Music Tech Magazine - Issue 79
Complete with a special 24-page supplement on Propellerhead's Record, this issue brings you an in-depth look at making pro-sounding beats, everything you need to know about making dubstep, plus Workshops on Live 8, Logic Pro 9, Cubase 5 and Reason 4.
Publish date: 17 September 2009
Issue 79 of Music Tech Magazine is out now in newsagents throughout the UK.
In the issue…
Features
Programming Beats
If you don’t have access to – or need for – a ‘real’ drummer, you’ll need to create your beats with hardware or software alternatives. But which of the many options out there is best for you, and how do you go about constructing profession-sounding drum tracks? Hollin Jones explains all.
Making Dubstep
Dubstep is one of the most exciting new movements of recent years, attracting growing numbers of fans. In this feature we deconstruct the genre and show you how to make your own authentic dubstep tracks.
Propellerhead Record Supplement
Free with this issue of Music Tech is our free 24-page Record supplement, featuring two Record Workshops, the full review, two pages of tips & tricks, plus our guide to getting started with this exciting new DAW.
Ten Minute Masters
Microphone Maintenance
Keeping check on the condition of your microphones is time well invested. Grant Bridgeman cleans up.
Resynthesis
Resynthesis is one of the most intriguing concepts now becoming more readily accessible to the contemporary sound designer. Mark Cousins explains its finer details.
Subscribe and receive a free 4GB USB 2.0 memory stick! Find out more or subscribe online now!
This Month’s Workshops
Ableton Live 8
Live’s not just good with audio, it’s more than adequately equipped to deal with MIDI tracks, too, and offers plenty of creative possibilities. Hollin Jones has the low-down.
Reason 4
When you’re looking to create unique and interesting effects, freestyle patching in Reason is the way forward…
Logic Pro 8
The introduction of Flex Time technology in Logic Pro 9 has revolutionised audio editing in a startling and profound way, as Mark Cousins explains.
Cubase 5
It appears deceptively simple, but delve beneath the surface and the Key Editor has some very useful tricks up its sleeve. We lift the lid.
Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through its paces in
this issue, including FXpansion DCAM: Synth Squad, Peavey’s 16FX, Waves Studio Classic, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24, Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5014/5042, Steinberg The Grand 3, VSL Vienna Imperial and more…
ON THE DVD
Future Synths Part 1
This month our in-house samples team has put together a small but razor-sharp collection of cutting-edge synth sounds for you to use in your own productions. The patches were programmed using various soft synths alongside the Virus Indigo. The sounds were then blended and mixed before being exported to create the hybrid results.
Trance Sequences
Equinox Sounds has provided us with ten construction kits of powerful trance bass lines, synths, arpeggios and melodies ranging from 135 to 145BPM.
(16-bit/44.1kHz WAV, Apple Loops, REX2 formats)
www.equinoxsounds.com
Pro Tools 8 Expert Tips
The latest version of Pro Tools has greatly enhanced audio and MIDI editing features and this month Groove 3 has provided chapters on note selection, loop recording and the MIDI Editor window. There’s also an overview of elastic audio, with detailed explanations on how to edit guitar tracks and rephrase vocal rhythms.
www.groove3.com
Music Tech Focus
On-sale now! Music Tech Focus: Native Instruments
On sale now - Music Tech Focus: Pro Tools
Don’t miss Music Tech Focus Mastering, Cubase, Logic Pro, Reason and Live editions on sale now.
Buy online (£9 UK, £11 Europe, £14 Rest of World inc p&p) or Subscribe online and save 17% on every issue.
Recent issues...
 |
Issue 90 |
 |
Issue 89 |
|
 |
Issue 88 |
 |
Issue 87 |
|
 |
Issue 86 |
 |
Issue 85 |
|
 |
Issue 84 |
 |
Issue 83 |
