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

Farewell to a legend

Synth legend Dave Smith, designer of the Prophet-5, dies

Dave Smith: Synth Prophet • ‘Legend’ can be an overused term, often diluting its status, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career…

Mavis – the budget-friendly Moog for the masses • This latest analogue semi-modular can be used standalone or as part of a Eurorack system

Neve unveil 88M USB interface, promising console sound for your DAW

Softube channel Roland’s SH-101 for the Model 82 synth plugin

Teenage Engineering release free Pocket Operator for Pixel

Melbourne Instruments reveal the Nina synth

Focal’s Solo6 and Twin6 get makeover

iZotope bring a whiff of Trash to Neutron 4, for smarter auto-mixing

Go wild with the West Pest, Cre8audio’s buzzy new semi-modular synth

Groove Synthesis unveil the 3rd Wave

Henry Greenleaf • With new EP Kirkstone out now, Henry Greenleaf shares his production tips and tricks

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live • What tools in Ableton Live can I use to get over creative blocks when they appear in my workflow?

Boys Noize Out Of The Black

Track by track with Boys Noize

LIKE IT? TRY THESE…

DESIGN YOUR PERFECT SYSTEM • The beauty of modular synthesis is that you can take it in any direction you like. Design your dream setup with our end-to-end guide

Oscillators • The beating (well, technically oscillating) heart of your modular project

Filters

Sequencers

Effects

LFO/modulators

Utilities

JEFF MILLS

Polyend Play • This performance groovebox is a powerful and complex beast. Let’s explore some of its top capabilities

Getting creative with Play’s Fill mode • Let’s see how Play’s Fill mode, variations and more can quickly inspire unique patterns

FLUME • After ten years of stardom, Flume’s Harley Streten ditched LA to return to his native Australia. Danny Turner discovers why

Italo disco • The Italian take on disco established itself as a style in its own right, influencing everything from house to synthwave

TOURIST • Matt Mullen catches up with William Phillips on lockdown limitations, Logic and latest LP Inside Out

Roland JD-08 £349 • Roland’s latest Boutique is a recreation of one of their most fascinating synths from the ’90s, the JD-800. Where that was massive, this is tiny but – as Andy Jones discovers – it delivers the crunch of the original and some lovely 2022 features…

Teenage Engineering TX-6 mixer £1199 • The Swedes have created a mind blowingly compact mixer but, as Si Truss asks, does the fact they can mean they should?

ADDAC 311 Ultra Floor Controller £350

Arturia V Collection 9 £419

1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop £379 • Andy Jones finds the second in the Nanobox range is a touchscreen, palmsize synth with full-size sound… and price

Arturia FX Collection 3 €399 • Arturia’s effects bundle is catching up on V Collection in terms of size and scope. Si Truss checks out the latest additions

Audient EVO 16 £400 • If you need eight mic inputs,...