its new capabilities…

KRK Rokit 5 G5 £169 each • KRK’s excellent Rokit monitors have been updated. Jon Musgrave gets talking about the new generation

1010music Nanobox Tangerine £388 • This latest Nanobox could be pushing for the title of world’s smallest sampler, Si Arblaster asks if it needs to be that small?

Lewitt Ray £299 • Beat the proximity effect with Lewitt’s exciting new range detection technology. Chris Corfield goes live

SOMA Labs Metaconformer £175 • As Si Truss discovers, SOMA’s latest is more than just a basic MIDI thru box

Kali Audio LP-8 Second Wave £390/pair • Simon Fellows asks if the LP-8’s powerful new wave cancels all that came before

4ms Catalyst Sequencer/ Controller £395 • This dinky two-in-one module can flip between sequencer and controller modes. Rob Redman finds out if it’s double the fun

Noise Lab Formantic £310 • Noise Lab’s module has three filters in one and bucket loads of control. Rob Redman fires it up for some formant fun…

Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer £319 • A compact, battery-powered vocal effects unit which delivers powerful sounds. Dan Flitcroft takes the VE-22 for a spin

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