Computer Music's goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions.
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From step-by-step tutorials and exclusive samples to inspirational in-studio videos with professional producers Computer Music’s aim has always been to provide you with everything you need to Make Music Now. And, of course, a key part of this package is our collection of virtual instruments and effects, yours to install and use for only the price of a magazine. “This could be a candidate for the biggest cm giveaway ever…” Well, as you’ve already spotted on the cover of this very mag, this issue’s free software giveaway is something rather special… and could be a candidate for the biggest cm giveaway ever! Bitwig Studio 2 is a gamechanging digital audio workstation, and your free 8-Track version will revolutionise the way you create and perform electronic music, especially if you’re used…
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6 Exploring the Arranger Timeline and Clip Launcher 7 Getting to know Scenes 9 Synthesising an FM bass sound with FM-4 10 Processing MIDI with Note FX 11 Trying out Sampler’s new features 12 Sampler’s Textures and Cycles modes 15 Jamming in the Clip Launcher 18 Understanding Containers 19 Advanced modulation with Containers Download this month’s videos: filesilo.co.uk/computermusic Read the full article on p22…
Aiming to provide total operational dominance over both your DAW and hardware synths, the latest version of Novation’s popular SL series controller keyboard looks to be a major upgrade from previous generations. The SL MkIII clearly riffs on Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol S-Series Mk2 keyboards, with its Light Guide-style RGB LEDs over every key, illuminating to provide visual referencing for scale and chord layouts, and keyboard zoning. Beyond that, unlike the more understated S-Series, the SL MkIII is bristling with knobs, pads, faders and buttons. It also gives an impressive degree of connectivity, with the usual USB, MIDI and pedal outputs joined by an analogue clock and two sets of CV/Gate/Mod minijacks. Building on the technological foundations put in place by Novation’s Launchkey and Launchpad controllers, the SL MkIII hooks…
