In this issue

THE BEST FREEWARE APPS, WHATEVER YOU DO… Produce EDM, perform live, podcast, play guitar, make hip-hop and so much more… for free...

HANDS-ON FREEWARE TUTORIALS & WORKSHOPS - Step-by-step tutorials on how to make a track, sample and enjoy modular synthesis… all for free!

15 questions with…Sun-El Musician

Sun-El Musician has a huge fan base in his home country of South Africa, with tens of millions of Youtube views, but is on a mission to spread his brand of EDM across the world, even inventing a sub genre of it along the way – African Electronic Dance Music. We catch up with the man whose ambitions are as big as his setup is small. “I’m not one to have crazy things and just like my studio to be simple…”

6 mins

THE BEST FREEWARE PLUGINS

It seems with each passing year, the number of exceptional free plugins, DAWs, instruments, tools and services increases tenfold. With such a rich field to harvest, we know how overwhelming it can be to know just where to begin when collecting free music-making software – and avoiding that feeling that your precious hard drive space is being clogged by software that you’re never likely to actually use. Luckily Computer Music is on hand to help, with some carefully considered groupings of the very best – and genuinely useful – free swag that you can download this very day…

10+ mins

Producer Masterclass: MOUSSE T.

Mousse T. is a legendary dance music producer whose hits back in the 90s paved the way for a three-decade – and counting – career in remixing and production. It has taken him everywhere from the top of the charts to Eurovision, and co-writing a Tom Jones smash to being a judge on the German version of Pop Idol. Here he gives us a couple of lessons in remixing, three decades apart…

10+ mins

#01 Creative basslines

In this tutorial you’ll learn how bass can be so much more than a rhythm instrument as we delve into that low end

5 mins

#12 LFO sequence

If you’ve ever wanted your Zebra CM to help you out by playing short phrases, it’s time to step up to the LFO. Dave Gale gets sequencing…

5 mins

Delay effects

Our attention turns to a family of effect types that takes your signal and does weird and wonderful things

9 mins

Moog Animoog Z $19.99

Proving that the old masters can still show us new tricks, we get animated by Moog’s latest update to their affordable software synth

5 mins

PSP Audioware: PSP Saturator $99

Saturation can be a fantastic tool for bringing sounds to life, but does this new offering from PSP have what it takes?

5 mins

Free software: W.A. PRODUCTION MULTIBENDER CM

Get to know this issue’s freebie: a cm edition of W.A.’s incredible multiband, tempo-synced delay

10+ mins

15 questions with…Keinemusik

Keinemusik first caught our ear back in 2017 with their ambitious debut album You Are Safe. Since then, the Berlin-based trio have refined their creative process, linking up with a variety of collaborators to produce an impressive sophomore effort that expands their sound while remaining firmly focused on the dancefloor

9 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.