Future Music

Future Music delivers the technique and technology behind the hits. Packed with inspiration for today’s modern musician there’s reviews of hot new gear, tons of tutorials to help you get the most out of your hardware and software, and exclusive In The Studio features where the stars take apart their tracks. Our Zinio edition does not include the DVD but DOES INCLUDE the full samples and tutorial files to download. Full details inside. Download does not include In The Studio With video. This digital edition is not printable.

The final hurdle

Future Music

Korg revamps the Wavestate for v2 and drops a fancy SE model

Zynthian 5 is a standalone, opensource device with 50 synth engines

Full Bucket Music’s latest free plugin brings back the Crumar Bit One

Splice is letting you use AI to create your own ‘Stacks’ of samples

Behringer make a “premium” mixer for $129

Tracktion Love is an ‘instant ambient’ plugin

Novation expands its FL Studio controller range

Add instant analogue character in your DAW with Excite Audio Lifeline ConsoleLite

Pearl & The Oysters

Landscape

Track by track with Richard James Burgess

Headache

The Japanese House

Al Wootton

ON OUR PLAYLIST

FINISH MORE TRACKS

STRATEGIES FOR CREATING FINISHED ARRANGEMENTS

FIVE RULES TO HELP YOU FINISH MORE TRACKS

FINISHING TRACKS: ARTIST ADVICE

THE QUICK GUIDE TO COMPLETING MIXDOWNS

SEBASTIAN MULLAERT • Sebastian Mullaert talks to Danny Turner about his mentorship programme In Bloom and live jamming with Dorisburg

James Hype • The in-demand DJ and hit-making producer demonstrates his approach to crafting bootleg edits

Creating percussive chord stabs • James turns the original track’s epic chords into something more rhythmic for the dancefloor

ASH WALKER • Fusing a cosmic shower of styles, Danny Turner dissects Ash Walker’s ‘anti-engineering’ approach to his latest album, Astronaut

Bus processing • Get more out of your mix by processing in groups, and discover pre-master strategies for your master bus

Ways to process in groups

New signal adventures

NATHAN MICAY

Daft Punk

DAFT PUNK IN FOUR TRACKS

JAMES ELLIS FORD • Hamish Mackintosh catches up with the Simian Mobile Disco founder turned in-demand producer

Bitwig Studio 5 From £79

Akai Pro MPC One+ £699

Audio-Technica ATS99 £280 • Tired of the same old dynamic handheld mics? Jon Musgrave plugs up this new offering from Audio-Technica

Arturia KeyLab Essential Mk3 from €199 • .Jon Musgrave dons a white coat and mulls this ‘refreshed’ batch of controllers

FSS FIL4 Timbral Sculptor 319 • Does this ‘timbral sculpting’ tool blend the best of East and West Coast design? For Phil Wise it was love at first sight

Arturia MicroFreak v5 £295 • The eccentric digital synth gets some solid sampling capabilities. Si Truss goes granular

ADDAC 107 Acid Source £199 • Rob Redman takes on ADDAC’s latest compact synth voice

Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 from £170 • Bluetooth headphones are popular for many reasons. Jon Musgrave pairs with this updated design from Audio-Technica

FM | SOUNDS & SAMPLES

UNDERSTANDING: Filters

Quick effects tips: Part 4 • Get more out of your synths with our series of quick-and-dirty synthesis tips

GEAR GUIDE