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

MPC X Special Edition looks like a modern classic • It might look retro, but the MPC X Special Edition is actually “the most powerful MPC ever”

UNDERSTANDING: Limiters

Quick synth tips: Part 2 • Get more out of your synths with our series of quick-and-dirty synthesis tips

GET DYNAMIC • Dynamic processing is one of the most useful – and misunderstood – parts of music production. Here's how to master this most important and creative of processes, forever!

Functionality versus creativity

CHANNEL TRES • One of dance music's most distinctive new voices, Danny Turner chats to Channel Tres about the origins of his ‘Compton house' sound

#3 '80s flavors • The distinctive sound of the 1980s is back! This month, Dave Clews shares some techniques for recreating it in your tracks

Joyce Muniz • The Brazilian producer on her eclectic new album and love of hardware sequencers

MUNIZ'S TOP TIPS

Roland Jupiter-X $3,000 • Is the 21st century Jupiter a dream machine to conjure sounds of the past and the future? Or just a box of plugins with some pretty lights on?

Donner DMK-25 Pro $155 • Small but mighty, this controller delivers a ton of functionality and impressive value.

Focal ST6 Twin6 $1,954 each • Focal's premium 2.5-way Twin piques our interest.

Audient EVO SP8 $499 • Need more analog inputs or outputs for an ADAT-equipped interface? This unit could be ideal.

Herbs and Stones Solid Felt $499 • Get to know this “clever” standalone filter device.

E xcite Audio V ision 4X $111 • Decent audio analysis tools can help improve your productions and this new all-in-one plugin aims to provide just that.

Reference

Rhodes V8 $187 • The Rhodes is back! The new Mk8 electric piano is now joined by the V8 software, with plenty of surprises under the virtual lid.

Pro Qualities

Steinberg HALion 7 $385 • Steinberg's do-everything sample-based instrument now does a lot more, is easier on the eye and a lot easier to grapple with.

More modulation and creation

GForce Software Minimonsta2 $130 • What's that coming over the hill? It's the latest incarnation of the Moog Model D from soft-synth pioneers GForce Software.

All in the X-Modifiers

Impact Soundworks – Tokyo Scoring Drum Kits $299

Audiotent – OPUS $56

Modern music theory tools • Learn how to use today's top theory tools to hit the target or get creative

THREE OF THE BEST

15 questions with… Gryffin • With millions of YouTube and Spotify streams, and successful collaborations with Maroon 5, Carly Rae Jepsen and One Republic under his belt, there's no stopping the meteoric rise of US producer and songwriter Gryffin. Here he describes how going from AC/DC to deadmau5 and classical piano to Ableton Live helped him launch his bid for Spotify superstardom…

BLAST FROM THE PAST • The brain that powered Oberheim's pre-MIDI ‘System', the DSX ‘Digital Polyphonic Sequencer' offered nine tracks of recording and unprecedented flexibility