MacFormat UK
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
An underwhelming return to Dracula’s castle
2 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
MATT BOLTON…
WOULD LIKE TO BREAK THE UPGRADE CYCLE, BUT IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE IT HAPPENING WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE
2 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
Inside the tech of Thread
The HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K support it… but what is Thread?
5 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
Photoshop Elements 2022
Fix your photos and create eye-catching social media content
4 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021)
Apple rights the wrongs of the previous gen MBP – and how!
5 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
Logitech Ergo K860
An ergonomic ‘split’ keyboard
1 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
Huawei MateView
A 4.5k+ HDR display with connectivity options
1 min |
January 2022
Linux Format
Intel Core i9 12900K
Intel was never going to be without its performance crown for long, so with appropriate pomp and ceremony Jacob Ridley introduces the new CPU king.
9 min |
January 2022
MacFormat UK
AirPods (3rd generation)
These redefined wireless earbuds will be music to your ears
2 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
Arturia SQ80 V Cross Wave synth €199
Arturia have emulated the SQ80 from Ensoniq, an interesting sample-based synth from the 1980s. But does it have a place in 2021?
6 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
A TB-303 via Zebra CM
TB or not TB! It’s not so much a question, as how we use our own Zebra CM plugin to recreate the sound of a TB-303 for our 303 issue!
5 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
Cherry Audio Mercury-4 £30
The bygone, underappreciated Jupiter-4 hums with life once again, thanks to this new, intricately modelled software adaptation
6 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
EFTERKLANG
Producer Mads Brauer explains how the experimental Danish trio have gone back to basics for their latest album – and back to nature…
10+ min |
January 2022
Computer Music
Nugen Audio Paragon ST £209
Imagine if you could combine the flexibility of an algorithmic reverb with the authenticity of convolution? Imagine no more with Paragon ST…
6 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
Problem-solving mixing
Part of the job of a mix engineer is to solve problems that might arise at the recording stage. Software – and creative thinking – can help!
5 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
Steinberg WaveLab Pro 11 £430
If 11 is one louder than 10, then WaveLab 11 must be one better than WaveLab 10. But, actually, it turns out that’s quite a lot better…
6 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
The Roland TB-303
It’s issue 303 of Computer Music so there really was only one feature that we could lead with – one comparing and contrasting the attributes of a hardware 303 with its many software counterparts. It’s time, then, to explore the finest pieces of software inspired by the legendary Roland TB-303…
10+ min |
January 2022
Computer Music
15 questions with… Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin’s new release, How Do You Live, marks his 25th year in music. Working under four aliases and across more than a dozen albums, he’s transmuted elements of jazz, drum & bass and trip-hop into his own brand of intricate, brooding electronica, developing a sound and method that’s defined by process and technique – not genre or style. But, we hear you ask, what are his favourite plugins?
6 min |
January 2022
Computer Music
15 questions with… Mason Maynard
After last month’s 15 Questions With Shane Codd, we have another young producer who is making it big in the world of dance music. Mason Maynard already has the backing of BBC stars and some top production legends plus a studio packed with the best hardware and software. And it all stems from a school lesson when he was asked to produce on a computer. “There was another way to make music…”
6 min |
January 2022
Linux Format
Zephix 3.0
A fan of portable, modular distros, Mayank Sharma runs across a relatively new one and wonders how it stacks up against his all-time favourite: Slax.
3 min |
December 2021
Linux Format
Whonix 16
Mayank Sharma is a busy man, but when it comes to privacy and security then, like Louis Armstrong, he has all the time in the world.
3 min |
December 2021
Linux Format
UBUNTU VS FEDORA
Jonni Bidwell wants to know everything – and he means everything – about the two most popular Gnome-based distros…
10+ min |
December 2021
Linux Format
SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE: Driving SPI displays
Let’s go on an adventure into the SPI protocol, LCD displays and model trains with Sean Conway toot-tooting away!
5 min |
December 2021
Linux Format
Sensor and motor control with the GPIO
Les Pounder shows how we can take Scratch further with a community-developed tool that builds on our Scratch knowledge.
7 min |
December 2021
Linux Format
LICENCE TO BILL
Jonni Bidwell has been reading licence minutiae and fears big business threatens the future of copyleft and software freedom.
10+ min |
December 2021
Linux Format
Devuan GNU+Linux
The backlash against Systemd resulted in this sysvinit-friendly distro, now on version 4. Mayank Sharma assesses its progress.
3 min |
December 2021
Linux Format
AUTOMOTIVE GRADE LINUX
Mats Tage Axelsson shows how open source frameworks and Linux can help navigate you safely to your coding destination.
10+ min |
December 2021
Linux Format
Atari VCS
Monetising nostalgia should be an easy win for Atari so Matt Safford can‘t believe it’s created another E.T.
3 min |
December 2021
MacFormat UK
M1 Pro and M1 Max
Ultra-powerful new MacBook Pro chips
3 min |
December 2021
MacFormat UK
iPadOS 15 SUPERGUIDE
With iPadOS 15, your iPad is smarter, more useful and more fun than ever before
10+ min |