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 US

SYNTH LEGEND DAVE SMITH, DESIGNER OF THE PROPHET-5, DIES AGED 72

SOFTUBE CHANNELS ROLAND'S SH-101 FOR THE MODEL 82 SYNTH PLUGIN

MAVIS IS A DIY, BUDGET-FRIENDLY MOOG FOR THE MASSES

TEENAGE ENGINEERING RELEASE FREE POCKET OPERATOR FOR PIXEL

NEVE UNVEIL 88M USB INTERFACE, PROMISING CONSOLE SOUND FOR YOUR DAW

MELBOURNE INSTRUMENTS REVEAL THE NINA SYNTH

GROOVE SYNTHESIS UNVEIL THE 3RD WAVE

Playfair Audio Dynamic Grading

THE PRO PRODUCER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL AUDIO • If you want to achieve the best mixed and mastered tracks within your DAW, an understanding of how digital audio works is essential. Let's find out exactly what's going on ‘inside the box’ as we go back to first principles

CHAD HUGO • The silent partner in N.E.R.D and The Neptunes speaks out on their smash hits

How To Play “Superstition” • The Stevie Wonder classic explained…

Harmonizing a melody • This month, our in-house music theory guru tackles the common problem of matching fresh chords to an existing melodic part

Casio VL-1 (VL-Tone) • The spiritual ancestor to modern mini-instruments, this diminutive dynamo gave many musicians their first taste of sequencing and synthesis

Three great plugin alternatives

Play • The Polish developers follow cult hit Tracker with a sample-powered drum machine. But Play isn't as straightforward as it first appears

MASTER EFFECTS

JX-08 Sound Module • Roland continue resurrecting their analog history in digital form. Let's plug in the new JX-08

THE CASE OF THE MISSING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION

iRig Pro Quattro I/O • Finding an interface for our mobile needs can be tricky. Jon Musgrave sizes up this new device from IK Multimedia

Phase Mutant • FM synthesis is known for its deep expressiveness. With their new effect plugin, BLEASS aim to bring that quality to your audio parts too

Parameter modulation

Nanobox Fireball • The first Nanobox mini synth from 1010 Music fits in your hand but it packs a full-sized punch

Crystalline • Baby Audio are on a roll with their releases, but can they crystallize their reputation with their latest algorithmic reverb? The answer's crystal clear

Timing is everything

Skew • Cleverly dicing your input signal, Sinevibes Skew manipulates the fabric of time via some complex reverse engineering…

Phat Bass Music

AUTO-TUNE AND ITS CONTENDERS • From gentle pitch correction to all-out robotic vocals, here are today's top options and techniques

Using Melodyne with ARA

Pitch Modulation in Melodyne

THREE OF THE BEST

16 QUESTIONS WITH… Sigala • His incredibly catchy blend of dance pop has lit up charts and dance floors globally and with 10 million worldwide sales, 3.5 billion audio streams, over 1 billion video views and eight UK top 10 singles, you could say that Sigala - aka UK artist and producer Bruce Fielder - must be doing something right. And he also knows how to tackle our 15 questions, dishing out some of the best tech advice ever…

Pendant

PENDANT'S THREE TIPS FOR CREATIVE PRODUCTION

So much to Gain • Using boost pedals to manage signal level.