Beat Magazine 226 2024

PDF | 16 October 2024 | ENGLiSH:59.87 MB | GERMAN:23.45 MB

42 EFFECT PEDALS discoverd – New sounds for guitars, synths & vocals

Effect pedals are only for guitars! No, because they also work for drums and synths. So it‘s time for a market overview with must-haves, affordable all-rounders, the coolest tube distortion pedals for drum machines, endless reverbs for your synths and of course secret budget tips. We also provide promising effect chains, test the latest pedals and provide instructions for building your own pedal boards. Discover with us the huge potential of experimenting with effect pedals and get back to tweaking the sound with a pedal instead of using a mouse and trackpad!

Computer Music 337 2024 PDF

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 80 MB

Explore Logic’s hotly-awaited new version in Computer Music issue 337 – and get a free multi-effect tool worth £79! Any new update to Logic (or any DAW!) is worth knowing about if you love music production – the game-changing new features, the workflow improvements and above all, the new opportunities for making cool sounds! From the helpful new AI of the Session Players to the innovation of astounding Stem Splitter, there’s plenty to read about, that’s for sure.

BEAT Magazine 222 July 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 16.71MB

PLUGIN SECRETS – 56 Tricks you don’t know yet!

Some things are just not up for debate, plug-ins are a cool thing! But do you really know every trick? Can you quickly create the ideal sounds for your track? Are you taking advantage of VST3 and CLAP? Are the vocals prominently mixed and the bass perfectly placed thanks to the Pultec trick? Our extensive special not only provides you with indispensable sound design tips, but also shows you how to build chart sounds for current genres such as K-Pop, House and Bass Music. And (shhh!) you‘ll also benefit from exclusive advice from experts like Hainbach, Venus Theory and Bad Snacks!

BEAT Magazine 223 August 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 11.40MB

Pure nostalgia, reduction to the essentials or is it the retro charm that is so popular thanks to Lo-Fi? Either way: While battleships like Kontakt, Falcon or HALion boast ever more complex features and make entire orchestras playable in a realistic way, trackers and old-school samplers are celebrating one revival after another. We‘ll show you why this hard- and software is so popular for Lo-Fi sound, how you can produce emotional tracks with the popular lo-fi flair and provide the right plug-ins for the most important tricks. We‘ll also give you our own tracker, which lets you revive more than just the vibe of the 80s.

Future Music 407 April 2024

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 39.9 MB

Uncover the secrets of killer synth bass with Future Music Issue 407. Featuring exclusive new packs and an 18GB archive library, learn how to craft the perfect electronic low-end in hardware or software. Join Carl Craig, Julia Holter, and more in making the future of music since 1992.

Computer Music 174 February 2012

P2P | 23 February 2012 | 6.49 GB

• FRICTION, SPECTRASOUL, INTERFACE and ROCKWELL star in our massive video-packed guide! Featuring hours of in-studio video, technique-packed walkthroughs and an easy guide to building a DnB tune from scratch.

SoS November 2024 PDF

English | 148 pages | True PDF | 158 MB

REVIEWS: Ableton Move [front cover] • SSL 2 & 2+ MkII interfaces • Lynx Hilo 2 • Heritage Audio i73 Pro Edge • Kali Audio SM-5 monitors • Moog Spectravox • Arturia AudioFuse X8 In & X8 Out • Elektron Digitakt II • Sony MDR-M1 headphones •  Toontrack EZmix 3 • Baby Audio Humanoid vocal plug-in • ADAM Audio H200 headphones • ACE Studio virtual vocalist • Erica Synths Nightverb • Austrian Audio Hi-X20 headphones • SPL MixDream XP Mk2 summing mixer • Tantrum Audio Angry Box monitor • Klevgrand Revolv • Chambord Audio CA-250 EQ • TC Electronic 2290 P hardware delay • Teegarden Audio PPC-125 mic • SPOTLIGHT: Hardware Drum Machines • Eurorack Modules • New sample libraries — and much more!