The new ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN is a “must have” resource for anyone who makes music, plays music, and shares music. Every issue includes "gig tested" product reviews on music gear, tons of how-to's, and interviews with today's stars revealing the secrets of their songwriting approaches and audio-production concepts.
Going it alone
Electronic Musician
NEW GEAR
THIS MONTH IN SOFTWARE • Old favorite synths like the Minimoog and Juno-106 meet new friends including a creative crossfader and a compressor with 52 styles
iZotope NEOVERB
SAMPLE BETTER! • Modern sampling tools are more powerful than ever. With so much power, there are almost limitless ways you can manipulate sound. Let’s look at some tricks…
Custom kick layering • Designing the all-important bass drum from scratch will help set you apart from the competition. Here’s how it’s done…
Six tips for working with drum samples • Brush up on the basics with these tips for using a sampler to shape and perfect your one-shot drums
Creative sampler tricks for sampled beats • Make the most of your sampler’s features to give your beats life, dynamics, motion and character
Processing ideas for sampled hits • As it’s tricky to alter samples at source, familiarizing yourself with processing techniques is essential. Here are six approaches to consider…
Atmospheric drone beds • Sometimes the best bits happen after the MIDI stops. Here we’re using regenerating sounds and resampling them
Granular and resample mining • Through the following steps, we’ll look for little sonic characteristics which we can use to enhance our track, using resampling and granular processing techniques
BT • Grammy-nominated film score composer and trance legend Brian Transeau is back with his first dance music album in seven years. Danny Turner explores his stunning studio and obsession with technology
Modal interchange • Following on from his piece on modal harmony, Dave’s got new ways for us to substitute chords into and out of our progressions
Korg M1 • One of the most successful synths of all time, this sample-based workstation changed the music-making world
Maschine+ • After years of speculation, NI launches its first standalone instrument. But does it live up to the hype?
Native Instruments NOIRE
PolyBrute • The French brand marks its anniversary with a new flagship polysynth. Time to tame the beast…
iRig Keys 2 Mini • IK Multimedia delivers one of its dinkiest computer music-making keyboards to date
Quantum 2626 • Looking for a decent multiple stream audio device? Time to fire up PreSonus' latest recording-focused audio interface
Infinity • When science and creativity collide, the results are invariably interesting. Let’s see if this long-running audio dissection editor can make sparks
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
RetroVolt • BeatSkills deliver a sample player with synth ambitions and a plugin simply drenched in nostalgia
Magma
Mastering the MOOG ONE • Let’s explore how to create a selection of sounds and tones using Moog’s epic flagship polysynth
‘That’ retro future sound
Build a kick drum
Creating a simple lead
Three is the magic number
Soft pads with controllable fizz
Multitimbral sounds with the One
TEAM THE ONE WITH…
Split and layer
One more for the road…
GRANULAR SYNTHS • Break apart the fabric of sound and go against the grain with our guide
QUICK TIPS
Six powerful granular instruments to help you get creative
Motion-fueled granular soundscapes with...