3D World UK
Top Laptops For Digital Creatives
Choose the best laptops for your creative endeavours, using our handy guide to the best options for graphics intensive tasks
6 min |
November 2020
Linux Format
LibreOffice 7
Neil Mohr discovers what’s new in this latest release of the office suite that is one of the crown jewels of the open source world.
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
EndeavourOS 7.15.2020
Just as HMS Endeavour explored the unknown southern lands, so Jonni Bidwell uses EndeavourOS to explore Arch…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Mailserver
Write to us at Linux Format, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA or lxf.letters@futurenet.com.
5 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Tropico 6
Management are terrified of the new Linux Format workers’ council, but it’s just Phil Savage playing at communism under a hot sun.
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
BunsenLabs Lithium
Forever grunge Jonni Bidwell is pleased to find a distribution that’s almost as good as the Nirvana song. Almost…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
PRESSURE VESSEL
Jonni Bidwell gets on the video chat to talk video games and message buses with D-Bus guru Simon McVittie
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Crucial P2 500GB
What’s this? Low-cost SATA-breaking speed without the DRAM? Sean Webster is impressed, albeit with a few reservations.
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Is this the Goldilocks chip? Well, Zak Storey did catch it stealing porridge from Intel, so the moniker might stick…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
BACK UP LIKE CLOCKWORK!
Jonni Bidwell has a plan – several plans, in fact – to keep his ever-growing repository of data ticking over nicely.
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
4tronix Picon Plus
Les Pounder needs to build a robot to help during social isolation. But can he build a robot butler to deliver more Pis to his table?
3 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
Say hello, wave goodbye
What an amazing ride it’s been. As Mac OS X faces the final curtain, let’s remember 20 years of OS excellence
10+ min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
RANDOM APPLE MEMORY: eMate 300
Adam Banks remembers how the businesslike Newton spawned Apple’s strangest computer
1 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
Mute background sounds
Get perfect audio on your video calls with Krisp
2 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
Import, organise and edit
How to import migrated Photos images into Lightroom Classic
2 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
HOW IT WORKS Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.0
Faster data, cleverer cables and some confusion too
5 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
APPLE CORE: MATT BOLTON…
WONDERS WHETHER APPLE’S CULTURE IS TOO AMERICAN TO SEE EVERY AREA WHERE IT COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
2 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
Anthropics PortraitPro 19
Spruce up your portraits using a range of AI enhanced retouching tools
3 min |
October 2020
MacFormat UK
6 apps to get stuff done
For big personal or work projects, these apps will help you achieve your goals
3 min |
October 2020
Essential Apple User Magazine
Top Features In iPadOS And iOS 13
The iOS 13 and its iPadOS operating systems are packed full of little tips and tricks that let you get even more out of your Apple smartphone and tablet. It’s amazing what they can do, and even expert users might not be aware of all the hints and hacks that we’ll show you over the next few pages. With our help, you can use your iPad and iPhone in ways you might never have imagined.
4 min |
August 2020
Computer Music
MIXING BEATS
Getting your electronic beats mixed well together can make or break the backbone of your tune
10+ min |
October 2020
Computer Music
The Filter – pt 2
We’ve shown you what a filter does and how it does it, and now it’s time to put that knowledge to use!
6 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
PROGRAMMING SYNTH DRUMS
Once so maligned that the musicians’ unions took them to task, synthesised drums are a staple of modern music. Here's how to program your own using the Plugin Suite…
10+ min |
October 2020
Computer Music
Novation Launchkey Mk3 £var
Novation’s third incarnation of the Launchkey has a lot going for it if you are a Live user (and the smallest almost offers the most)
4 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
D16 Syntorus 2
Chorus has proven to be a tricky effect to create in plugin form. Let’s see if this upgraded classic hits the spot
5 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
DUSTY KID
The Italian producer and DJ has released music on some of the most influential labels in the dance music business, and remixed everyone from Armand Van Helden to Booka Shade. And while his studio looks exceptional, he reveals here that it only came about thanks to a major gear clearout. Who needs all that vintage equipment anyway?
9 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
15 questions with…MEDUZA
The Milan-based production trio of Meduza have already conquered the world with their huge and multi-award winning hit Piece of Your Heart. Here the trio’s Mattia Vitale reveals the plugins behind the sound
6 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
Crafting a bassline
This month, Dave Clews takes you through bassline programming bassics, from both ‘real’ and synth-based approaches
5 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
15 questions with… HARRISON
The collaborator to stars including Guetta, Aoki and Hardwell has a studio packed with some of the best hardware on the planet but is now ‘95%’ in the box. Time for Harrison’s 15 answers…
7 min |
October 2020
Computer Music
Electronic Beats
Last month we looked at how to make your acoustic beats more human, more realistic and less machinelike. This time, we’re going to the electronic side. Leave your humanity at the door
10+ min |