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.

A digital decade

Editor’s choice

Electronic Musician US

NEW GEAR • ARTURIA UNVEIL HYBRID MINIFREAK POLYSYNTH, PLUS A NEW INTERFACE, PLUGIN AND MORE

MOOG’S MOOGERFOOGER PEDALS RETURN IN PLUGIN FORM

RNBO JUST MADE IT TEN TIMES EASIER • FOR MAX USERS TO BUILD PLUGINS, GUITAR PEDALS AND DIY HARDWARE

AKAI RELEASE THE MPK MINI PLUS

Signum Audio Skye Clipper

DELAY TACTICS • Delay is the pro producer’s favorite effect. Here’s how to get creative and cost effective with your own set of delay tactics

DELAY DECADES • All good effects begin with a great sound source, and they don’t begin in a more organic setting than this…

USING DELAYS • There is more choice in delays than there are repeats created from the feedback control, so we guide you through the best place to use certain styles and types

Saturation in software

DEADMAU5 • It’s something of a cliché to state that an artist needs no introduction, but with deadmau5, this may in fact be true. His big-eared mouse helmet might possibly be the most recognizable brand in electronic music

Plugins ‘n’ stuff • Can you tell us about the live performance software you’ve developed, OSC Pilot?

Stevie Wonder — 5 Sides Of A Master • Isn’t he wonderful? The musician who overcame disability to become one of the greatest songwriters of his generation provides no end of inspiration to this day…

Pedal points • Our theory maven puts his foot down and explains why sticking to one note can instantly power up your progressions

Roland Jupiter-8 • A lumbering behemoth, Roland’s answer to the Prophet-5 became a classic in its own right, helping to define the sound of the ’80s

Two plugin Jupiters

Juno-X • Roland’s long-awaited Juno for the 21st century is finally here – but is it a worthy successor to the much loved original?

EXPANDABILITY

THE ALTERNATIVES

MacBook Air M2 • Apple’s latest laptop is the company’s lightest and sleekest. It’s also quiet, and could be the music production laptop we’ve all been waiting for

M2 v M1 v Intel!

Morph EQ • Bored with your regular EQs? This new Minimal Audio EQ with its morphing design could be just what you need to spice things up

Morphing

Vocaster Two Studio • Everything you need to start podcasting, but is it everything you want? Let’s find out

THE BUNDLED HEADPHONES

THE BUNDLED MIC

THE ALTERNATIVES

Elka-X • The latest vintage synth re-model to enter Cherry Audio’s lineup revisits an oft-forgotten European classic from the early ’80s, the legendary Elka

MIDI control

MODO Drum 1.5 • With some of the most expansive tone-shaping control we’ve ever handled, IK have augmented an already unparalleled drum workstation

Simulation theory

Mission 6 • Inspired by a lesser known, but respected analog classic, UVI’s latest Mission visits the limits of Andromeda

Getting patched

AC/DC $240 befaco.org • Did this DC-coupled audio interface from Spain, hailed for its relative affordability, shake us all night long?

Agenda $56

MODERN DIGITAL PLUGINS • Get to know the past year’s most forward-thinking plugins with this tour of the state-of-the-art

SOFTWARE TO WATCH

John Howes • The producer, developer and label head on the generative ideas behind new project Paperclip Minimiser.

JOHN HOWE’S TOP...