Beat Issue 234 July 2025

P2P | 22 June 2025 | PDF | 92.8 MB

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Create Stories, Not Just Songs! 18 Tutorials on Arrangement, Dynamics & Articulation Imagine yourself conducting an entire orchestra, the symphony of your dreams in your hands. What if you could unleash this power not just in a concert hall, but right at your desk? Welcome to the fascinating world of sample and orchestral libraries, where the boundaries between digital production and acoustic reality blur. Our masterclass is your key to unlocking these soundscapes, allowing you to create everything from epic film scores to much more emotional tracks. The key to more soul in your songs! For More Feeling in Your Tracks: 25 Realistic Instruments Reviewed When it comes to bringing realistic orchestral arrangements to life directly in your DAW, there are basically two approaches to choose from: phrase-based libraries or melodically playable multi-sample instruments.

Electronic Sound Issue 128

English | 100 pages | PDF | 47 MB

Ahead of a brilliant new album landing in September, we have the fabulous FAITHLESS on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound, and we’re combining the issue with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring two almighty groovy tracks remixed by the band’s co-founder Sister Bliss. We think this is one of the most uplifting records we’ve ever released. Bliss and her production partner Rollo have called the album ‘Champion Sound’ and it sees Faithless stepping back into the limelight following the death of their singer Maxi Jazz in 2022. It’s been a very emotional time for the pair, as they note in our in-depth interview, but they have now crafted what is probably the best Faithless long-player since ‘Reverence’, their 1996 debut. The vinyl version is a double set, with the tracks on each of the four sides seamlessly sequenced into exhilarating sonic stories. The lyrics are sharp too, as we’ve come to expect from a group that’s never been afraid to balance the hedonism of club hits like ‘Insomnia’ and ‘God Is A DJ’ with some deep and serious thinking.

Electronic Sound 124 PDF

English | 100 pages | PDF | 47 MB

Electronic Sound is the best electronic music magazine in the world. In-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the current thinking of the electronic music world.

Beat Issue 236 September 2025

PDF | 09 August 2025 | 79.7 MB

(English and German Edition)

Recording Frustration No More! Find Your Perfect Mic – Exclusively in Beat 09/25! The microphone is the heart of your sound – whether you‘re a beatmaker, live performer, sound engineer, podcaster, or singer. It determines the quality of the recording even before you adjust the first knob. But which type is right for you? Which polar pattern captures your sound perfectly? What are USB microphones good for, and is a vocal booth really necessary? We‘ll cover the basics, dispel common myths, and give you practical tips for vocals, instruments, and speech so you can avoid common mistakes and get the most out of your setup! Plus, we‘ve included 24 microphones in our buying guide.

Electronic Sound Issue 122, 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 43 MB

We’re marking the return of The Art Of Noise with this month’s Electronic Sound cover story. Or The Art Of This as they’re now calling themselves. And as well as bringing you the very first interview with the band under this name, we’re bundling the magazine with an exclusive silver vinyl seven-inch featuring the new group’s debut recordings. More than 25 years on from The Art Of Noise’s last studio album, three of the five founding members – JJ Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley – are rebooting the group as The Art Of This. They’re in fantastic form for our interview, telling tales from their early days and talking about going back to their avant-garde roots. They discuss Morley’s manifesto for the rejuvenated unit, which also includes former ZZT label manager Ian Peel, and describe themselves as “a sequel” to the original group. They claim there is another offshoot too, The Art Of That, which they say they’ll use “in shadowy ways”. True to form for the oddball electronic maestros, you should expect the unexpected.

Electronic Sound 123 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 52 MB

Electronic Sound is the best electronic music magazine in the world. In-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the current thinking of the electronic music world.

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.