Electronic Sound Issue 120

English | 100 pages | PDF | 61 MB

Electronic Sound’s final cover star of 2024 is the legendary Jean-Michel Jarre and we are bundling the issue with a limited edition green vinyl seven-inch featuring live versions of ‘Oxygène 4’ and ‘Équinoxe 7’, two of the synth superstar’s biggest and best-known tracks. Jean-Michel Jarre’s impact on electronic music during the last 50 years is huge, not least because of his thrilling live performances. His concerts are the focus of our cover story, with Jarre detailing how his shows have evolved over the decades and guiding us through some of the events he’s most famous for. His picks include Paris, Beijing and Houston, plus his Docklands sets in London in 1988. Expect highly entertaining tales of epic staging and equally epic rainfall, as well as several billion lasers. Remarkably, at the age of 76, there’s no sign of Jarre starting to slow down yet, with more live extravaganzas scheduled for 2025. All power to his VCS 3, we say.

SoS UK/USA February 2025

English | 140 pages | True PDF | 145 MB

SSL 18 interface [front cover] • 2025 SOS Awards • ADAM Audio D3V • iZotope Neutron 5 • Novation Launchkey MK4 • FabFilter Pro-Q 4 • Korg Keystage 61 • Grace Design m303 • Boss GX-10 amp modeler • Nextmidi Divismate • Play All Day PlayFader • Roland P-6 sampler • Soyuz 011 FET mic • Neural DSP Nano Cortex • Yamaha FGDP-50 drum pad • SPOTLIGHT: Pitch-correction Plug-ins • Eurorack modules • New sample libraries — and much more! TECHNIQUES + PEOPLE: Tackling Guitar Noise • Inside Track: Rogét Chahayed • Modular Profile: Jake Knight [RYK Modular] • How I Got That Sound: Steve Hackett • Talkback: Brueder Selke & Midori Hirano • DAW Tips: Ableton Live, Cubase Pro, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One Pro… and more!

Beat Issue 229 February 2025

PDF | ENGLiSH:61.9 MB | GERMAN:25.0 MB

(English and German Edition)

TECHNO MASTERCLASS – How To Create Hard & Hypnotic Techno. Whether melodic, hard or hypnotic – Techno regularly reinvents itself, but the essence remains: „The beat has to go on and on“. That‘s why we‘ve got the answer to all your questions about production here! From choosing the right kick to clever synth layering to the latest trends in sound design – we‘ll show you step by step how to build rumbles, create hissing hats and find catchy melodies. In other words, Techno with hit potential!

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.