In this issue

MAKE A TRACK IN AN HOUR!
How to make a country, UK garage, bassline, drum&bass, trap and hip-hop track in 60 minutes.

PETE TONG
From superstar DJ, to producer and performance guru – where did the technology go right?.

Producer Masterclass
JANSONS
Taking us through last year’s smash house hit Switch, Jansons talk kicks, tips, bass and vocals..

What's On Your Hard Drive?

Spektre - The techno duo – Rich Wakley and Paul Maddox – reveal their time-stretching secret weapon

4 mins

JANSONS

In this month’s exclusive Producer Masterclass video, Jansons takes us through one of 2019’s biggest house tracks, Switch. And over the next few pages, he discusses how he started out on his path to production success…

10+ mins

PETE TONG

Knowing how to spin a few discs – and plates – aside, what does this industry kingpin know of production? Turns out, quite a lot

10 mins

Steinberg Cubasis 3 €54.99 iOS

Steinberg’s Cubasis enters its third phase with multiple new features and iPhone compatibility. Is this the best way to make music on the move?

4 mins

Accusonus Rhythmiq $149 PC MAC

With machine-learning and AI inside, this groove remixing and rearranging plugin could help you take your loops to the stage

4 mins

Audiaire Zenith £69 PC MAC

Pulled from the heart of the Zone synth, this open-ended multitrack MIDI sequencer helps bring your hardware and software synths to life

4 mins

V-Moda M-200 £285

Headphones designed for professional studio applications are just what you need for monitoring, and these have Roland’s input too…

3 mins

Auddict PercX Pro $299

Mixing up onboard pattern sequencing and one-shot triggering, is this the most comprehensive percussion ROMpler yet?

4 mins

Roland Cloud update £sub PC MAC

Roland’s Cloud subscription has quietly become a fantastic resource for classic, and now recent Roland instruments. Should you reach for it? view (see opposite box) good, some not so but, hey, it’s free (ish!)

4 mins

Presonus Eris E8 XT £422/pair

Presonus have updated their Eris-series monitors but retained their competitive prices. Are these the best budget speakers you can buy?

3 mins

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Computer Music Magazine Description:

Computer Music's goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions. Our Zinio edition does not include the DVD but - FROM ISSUE 182 (October 2012) onwards - it DOES INCLUDE the full software, samples and tutorial files to download. Full details inside. Download does not include Producer Masterclass in-studio video. This digital edition is not printable.