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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NEW GEAR • THE ORIGINAL MOOG MINIMOOG MODEL D IS BACK IN PRODUCTION AND LOOKING BETTER THAN EVER

SEQUENTIAL UNVEIL THE TRIGON-6, DAVE SMITH'S FINAL SYNTH

REFXRELEASES VANGUARD 2: MUCH-LOVED SOFT SYNTH RETURNS FROM THE PLUGING GRAVE

WALDORF'S STREICHFETTPLUGIN BRINGS THAT ‘70S ADULT MOVIE SOUND TO YOUR DAW

KORG HEAD BACK TO THE ‘90S AND ‘00S WITH MICROKORG, ELECTRIBE AND KAOSS PAD PLUGINS

Mastering the Mix Limiter

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DIGITAL SYNTHESIS • From wavetable to FM, additive to granular; digital synth engines are having a resurgence in both hardware and plugin form. But how do all these complex-sounding setups work, and when should you reach for each variety? This issue, let's explore all that digital synths have to offer…

ESSENTIAL ADDITIVE SYNTHS

Three great fm synths • Once seen as a relic of '80s synth design, FM is back in fashion for both hardware and software

GREAT GRANULAR SYNTHS

Three great wavetable synths • Wavetable synths are now everywhere, in hardware and plugin form

CERRONE • Calvin Harris may have jested that he created disco, but there's one man who can legitimately hold up a hand and say he actually did…

Bill Payne — Unsung Keyboard Master • Exploring the techniques of a rock and pop master…

Augmentation and diminution • This month, Dave explores an inspiring technique for expanding and contracting your rhythms and melodies

Tascam (Teac) Portastudio • This clever combo of mixer and cassette multitracker kicked off the first home recording revolution

Two ways to do the four-track in your DAW

Oberheim OB-X8 • It's arrived! Could the new Oberheim OB-X8 be a modern classic? Let's take a closer look

SOME OB HISTORY

THE ALTERNATIVES

Moog Moogerfoogers • One of the most respected synth companies in the world reinvents its much-missed pedal lineup through software

Preset expandability

Arturia MiniFreak • The MicroFreak gets a new, polyphonic sibling. Have Arturia let the 'Freak off the leash?

Arp and seq

MiniFreak V

THE ALTERNATIVES

Cherry Audio Sines • Cherry Audio's newest virtual synthesizer is all about the fundamentals. We follow the Sines and head back to some waveform basics

Backend output

THE ALTERNATIVES

Empress Effects Zoia Euroburo • Empress Effects have adapted their Zoia pedal for use with modular gear. Time to get patching

The Modules

THE ALTERNATIVES

PreSonus Studio One 6 • Bulging with new upgrades, Studio One 6 smartly tailors your workflow to be more honed than many other DAWs. But is it worth the switch?

Get a word in

THE ALTERNATIVES

KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH • Doyen of the Buchla and maker of modular mayhem Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith returns with a new album, the beautiful Let's Turn It Into Sound. Hamish Mackintosh finds out more

MODERN DRUM INSTRUMENTS • Get every hit right smack in the center as we take you on a tour of the top drum tools out there

Finding sounds with Al

Acoustic drum plugins

THREE OF THE BEST

Ataxia • The Detroit duo on their love of drum machines and the raw production approach behind debut LP, Out Of Step

ATAXIA'S TOP TIPS

Cinetools Knockout