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.

New dynamics

Future Music

Yamaha’s Seqtrak is an all-inone synth, drum machine, sampler and sequencer • Yamaha has released a run of impressive high-end workstation keyboards in recent years, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen the Japanese giant dip its toes into the more affordable ends of the synth market. However, its latest release, Seqtrak, is the most exciting Yamaha product we’ve seen in a while

Sonicware’s new synth captures the gloriously retro sound of the Sega Genesis

Korg Gadget adds new instruments, effects and AUv3 support

Akai introduces stem separation for its MPC range

Korg unveils a stacked synth line-up for 2024 • microKorg 2, KingKorg Neo, a DIY Kaoss Pad and NTS-1 mkII lead an impressive deck of upcoming instruments

Arturia releases Pigments 5

Erica Synths’ Megarack is a beast of a modular case

iZotope unveils AI-powered Vocal Enhancement Assistant

Dubreq’s latest Stylophone is a modular drone synth

Hannah Thurlow • The producer/sound designer discusses modular synths and the gear she can’t live without

CLASSIC ALBUM

RELEASES

THE FUTURE OF EQ & DYNAMICS • While vintage studio effects are beloved for their ‘character’, modern tools offer precision, transparency and convenience at a level never possible in the analogue realm. Let’s explore the modern mixing tools you need to know about…

Dynamic EQ • Dynamic EQ is a powerful processing tool. We look at what it is and how it works

5 QUICK EQ AND DYNAMICS TIPS

Using mid/side EQ in Ableton Live • Take control of your stereo sources with Live’s EQ Eight and Utility

Modern dynamics • Get to grips with the latest compression, gating and hitherto uncategorisable dynamics processors with our guide

Auburn Sounds Lens’ spectral processing

Modern ‘analogue’ compression

IS AI THE FUTURE OF MASTERING? • We put several popular ‘auto-mastering’ services head-to-head to see if they really have a chance of replacing a real mastering engineer

MAYA SHENFELD • An existential ode to climate change, Berlinbased composer Maya Shenfeld talks to Danny Turner about her evocative second album, Under the Sun

MACHINE WOMAN • Beyond her eccentric track titles and comical cover art, sound artist Anastasia Vtorova is on a mission to inspire. Danny Turner finds out more

Pultec EQP-1 • This 1950s EQ is still one of the most in-demand processors around, so much so that you can find many (many) hardware and software emulations. But just why is the Pultec EQP-1 such a revered EQ? As it turns out, it’s all about not reading the manual…

Pultec EQP-1 and 1A background and use • The history, the emulations, modern versions, and great Pultec EQ techniques

The Pultec low-end trick

MGMT • A decade and a half on from their early success, MGMT tell Danny Turner how they’ve got their mojo back on latest LP, Loss of Life

Sophie • We celebrate a producer who embraced a dizzying, daring approach that made plenty of friends but took no prisoners

SOPHIE IN FOUR TRACKS

Waldorf Iridium Core Desktop £1,555 • Waldorf’s latest desktop synthesiser shrinks the groundbreaking Iridium to its Core element. Dave Gale pushes the...