Computer Music

Computer Music's goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions. Our Zinio edition does not include the DVD but it DOES INCLUDE the full software, samples and tutorial files to download. Full details inside. Download does not include Producer Masterclass in-studio video. This digital edition is not printable.

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Logic Pro 11 is finally here! • It’s been a long time coming, but the eleventh iteration of Logic Pro has finally landed with many AI-powered additions

FREE SOFTWARE BITWIG STUDIO 8-TRACK Version 5.2 • Bitwig 8-Track is a fully-featured DAW and it’s yours absolutely free with this issue. Get in!

Bitwig 8-Track • 8-Track gives you a free taster of Bitwig Studio’s easy-to-use interface. Let’s take a closer look…

The Bitwig round table: a decade of innovation • In 2014, a DAW landed that not only rattled the industry’s big players, but brought a workflow that encouraged experimentation. To celebrate ten years of Bitwig Studio, we brought its key figures around a table to reflect on a journey that’s still – they promise – just starting…

BUILD PERFECT MIXING CHAINS • Everyone loves an efficiency hack, so if you’re looking for ways to cut valuable time from your mixing process, then it’s time to join the chain gang…

LOLCOMP LITE CM • As much as we love creating chains from scratch, for quicker results, Computer Music’s very own edition of LOLCOMP Lite could be just what you’re after, and it’s free with this month’s issue

JASON GRAVES • Harnessing sounds wrangled from a bespoke, hand-crafted sculpture, alongside a legendary synth and a deft mastery of software-shaping tools, composer Jason Graves further justifies his position of the world’s most in-demand score providers with his latest project – the oil rig-set horror Still Wakes the Deep…

#6 Make a sequencer polysynth patch with BazilleCM • Looking for a synth patch that does all of the rhythmic heavy lifting? BazilleCM has got your back…

#08 Make country-style EDM • Time to buckle up and get on your horse as we look at some methods of making country-style EDM

#21 Panning techniques • If you want to create an engaging mix then you really need to get panning

Ray Volpe • A titan of the bass scene, showered with acclaim by both his peers and an enraptured audience, Ray Volpe’s contemporary spin on dubstep is both earth-shakingly impactful and sonically multi-hued. We caught up with Volpe and discover how he assembles his brand of crowd-pleasing ultra-bangers fully in-the-box…

A virtual future? • Like many tech-focused magazines, we’ve been entranced by the latest glut of augmented and virtual reality headset releases from the likes of Apple and Meta. Our question: how good are they from a music production POV?

Softube Console 1 Channel Mk III £895 • Adding some analogue feel to your DAW-life could now be a reality, but is Softube’s latest controller really the one? Roland Schmidt swipes left

Baby Audio Atoms $99 • Will Baby Audio’s fantastic run of releases stall with its most ambitious instrument yet? Atoms ain’t going to bomb, says Andy Jones

Void and Vista Folds £129 • Don’t stare into the Void… seek inspiration from a new Vista. Roland Schmidt unfolds the latest from the Bristol-based pioneers

Cherry Audio CR-78 $69 • The drum machine with one foot in the past makes a welcome return to the future. Roland Schmidt shows the CR-78 a glimpse of 2024

UVI Aurora $129 • As UVI brings us the audio equivalent of the greatest natural show on earth, we send Roland Schmidt...