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.

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Yamaha’s Montage M is a workstation that calls back to a beloved virtual analogue classic

Korg announces Keystage, its first MIDI 2.0 controller

Former Spitfire Audio CEO launches new company Song Athletics

Arturia's 'high density' 16Rig is the top of the AudioFuse range

Sonicware Livens up its Lofi-12 sample groovebox with an all-new XT version

Roland updates its software JX-3P and now you can make it sound pristine or battered

Could Lambda Synthetics' PolyPulse revolutionise electronic live performance?

Eventide releases immersive versions of its Blackhole and MicroPitch plugins

Mella Dee • The London-based producer admits he’s not precious about gear, and tells us how his new studio keeps him inspired

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VOCAL SAMPL ING • From sourcing samples to extracting acapellas, rearranging your audio to creative effect processing, let’s take a deep dive into the art of the vocal ‘flip’

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STEM SEPARA ___TION • Once the domain of a handful of specialised software tools, stem separation – the ability to separate full tracks into their constituent instrumental parts – is becoming increasingly prevalent in modern music technology

Hit’n’Mix RipX DeepRemix $99

Serato Sample $149

Acon Digital Remix $49.90

FL Studio from $99

Phase cancellation: the old fashioned way to extract vocals

Extracting a vocal sample using stem separation: 4 tips

GAUDIO STUDIO

Basic vocal sample editing

PITCH SHIFTING, FORMANT SHIFTING AND VOC ____ODING

Using vocals to create textures

Enhancing a vocal loop with edits and oneshot FX • The beauty of working with sampled vocals is that you’re not beholden to preserving the performance, style or even meaning of your vocalist. Let’s take the basic two-line vocal hook we created earlier and add ear-catching creativity with a few simple edits.

WORKING WITH ONE- SHOT VOC ______ALS

DOS & DON’TS

Sequenced vocal effects • Sequencer-focused multi-effect tools can be something of a secret weapon when it comes to ‘flipping’ a vocal sample. Here are three of the best…

MARTA SALOGNI • Recording engineer Marta Salogni chats to Danny Turner about her career and restoration of albums for ’80s synth pioneer Pauline Anna Strom

Wavetable synthesis • Get to know this synthesis method by its basics, then discover the more innovative sides of today’s forward-thinking wavetable synth plugins

Exploring modulation possibilities in wavetable synthesis

Advanced wavetable scanning and manipulation

MODULATION IN WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS

Wavetable tips

Building a patch in the free SocaLabs Wavetable plugin

Building an evolving, sustained sound in Cherry Audio Harmonia

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What next for wavetables?

DJ SHADOW • The iconic crate-digger speaks to Matt Mullen about serendipitous needle drops, YouTube samples and why he’s moved on from MPCs

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