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.

FUTURE MUSIC

House keeping

Serato brings stem separation to your DAW

BLEASS' Fusion is the Swiss Army knife of distortion

Cherry Audio's Harmonia combines additive, vector and wavetable synthesis

Universal Audio's Apollo Twin X USB is a gift for Windows users

Native Instruments' new Traktor DJ Controller: 'X1 of a kind'

Dubreq launches pocketsized drum machine Stylophone Beat

Piezo • Luca Mucci talks studio gear, weird effects, and why he records absolutely everything

Fort Knox Five Radio Free DC

Aphex Twin, Forwards Festival

Machinedrum & Holly, River of Heaven

ghost orchard, Re: Rainbow Music

ON OUR PLAYLIST

THE 2023 GUIDE HOUSE

CINTHIE • As a DJ, producer, label boss and owner of the Elevate record store, Cinthie is a cornerstone of Berlin’s contemporary house scene

HOUSE BUILDING

OCTO OCTA • DJ/producer Octo Octa (Maya Bouldry-Morrison) has been lauded for her modern yet classic approach to house. We sat down with her to get her production take

JOSH CAFFÉ • With his edgy, charismatic take on Chicago house, Josh Caffé tells all about his ambitious debut LP – Poppa Zesque

HANIA RANI • Moving beyond her classical repertoire, Hania Rani faces her fears with expansive new album, Ghosts. Danny Turner finds out more

Loopmasters

Paper Dragon • The Bristol trio combining their varied industry experience to create raw, nostalgic club music

PRODUCER’S Guide

LUKID • Adding a lick of paint to his first new Lukid album in ten years, Danny Turner chats to Luke Blair about ditching his pursuit of perfection

Aphex Twin • A man of many names, many genres, and many myths, Richard D. James doesn’t play by the rules

IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X £520 • The latest in the UNO synth range takes a left turn with more hands-on control, says Andy Jones

Intellijel Cascadia £2,025 • With this coast-crossing, platform-hopping, semi-modular synth, Intellijel aims to win a torrent of new fans. Rob Redman gets into the flow

Knobula Pianophonic £420 • Rob Redman settles in at the old Joanna and explores “the percussive detail of sampled sounds”

Kurzweil K2700 £2,969 • With its vast array of synthesis and performance technologies, Kurzweil continues its legendary workstation ethic, through an updated workhorse. Dave Gale investigates

The t.bone RB 500 £85 • Fancy some retro ribbon sounds? Jon Musgrave gets miking with this re-issued affordable design

Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen Interfaces from £140 • Focusrite’s most popular interfaces have received a welcome update. Jon Musgrave sizes up the new Scarletts

Arturia Acid V €99 • The French brand plugs a 303-shaped hole in its V Collection line-up but, Si Truss asks, is Acid V missing a little mojo?

SOUNDS & SAMPLES

Transient shaping

Quick effect tips: Part 5 • Get more out of your processors with our series of quick-and-simple effect ideas

GEAR GUIDE