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.

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Electronic Musician • Vol. 38 No. 1 JANUARY 2022

LOGIC PRO 10.7 BRINGS DOLBY ATMOS TO APPLE’S DAW

BEHRINGER TAKES ON THE MOOG DFAM WITH THE EDGE SEMI-MODULAR PERCUSSION SYNTH

IZOTOPE RELEASES RX 9

SPECTRASONICS ADD FOUR NEW THEMED INSTRUMENTS FOR OMNISPHERE 2

ROLAND’S SP-404MKII PROMISES NEXT-LEVEL PERFORMANCE SAMPLING

PRESONUS’S SECOND-GENERATION R-SERIES MONITORS PROMISE MORE CONTROL AND IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

UNIVERSAL AUDIO INTRODUCE AFFORDABLE VOLT INTERFACES

NEKTAR ANNOUNCES THE IMPACT LX MINI, ITS MOST POWERFUL MINI MIDI KEYBOARD YET

Minimal Audio Rift

EQ & DYNAMICS 101 • You don’t need the latest and greatest plugins to get a polished-sounding mix. We show you how to get the most from standard EQ and dynamics processors

FOUR CLASSIC EQUALIZER PLUGINS

MAKE YOUR OWN SLICING PRESETS

Eris Drew • One of the few DJs still performing with turntables, house producer Eris Drew also uses her Technics as a production tool. Danny Turner delves into her debut album

An OG Crossover Master • A musical toast to the synth innovations of Jeff Lorber…

Consonance and dissonance • Our incumbent theory professor examines how a combination of nice and nasty can provide the ultimate musical contrast

Fairlight CMI • A trio of intrepid Australians set out to create a digital synthesizer but ended up with an entirely different instrument – one that changed music forever

Hammers • In a new collaboration between Saw composer Charlie Clouser and Spitfire Audio, percussion has never sounded so brutal

Get Real

Alpha 65 Evo • If you’re looking to move up from your budget monitors this pair could be just the thing you need

Oxygen Pro Mini • A quality mini-key keyboard coupled with plenty of performance features should be a winning combo

Model 84 • As another software rebirth of a vintage classic from 1984 arrives, Softube delves into Greek mythology (via Japan) for inspiration

Gaining control

MPC 2.10 update • Does this free major update to the platform improve the MPC hardware? Let’s get stuck in to find out

NoiseShaper • ShaperBox branches out from effects processing with a sample-powered noise generator.

SynthMaster 2 iOS • Bringing the fully-featured flagship synth to iPad/Phone users, is this breakout version of KV331’s creative powerhouse the master of all?

Super-7 • What happens if you weave a karaoke classic into a programmable sample-based instrument? The results from UVI will be Super!

S10.4 subwoofer • Looking for some extra bass in your monitoring system? Fire up this latest yellow-coned beast

GO:MIXER Pro X • Built for video creators and portable recording, does the latest GO:Mixer Pro have the X factor?

Grum: Shades of Progressive

MIX & MASTER FOR STREAMING • Learn how the loudness rules have changed and get your tunes to make the grade online

The document that stopped the war

Dynamic range: then and now

Peaking too early

Loudness range issues

Mixing in Dolby Atmos

MULTI-EFFECTS • These plugins offer most of the effects you could possibly need in one single place, but which ones are worth the investment?

I Got Rhythm • Gatelab offers a new route to creative comping.

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