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

30 years of FM!

Korg finally unveil Drumlogue

UAD Spark comes to PC

Aphex Twin releases Samplebrain, a free and open-source “custom sample mashing app”

Moog’s Model 10 modular synth is back again

The Jellyfish is a new plugin that dives into granular synthesis

Intech Studio launch Knot, a standalone USB MIDI host

Apogee release entry-level Boom interface

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live

30 YEARS OF PRODUCTION • ISSUE 1 OF FUTURE MUSIC HIT NEWS-STANDS 30 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. A lot has changed in the world of music production since then – software has become exponentially more powerful, instruments have become smaller, and synths went digital… and then analogue again. This issue we chart three decades of electronic music making through 30 essential or influential production tools.

NOVATION BASS STATION • WHAT IS IT?: MONO (AND 303-A-LIKE) SYNTH | LAUNCH YEAR: 1993 | LAUNCH PRICE: £349

ROLAND JV-1080 • WHAT IS IT?: SUPER SOUND MODULE WITH EXPANDABILITY | LAUNCH YEAR: 1994 | LAUNCH PRICE: £1,085

CLAVIA NORD LEAD • WHAT IS IT?: THE FIRST VIRTUAL ANALOGUE SYNTH | LAUNCH YEAR: 1995 | LAUNCH PRICE: $1,995

KORG PROPHECY • WHAT IS IT?: MULTI-ENGINED MONOSYNTH WITH HANDS-ON CONTROL | LAUNCH YEAR: 1995 | LAUNCH PRICE: £999

ACCESS VIRUS • WHAT IS IT?: VIRTUAL ANALOGUE SYNTH AND DANCE MEGASTAR | LAUNCH YEAR: 1997

ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 • WHAT IS IT?: MIND-BLOWING ANALOGUE SYNTH WORKSTATION | LAUNCH YEAR: 2001 | LAUNCH PRICE: £2,599

MOOG VOYAGER • WHAT IS IT?: MINIMOOG RECREATION WITH 21ST CENTURY ADDITIONS | LAUNCH YEAR: 2002 | LAUNCH PRICE: £2,200

ROLAND V-SYNTH • WHAT IS IT?: EVERYTHING ROLAND, ALL IN ONE BOX | LAUNCH YEAR: 2003 | LAUNCH PRICE: £1,999

KORG MICROKORG • WHAT IS IT?: THE BEST-SELLING PORTABLE SYNTH EVER | LAUNCH YEAR: 2003 | LAUNCH PRICE: £399

ELEKTRON MONOMACHINE • WHAT IS IT?: SYNTHESISER AND SEQUENCER WITH ATTITUDE | LAUNCH YEAR: 2004 | LAUNCH PRICE: SFX-6 KEYBOARD: €1,950, 60 MODULE: €1,350

NI MASCHINE • WHAT IS IT?: MPC-INSPIRED MIDI CONTROLLER FOR PAIRED WITH NI’S BEATMAKING SOFTWARE | LAUNCH YEAR: 2009 | LAUNCH PRICE: £515

KORG MINILOGUE • WHAT IS IT?: FOUR-VOICE ANALOGUE POLYSYNTH | LAUNCH YEAR: 2016 | LAUNCH PRICE: £435

ELEKTRON DIGITAKT • WHAT IS IT?: SAMPLER AND SEQUENCER | LAUNCH YEAR: 2017 | LAUNCH PRICE: £659

ROLAND TR-8S • WHAT IS IT?: DRUM MACHINE BASED ON VIRTUAL ANALOGUE, SAMPLE AND FM ENGINES | LAUNCH YEAR: 2018 | LAUNCH PRICE: £609

MOOG DFAM • WHAT IS IT?: SEMI-MODULAR PERCUSSION SYNTH | LAUNCH YEAR: 2018 | LAUNCH PRICE: £549

MURA MASA • Grammy-winning Alex Crossan has worked with some of the most exciting names in pop, rock and hip-hop. But, as he tells Matt Mullen, he still places creativity over technical ability

SKUDGE • Techno purist Elias Landberg’s fourth Skudge album displays a master craftsman at work. Danny Turner dives in

30 CLASSIC RECORDS…

PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM • For Reset, long-time friends Panda Bear and Sonic Boom stare down global unease through the medium of samples. Danny Turner found out more

NILS FRAHM • As the German composer and producer returns with a new...