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 • CHERRY AUDIO UNVEIL SUPERCHARGED JUPITER EMULATION, MERCURY-6

MINIMAL AUDIO RELEASE CLUSTER DELAY

BEHRINGER CONFIRM DETAILS OF THEIR MOOG TAURUS EMULATION

MODALICS EON-ARP IS A FREE PLUGIN FOR CREATING WILD MELODY AND CHORD PATTERNS

MAKE A TRACK WITH TRACKTION WAVEFORM FREE 12 • Looking to try a new DAW or switch up your workflow? Waveform Offers an inspiring tool set, and you can get going for free…

NEIL COWLEY • Struggling to confront the past, Neil Cowley’s second LP, Battery Life, attempts to redefine his memories. Danny Turner chats to the acclaimed pianist

NEIL’S GO-TO GEAR

Tips for creating melodies • Got some cool chords but need a melody to fit them? Tune in below for some useful tips in the first of a major series on songwriting…

Roland MC-202 MicroComposer • A notoriously poor seller upon release, this little gray gadget is a damned near perfect combination of some of Roland’s most famous machines

The closest you can get to a virtual 202

SH-4d • Roland release yet another groovebox that emulates the company’s heritage instruments. However, there’s real reason to be excited here…

Rhythm nation

THE ALTERNATIVES

Pigments 4 • The next generation of this creative synthesizer from Arturia adds a new splash of tonal color to an already burgeoning palette

Getting Mod’d

THE ALTERNATIVES

Seaboard Rose 2 • Roli’s long-awaited sequel has finally arrived. Daryl Robertson finds out if it rises to the occasion

B1 Analog Bass Sequencer • Donner enter the analog synth realm with a 303 clone that sounds the part - even if it doesn’t look it.

Authenticity vs convenience

THE ALTERNATIVES

Hitmaker SDX • Looking for great drum hits and grooves? Why not hire the Hitmaker, as this expansion pack applies the Invisible Touch of Hugh Padgham…

Ambience, Balls and Biscuits

THE ALTERNATIVES

GoAux series • Need to take your monitors with you? KRK might have the perfect solution for you

MPE MVPS • This month, let’s look at where we are with hardware controllers and examine the rise of the MPE controller - and whether it is still the future of software music production…

MPE controllers • Six of the best MIDI polyphonic expression controllers out now

MPE synths • It’s not all about controllers: let’s welcome synths to the MPE party, too. Here are six of the best in hardware and software

The history of deep control • MIDI’s expressive potential has always been there, right from its inception. Yet it’s mainly thanks to those few who realized how it could be deployed, and imagined new ways of performing that we have such a huge range of options today

There’s weird, and then there’s…

Lewis Thompson • Lewis Thompson is one half of DJ duo Just Kiddin’ and also partnered David Guetta for last year’s huge hit ‘Take Me Back’, which has so far been streamed over 20 million times. He has production and writing credits on eight Top 10 UK singles, but as one of the most prolific dance producers out there, that is just the start of it. Time for 15, actually 16, answers please…

Trikk • Trikk gives us the lowdown on the studio setup behind his new album Fauna & Flora

TRIKK’S TOP TIPS

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