Electronic Musician

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.

Under the radar…

Electronic Musician

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Download 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers for free

THIS MONTH IN SOFTWARE • Some innovative new entries join a few old friends, and there are a couple of collaborations to add to your plugin folder

Baby Audio COMEBACK KID

Audiomodern FILTERSTEP

UNDER-THE-RADAR SYNTH CLASSICS • Some electronic instruments are celebrated, while others rarely get a mention. Let’s look closer at some of the world’s less-lauded synths…

Additive dream machines

Underrated analogs

JUNKIE XL • Dance producer Junkie XL is now one of Hollywood’s most in-demand film score composers. Danny Turner chats to Tom Holkenborg about his career mutation and modular-armored studio

More Two-Handed Soloing Ideas • Let’s extend the concept of two-handed playing into more melodic approaches.

Deceptive resolutions • This little move can draw your music out and keep your listeners in suspense… just for a few more seconds… until finally…

Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm • Propulsive, percolating and (sort of) programmable, Roland’s CR-78 CompuRhythm was the classic analog beatbox even a drummer could love

Three great CR-78 software alternatives

Model:Cycles $299 elektron.se • The Digitone sound engine gets made over as an FM drum machine. Upcycling? Or clever re-packaging? Let's find out…

AUX EFFECTS

Knorr $29 klevgrand.se • Bass-specific processing comes in many shapes and sizes, and this plugin offers a new way to breathe life into your bass sounds

Hollywood Backup Singers $249 soundsonline.com • Need backing vocals and need them fast? Then this backing vocal focused pack from EastWest / Quantum Leap could be for you

WordBuilder

Model RMX 16 $1,489 ams-neve.com • An ’80s legend is reborn for a new generation. Take a trip to the new-old-school

M-200 $249 v-moda.com • Mixing and referencing on headphones can be a tricky business. Jon Musgrave hooks up this latest studio-specific design

Concept $155 krotosaudio.com • For their first ever plugin synth, these Scottish developers have focused on acrobatic modulation and fast, efficient workflow. A good concept?

Tweak this

Rhythmiq $149 accusonus.com • With machine-learning and AI inside, this groove remixing and rearranging plugin could help you take your loops to the stage

Beat Assistant

Hypnosis $499 dreadbox-fx.com • An analog effects powerhouse with an overtly retro design. But is Dreadbox's Hypnosis more than just a retro ’80s throwback?

Drive it

Nu Cumbia 2 $37

TECHNO

SOUND DESIGN: LA SYNTHESIS • Simulating the Roland D-50 engine with layering techniques

Phase Plant • Creating a sawtooth pad, for a start-off…

Operator • A different way of creating pads

Hidden Treasures • We survey the unsung heroes of the world’s top plugin bundles, some of which might even be on your hard drive already…

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay • Part Three Of A Series Surveying Guitar Synth Stomp Boxes

Martin Terefe