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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The hottest new hardware of 2023? • New Matrix device promises to be “the only grid controller you need”

15 16 questions with… Lewis Thompson • Lewis Thompson is one half of DJ duo Just Kiddin’ and also partnered David Guetta for last year’s huge hit Take Me Back which has so far been streamed over 20 million times. He has production and writing credits on eight Top 10 UK singles, but as one of the most prolific dance producers out there, that is just the start of it. Time for 15, actually 16, answers please...

Make a track with TRACKTION WAVEFORM FREE 12 • All of the tools and tips that you need to make great music with this month’s free software and synth, in one handy guide…

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Trance • Explore Waveform Free’s arpeggiation and effects features a little deeper with this easy guide to dance music’s most hypnotic sub-genre

Drum & bass • It’s the perfect time to get down to business with your bass, in our exploration of this hard-hitting musical style

Ambient • We’ll stop droning on about Waveform Free soon, but first try out some of the tools it boasts in the area of evolving sounds and the key ingredients of this calmest of genres

Hip-hop • The fluid boundaries of this mammoth genre are obviously an invitation for creativity, but here are some basics to kick things off…

#25 Create the perfect fifths pad • This month, we explore one of the most identifiable pad sounds around. Dave Gale gets his fifths and ninths in order…

#04 The 3-reverb approach • Choosing and adding reverbs can seem daunting, but this simple technique should get you up and running in no time at all

COSMICAT • Things are changing on the Saudi dancefloor... and women are leading the way…

Arturia Pigments 4 €199 • The next generation of this creative synthesiser from Arturia adds a new splash of tonal colour to an already burgeoning palette

Orchestral Tools Drones €189 + VAT • If you thought drones were merely functional, you need a better sound library. OT’s new suite takes the drone to a higher level

Slate + Ash Choreographs £249 • What happens if you apply step movement and choreography to software synthesis? Slate + Ash hope to enlighten and surprise you

Toontrack Hitmaker SDX €165 • Looking for great drum hits and grooves? Why not hire the Hitmaker, as this expansion pack applies the Invisible Touch of Hugh Padgham…

IK Multimedia Tonex From €149 • Wouldn’t it be great if your amp emulation plugin could capture your own rig? Well now it can! Time to get toned up with IK…

Soundware round-up

Best MIDI keyboards • Owning a great MIDI controller keyboard will take your music production to another level. There are many different priced and sized models out there, but don’t worry, we have the ultimate guide on the subject, right here…

Track builders! • We’re giving away a complete DAW this month, so also throwing in these track builder samples to go with it! Download them now from bit.ly/cm319downloads

2017 remix samples • We’re giving away a free DAW and synth this month, so what better samples to go with it than these classic remix collections which we originally gave away way back in issue 157?

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