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The full version of IK Multimedia’s Oberheim OB-X emulation is yours for free with this issue, so you might as well jump onboard

Ableton Live 11 The Ultimate Guide

Ableton have just announced Live 11! We’ve had exclusive access to the beta release for some time now to bring you all the inside detail…

cm/ the 6 best… Controller keyboards

The best keyboards of all shapes and sizes that we’ve recently reviewed in Computer Music

ROISIN MURPHY

The former Moloko songstress – whose “dicking around in the studio” translated to a slew of international chart-topping hits – has music flowing through her DNA…

Presonus Atom SQ £225 PC MAC

Atom is a stylish device with deep control for Studio One and Ableton Live, but should it push aside other controllers on your desktop?

Wavesfactory Echo Cat £78 PC MAC

If you’re after classic echo sounds then a tape delay is a must. Let’s see what this cat has to offer…

Take it to 11. Ableton's history in 10 reviews

It’s time for Ableton Live 11 so it seems somewhat appropriate to look back at what we said about each of the previous ten Live releases…

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

OMD were one of the first bands to take the sound of the synth and create perfect pop songs with it. Here, founding member Paul Humphreys looks back over four decades of musical innovation: “We started out making computer music, just without computers!”

15 questions with… SONNY

Sonny is an Australian producer, although he is stirring up the Danish house music scene en route to Sweden! Oh, and he doesn’t like using VST for sounds and who can blame him with that gear? (Well, us actually)

PreSonus ioStation 24c £258 PC MAC

Fancy an interface and controller for any DAW in one smart box for a bargain price? Time to take the train arriving at this ioStation…

The 100 Greatest Mobile Music App

Mobile music making is big business, with iOS and Android devices easily capable of producing as pro-sounding tunes as desktop counterparts. Over the following pages we round up 100 essential apps for all aspects of music production…

Artistry Audio Origin X $299 PC MAC

To get your creative muse going, it’s good to have some new sounds to play with, and this debut from Artistry Audio comes packed with them

Zplane deCoda £49 PC MAC

Ever wanted a quick way to decipher a track’s musical components? We may have the answer…

cm Producer Masterclass SOLARDO

Solardo’s blend of big bass and house might be riding the crest of a wave, but for one half of the duo, it’s been a long and sometimes difficult journey. Ahead of dissecting his latest CR2 Records release, we talk tech with Mark Foster, discover how Aphex Twin brought dubstep to the world, and learn why setting trends rather than following them is key. And then he reveals something incredibly spooky…

cm mini reviews

A rapid-fire round-up of sample libraries, ROMplers and music gear

Beatskillz SampleX $69 PC MAC

The sound of low-bit rate sampling is much in vogue. You could get yourself an expensive piece of old hardware to do it… or this

15 questions with… SCIFISOL

From pure hardware on stage to plugins in the studios, Christina Broussard has a refreshing attitude we can all learn from…

15 questions with… HERMITUDE

The Australian duo of El Gusto and Dubs have just taken on the world with the single Spotlight with Daniel Bedingfield. Here they talk two decades of music production, from an Atari ST to LA…

14 questions with… TENSNAKE

After being given a classic drum machine, Hamburg-based Marco Niemerski started releasing music under the name Tensnake, including the worldwide hits Coma Cat and Love Sublime with Nile Rogers. Not a bad gift…

The Music Technology Show

Virtual show for music production enthusiasts this October!

Roland A-88MKII £879

Finding the right controller keyboard is very personal, but Roland’s latest is both feature-packed and potentially future proof…

THE PROFESSIONALS Luis Guerra

Welcome to another in our series of features focussing on composers making money with their computer music making, and not always in ways you might imagine. This time around we feature Luis Guerra who writes music for an incredibly diverse range of media…

YELLE

Jean-Francois Perrier tells us how the French act came to top charts on both sides of ‘le pond’ , how napping is key to any workflow and shares some timeless advice from Phillipe Zdar

IK Multimedia T-RackS 5 Space Delay €120

Classic tape delays add character in weird and wonderful ways. Let’s see how this latest Roland emulation from IK Multimedia shapes up

Delay plugins

We’ve reviewed some wonderful delays over the last 18 months or so. Here are what we consider the very best…

cm/ reader music

A classic Computer Music feature returns in a bi-monthly slot where the focus shifts to you and your music. Will you dare to send your tunes in and get the cm critique? These people did…

Arturia 3 Modulation FX… €199

Classy modulation can transform the sonics of your track. Let’s see what this new bundle – part of the ‘you’ll actually use’ series – has to offer

15 questions with…HOT CHIP

Is it really two decades since Hot Chip first got together? Time for a celebratory album release in the form of a Late Night Tales compilation, and for the band to reveal their studio – and many a Eurorack – secrets

15 questions with… HAIDER

Sheffield-born, Berlin-based producer Haider breaks down and mixes up as many genres as possible. “Keep it moving!”

Anatomy Of The Techno Kick

It’s the first in a new series of production techniques from the experts at Audiotent, with a special guide to producing perfect kicks