Electronic Musician

The new ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN is a “must have” resource for anyone who makes music, plays music, and shares music. Every issue includes "gig tested" product reviews on music gear, tons of how-to's, and interviews with today's stars revealing the secrets of their songwriting approaches and audio-production concepts.

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Electronic Musician

NEW GEAR

SOFT OPINIONS • One of the most infamous companies in our world seems to be branching out into software development. What comes next?

THIS MONTH • IN SOFTWARE DAWs are updating, the past is coming to life in emulated form, and the way for pay for music software continues to change

Tonsturm FRQ SHIFT

909 SESSIONS • Unappreciated upon release, Roland’s TR-909 drum machine reshaped a musical era and still sets standards for new generations

Three virtual TR-909 clones

Anatomy of the TR-909

MORGAN PAGE • From tracker software beginnings to top ten hits, Morgan Page is a producer par excellence. After dispensing production tips on Twitter, what’s his advice for working in the industry?

Two-Handed Techniques For Soloing On A Mono Synth • Get in touch with your inner “finger drummer” with these two-handed rhythmic figures to add some flashy excitement to your solos

Octaves • They’re the most basic intervals of all… but how do they work? And why do they contain twelve notes? Dave Clews explains all

Sequential Prophet VS • Today’s musicians take features like sampled waveforms and X/Y pads for granted, but there was a time when they were cutting edge

Three great plugin alternatives

David Baron • David Baron is a keyboard player, producer, and engineer based in the New York City area. He has produced acclaimed artists like Jade Bird, Peter Murphy, and Bat for Lashes, and performed and arranged on records for the Lumineers, Shawn Mendes, Meghan Trainor, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Urban and many others. He runs a private recording studio with a large collection of analog synthesizers and vintage recording gear near Woodstock, New York. Find out more at thedavidbaron.com

Matriarch • The colorful Matriarch sits at the top of Moog’s semi-modular ‘Mother’ range. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman gets connecting…

Delay, Utilities and Modulation

THE ALTERNATIVES

PO 400 • TE’s ‘poor man’s modular’, is really more ‘beginner’s semi’, but there’s plenty of fun to be had here… If you put the effort in

The build

THE ALTERNATIVES

PSP oldTimer MB • Taking the ‘if-it-ain’t-broke’ approach, the acclaimed Polish developer has tripled-up its beloved compressor into a multiband format

THE ALTERNATIVES

Launchpad Pro Mk3 • In a hotly-anticipated update, Novation’s top-of-the-range Launchpad finally gets the ‘Mk3’ treatment, but is it ready for lift-off?

Truth and (con)sequences

THE ALTERNATIVES

Triton • Amid a '90s revival, Korg release their pioneering late '90s workstation in software. But is the promise of on-trend sounds worth shelling out for?

The sound of the crowd

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Core • The ‘smartwatch for musicians’ gets an upgrade with a handy built-in tuner. Francis Preve asks if it’s worth your time?

MicroLab $89 • Compact keyboard controllers can feel like a compromise. On the other hand…

E8XT • An update for this popular PreSonus monitor range has landed. Let’s see what’s new

Erebus v3 • Let’s check out the latest incarnation of Dreadbox’s popular patchable desktop analog synth

EREBUS V3 PATCHBAY

THE ALTERNATIVES

REVIEW

TRAP

SOUND DESIGN: RESONATORS • Exploring the concepts behind physical modeling

QUICK TIPS

Phase Plant • Getting to...