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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The best of 2023

Teenage Engineering’s EP-133 KO II is a supersized Pocket Operator

Korg Kaoss Replay takes the classic X/Y effects pad and marries it to a full sampler

UA’s new plugin recreates Sound City Studios

Torso Electronics’ S-4 Sculpting Sampler looks like a next-gen 4-track

Analog Rytm updated with new sound engines and Euclidean sequencer

2023 Oram Awards breaks new ground • The 2023 awards ceremony – celebrating the legacy of pioneer Daphne Oram – offered an exciting glimpse at the diverse future of electronic music

Rhyw • The Welsh-Greek producer on the synths and effects behind his high-energy tunes

Daniel Avery Drone Logic

Track by track with Daniel Avery

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VINCE CLARKE

Alternative synths • What if titans like Vital, Serum, Phase Plant and Pigments didn’t exist? Here are today’s coolest ‘alt’ synths for the contrarians and the experimentalists

DANNY DAZE • After canning two albums, Miami-based DJ/ producer Danny Daze delivers a 92-minute concept LP, truncated for VR headsets. Danny Turner finds out more…

Ableton Live 12 • Version 12 might be the biggest shake-up to Live in a decade. Here’s what you need to know to get up and running…

Ricardo Villalobos • The Chile-born producer is no stranger to lengthy, minimalist techno and remains a master of inspired remixes to this day

FANTASTIC TWINS • Based on her schizoid Fantastic Twins persona, Danny Turner delves deep into Julienne Dessagne’s eerie debut album, Two Is Not a Number

Steinberg Cubase 13 £497 • A new Cubase update has arrived and Bruce Aisher finds out if it’s going to be a lucky number for Steinberg

Yamaha CK Series keyboards from £1,119 • What do you get if you cross a stage piano with a portable keyboard, organ and synth? Something like this, reckons Ben Rogerson…

Hexinverter VCNO £165

1010music Nanobox Razzmatazz £389 • The Nanobox range gains a drum machine, but is it too small for making beats? Simon Arblaster reaches for his reading glasses

Lewitt LCT 440 Pure £215 • Is this the best sub-£300 condenser microphone around right now? Chris Corfield breaks out the spectral analyser

Teenage Engineering CM-15 £1,049 • This portable studio mic has a few tricks up its sleeve, but is it a victory for minimal design? Chris Corfield finds out

PreSonus Eris 3.5BT £119 • PreSonus’ highly popular speaker line has been overhauled. Jon Musgrave hooks up the baby of the bunch

SOUNDS & SAMPLES

UNDERSTANDING: Reverb • It’s an essential effect used on almost every track, but what actually is reverb and how does it work its magic?

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS 2023