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

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ACCESSING YOUR BONUS DIGITAL CONTENT

IN THE ARCHIVE – UPDATED! • FM’s Sample Archive gives you over 18GB of royalty-free sounds.

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BONUS SAMPLES • DOWNLOAD AT MUSICRADAR.COM/HOW-TO/FUTURE-MUSIC-412-DOWNLOADS

Find Your Perfect Tone • Every issue, Guitarist brings you the best gear, features, lessons and interviews to fuel your passion for guitar

Ableton’s 12.1 update brings a new vocal tuner and Drum Sampler to Live • Plus, improved MIDI editing, automatic sample tagging and updated Limiter and Saturator devices

Sonicware’s Ambient Ø is designed for creating immersive soundscapes

Baby Audio’s new plugin offers extreme hard tuning

FL Studio’s huge update brings new synth, effects, AI-powered MIDI tools, CLAP support and more

“It’s ready to bite”: GForce releases an enhanced version of the OB-1

The classic Space Echo RE-201 has arrived in the Roland Cloud

Steinberg’s free X-Stream synth can “turn any samples into smooth evolving soundscapes”

Killer chord progressions in Ableton Live 12 • How can I create interesting and expressive chord progressions quickly in Live 12?

TALKING SHOP GRYPHON RUE • The unique NY artist tells us what drives him, from Portastudios and Pro Tools to Prince

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ULTIMATE DRUM MACHINES • The beat-making tools in your DAW might be more powerful and flexible, but there’s a case for taking the hands-on route to beat creation. Let’s explore why – and how – to use a drum machine…

Get to know your drum machine’s sequencer • Your machine’s features explained, and how you can make the most of them

Using your drum machine as a controller

How to process your drum machine: six go-to effects • Whether analogue, digital or sampled, drum machine sounds often benefit from a touch of effects polish…

Deeper editing: further sound shaping tips

6 of the best: recent drum machines to suit any style or budget

Soft options: four must-try drum machine plugins

ACTRESS • An inscrutable force in electronic music, Danny Turner chats to Darren J. Cunningham about his celestial-sounding tenth Actress album, Statik

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IN THE STUDIO MAX COOPER • The UK producer invites us into his studio for a tour of his hardware synths and creative stompboxes

Reason 13 • See and hear what’s new in the latest upgrade to the legendary virtual studio DAW

Sidechain Tool brings instant ducking to Reason

Exploring Reason 13’s Ripley Space Delay

Sequential Prophet-5 • The keyboard to the stars and first portable synth with memories and polyphony, the Prophet-5 was the star of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but also a messiah that’s made a glorious comeback in the 2020s. Here’s why the Prophet-5 is one of the finest synths – in software and hardware – that money can buy

Get unique sounds from a Prophet-V • Via the Poly Mod section, we’ll show you how to create unique sounds using software, in this case Arturia’s Prophet-5 V

KIASMOS • Matt Mullen...