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

Break with tradition

Arturia’s Dist Coldfire is a dual-engine distortion monster • The French brand’s latest effect combines distortion, delay, dynamics and a heap of modulation

Twisted Electrons’ MEGAfm MKII synth delivers the sound of second-gen Sega Mega Drive

IK Multimedia take iLoud pro with new Precision monitors

Cherry Audio revive the Elka Synthex, bringing ’80s Italian style to your DAW

Baby Audio release “the hardest hitting compressor in the industry”

Yamaha unveil new MODX+ synth updates

Waveform Free DAW updated for 2022: new features and no annoying restrictions

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live

Zouj • The City Slang artist’s tip to disregard expert tips may explain his own fresh approach

CLASSIC ALBUM

THE HISTORY OF BREAKBEATS • From vintage funk recordings through hip-hop, rave, drum & bass and beyond, breakbeats have been intrinsic to dance music for over 40 years. This issue, through fresh and classic interviews with influential producers, we trace the history of breaks and beatmaking from its origins to the modern day

How to slice and resequence a sampled break • In time-honoured breakbeat style, grab that cool-sounding drum beat, slice it up and make it your own

Emulate the classic ‘Akai’ sound in your DAW • Recreate the classic sounds of Akai’s MPC60 and S900, or E-mu’s SP-1200, using plugins

Punch up your sliced breakbeat

Masters of the drum break

THE COMET IS COMING • As the electro-jazz trio record their third album at Real World studios, Danny Turner chats to synth magician Danalogue

Joe Turner • The rising London producer on collaboration and falling in love with hardware synths

Creating Borders’ 303 arpeggio • Joe uses two hardware synths and plugin effects to nail the arp sound in his latest track

Know your reverbs and spatial processors • Understanding different types of reverb and spatial processor, when to use one, and when to use another, can be the secret to getting your mixes right

THREE OF THE BEST

ITALO BRUTALO

FKJ • FKJ’s brilliant new album features Little Dragon, Toro Y Moi and Carlos Santana, in an immersive Dolby Atmos format for added ‘chill’. Hamish Mackintosh found out more

PWM Malevolent £499 • This British brand’s debut instrument is a decidedly old-school semi-modular synth but, as Si Truss discovers, it boasts character by the bucketload

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field £1,999 • The OP-1 Field looks set to be as divisive as the original OP-1, says Andy Jones. Brilliant… and ridiculously expensive

Audient iD44 MkII £499

Neat King Bee II £160 • Will this imaginatively designed mic create a buzz in all the right ways? Charlotte Sterland finds out

Nunomo Qun mk2 $165 • Rob Redman delves deep to discover the capabilities of this deceptive little pocket synth

Befaco AC/DC £211 • Did this DC-coupled audio interface from Spain, hailed for its relative affordability, shake Rob Redman all night long?

Korg Volca FM2 £149 • The DX7-inspired synth gets a v2 upgrade with twice the polyphony and new effects. Si Truss goes back to the ’80s

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