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.
“That magic sound at a fraction of the price…” Whether it’s the smooth saturation of magnetic tape, the smoky summing of a hardware mixing console, or the warm girth of a retro synthesiser, the elusive sound of ‘analogue’ will never die. Physical circuitry can give instant imperfection, flavour and cohesion. Nevertheless, more and more producers and mix engineers (including me) are selling their valuable outboard gear, as DAWs and plugins can provide that magic sound at a fraction of the price, in a portable, recallable form. But to backwards engineer the studios and signal paths of old, you need the knowledge. So no matter if you’re an old-school purist or a digital obsessive who prefers Massive over Moog, skip to p22 to find out the essential tricks and techniques for…
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Tutorial videos High-quality videos to guide you through our tutorials. Wherever you see the icon on the left, there’s a video version to watch See this issue’s entire video content on the next pages Tutorial files A folder full of audio examples, synth patches and project files to help you follow our tutorials This digital content has been thoroughly scanned and tested at all stages of production, but as with all new software, we still recommend that you run a virus checker before use. We also recommend that you have an up-to-date backup of your hard drive before using the content. Future cannot accept responsibility for any disruption, damage and/or loss to your data or computer system that may occur while using this magazine’s programs and/or data. Consult your network…
INSTANT ANALOGUE Turn up the heat to make your tracks snap, crackle and pop with our video-packed guide Read the full article on p22 PINK CM Unwrap classic EQ tones with this issue’s plugin giveaway from DSP maestros Acustica Audio Read the full article on p52 JACKY We tracked him down to his Ibiza studio to see him pour over his track Apache in this exclusive video Viewing instructions on p45 MULTIBAND MASTERCLASS Process in bitesize bands to get greater flexibility Read the full article on p63 NEW YEAR STUDIO WORKOUT Get your tracks ripped in no time with our simple exercises Read the full article on p57 To download all these videos onto your PC/Mac, just head along to vault.computermusic.co.uk and register this issue…
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To help you get the most out of our immense plugin collection, we’ve assembled the Plugins Tutorial Bank, containing over 100 guides and tutorials for our cm Plugins, specially selected from past issues. You’ll find Getting Started PDFs and videos for most of the individual plugins, along with tutorial PDFs and videos on using Plugins for sound design, mixing, and even creating entire tracks. You’ll find all of this as a handy download in our Vault – go grab it now and start getting more out of your plugins! vault.computermusic.co.uk…
