Roland TR-6S
The TR-8S drum machine gets a compact partner-in-crime.

Ela Minus
The Colombian producer breaks down debut album Acts of Rebellion.

Drew McDowall
The Coil veteran and art-punk lynchpin sheds light on his projects new and old.

THE MAIN FEATURE
We round-up the year’s bumper crop of music making hardware and software, to bring you our guide to the essential gear you need in your studio for 2021.

The 10 Best Software Synths
…AND HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM 
Your essential guide to today’s must-have software instruments...

IN THE STUDIO WITH
Cut Copy - The Melbourne electronic outfit invite us into the studio to talk about the making of their climate change-inspired new LP.

REVIEWED
Arturia PolyBrute - Does the French brand’s first poly live up to its flagship status?

Korg SoundLink MW-2408
Korg’s new hybrid mixers got big name approval – but does it have ours?

Classic Album
Beardyman, Distractions.

BT
Brian Transeau talks tech, trance and his leading role in development of iZotope’s Stutter Edit 2

ASM Hydrasynth
A new name to the synth world, can ASM’s debut release break the mould?

Sub Focus & Wilkinson
A meeting of two DnB minds as we go behind the scenes with Sub Focus and Wilkinson at Real World studios.

Little Dragon
Gothenberg’s finest share the secret of their enduring harmonious teamwork – amid disputes over gear storage!

Erica Synths Bassline DB-01
Another 303 clone – or in a league of its own? We give our bassline assessment.

Akai MPC One & MPC Live II
Find out what’s new in the latest of Akai’s laptop-free production machines.

Jaga Jazzist
The Norwegian experimental jazz ensemble tell us about the making of new album Pyramid..

Ital Tek
The Planet Mu mainstay talks soundtracking, effects pedals and creating his excellent new album.

Polyend Tracker
The retro ‘alt DAW’ reinvented as hardware. Is this more than a tribute act?..

Elektron Model: Cycles
The six-track FM groovebox with a Digitone engine at its core gets our score.

Wrangler
The supergroup invite us into their extraordinarily well-appointed studio to divulge more about new LP, A Situation

Caribou
Five years after the acclaimed Our Love, Dan Snaith is finally back with new album Suddenly. FM checks in…

Moog Matriarch
Moog’s semi-modular Mother range sets another place at the high table.

Modal Electronics Argon 8
The British brand drop a wavetablepowered poly. We check it out...

Boston Bun – Don’t Wanna Dance
Thibaud Noyer invites us into the studio to talk sampling, replays and how he made his latest house hit..

Korg Wavestate
The Wavestation is reborn. Is this new generation more than a nostalgia trip?.

IN THE STUDIO WITH… ALEX EPTON Inside XL Recordings’ NYC studio..

Gear of the Decade
10 years of electronic music making... plus 2019’s best new production gear.

INTERVIEW FORT ROMEAU Talking gear with the UK house master.

Richard Fearless
The man behind Death in Vegas talks soundtracks, waterfront studio vistas and new LP, Deep Rave Memory..

IN THE STUDIO WITH…
FLOATING POINTS Sam Shepherd squeezes in a chat with us about his much talked-about new album Crush.

Control & Sequence
INCLUDES VIDEO Explore new and not-so-new ways of getting hands on with your sequencing, from the latest MPE tricks and analogue devices through to classic MIDI controllers..

Joris Voorn - The Dutch techno kingpin invites us into his Amsterdam studio to talk hardware, mixdowns and production advice.

Novation Summit - Does the UK brand’s new synth live up to its flagship status?..

808 State - The acid house pioneers are back with new music, recorded in a place with more than a little history of its own…

Roland MC-707 - The latest version of this groovebox will let you step outside your DAW..

IN THE STUDIO WITH… PARANOID LONDON Acid house and analogue with this elusive duo.

IN THE STUDIO WITH… KONX-OM-PAX Tom Scholefield on Ways of Seeing..

IK Multimedia UNO Drum - Is the (equally diminutive) follow-up to last year’s UNO Synth a large triumph?

IN THE STUDIO WITH… efterklang The Danes talk fifth album Altid Sammen.

Elektron Model: Samples - Is this the very model of the modern compact six-track groovebox?.

Interview - Brandt Brauer Frick.

Analogue Solutions Impulse Command..

IN THE STUDIO WITH… METRIK Tom Mundell relives his rocky road to drum & bass stardom and imparts some tips.

Arturia MicroFreak - Does this new digital-analogue hybrid live up to its creative promise?.

IN THE STUDIO WITH… AMON TOBIN The Brazilian looks back on 20 years of music.

INTERVIEW Nat han Micay - The Canadian producer on his rave-inspired LP..

Akai Force - Is the much talked about standalone production system a standout hit?.

Apparat - The German producer talks upcoming album LP5 and his ever-evolving approach to writing.

Yamaha CP88 - The new stage piano that has been grabbing people’s attention for all the right reasons.

London Elektricity - Hospital founder Tony Colman invites us into his studio and lifts the lid on two decades of DnB wisdom..

Pittsburgh Modular Microvolt 3900.

INTERV IEW: Selling Gold Panda and Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco pool their talent – and their gear – for new album, On Reflection.

IN THE STUDIO WITH: Trevor Jackson A kingpin of the electronic music world for nearly three decades, Trevor Jackson has helped launch more esteem-worthy careers than some people have had hot dinners. FM caught up with him in his London studio.

INTERV IEW: Ectomorph BMG and Erika let us in on the secrets behind their raw, hardware-powered take on the Detroit techno sound..

IN THE STUDIO WITH: Flux Pavilion UK producer and DJ Joshua Steele played a major role in dubstep’s mainstream breakthrough. We find out why, in 2018, he’s now hooked on Eurorack and his Moog Model D.

IN THE STUDIO WITH: Alex Niggemann The German club icon talks us through the evolution of his genre-hopping sound..

Analogue Solutions Treadstone Eurorack module, Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A25, Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex, IN THE STUDIO WITH: Jeff Mills We head to Paris to link up with the Underground Resistance founder and all-round techno icon, as he launches jazz super-group Spiral Deluxe...

Dreadbox & Polyend Medusa, Analogue Solutions Generator, Roland System 500 Series Modules, Roundup:
MIDI Processors, Head To Head: Sound Devices
MixPre Series, Mackie Onyx Producer 2.2...

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