In this issue

ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECORDING
The perfect mic positions to capture great acoustics.

PRODUCTION AND SOUND DESIGN
The Audiotent experts get random with their synth patching..

15 questions with… SOPHIA LOIZOU

The composer and academic produces intense electronica “inviting us to see the Earth through the eyes of others”…

6 mins

Recording Masterclass

Recording external instruments or an entire band into your computer can seem a daunting prospect if you’ve never done it before, but with today’s tools – and advice from the following pages – it’s surprisingly easy to get great results. Welcome to the Recording Masterclass!

10+ mins

KRUST: Moving in cycles

Along with Roni Size, Krust was at the forefront of jungle in the 90s, helping to launch the genre and one of its most legendary labels, Full Cycle Records. After taking a seven-year break from music production, he is back with The Edge Of Everything, his first album in 14 years, an extraordinary cinematic production that came together with the best of old and new technology…

10+ mins

Using repetition and variation

Dave Clews talks us through how to use repetition in a way that even your harshest critics won’t detect as anything more than ‘catchy’

6 mins

The Sequencer, pt 1

Scot takes us through the history and development of another synth staple and advises how to use it in a modular setting

6 mins

A touch of chaos

The experts from Audiotent bring extra dimensions to your synth sounds by exploring chaos generation, random LFOs and velocity

5 mins

JEFF RUSSO

Jeff Russo is one of the world’s leading film and TV composers, currently on a mission to boldly produce exceptional soundtracks for both Star Treks Discovery and Picard. For these critically-acclaimed soundtracks, he even had his own custom-built sample library co-developed with Orchestral Tools (now available for us all to use) complete with a Klingon Choir…

10+ mins

Arturia: V Collection 8

The move to improve, enhance, add to and tweak already impressive software bundles continues apace with this latest package from Arturia

10+ mins

UVI: Shade

UVI are well known for their instruments but also do great effects too, and their latest EQ might well, wait for it, put others in the shade

5 mins

CM diary

In part two of his exploration of the human side of computer music-making, Ashley talks about how to keep social – outside of your usual beat-making bubble

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.