Issue April 2016 - Future Music (2024)

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Future Music delivers the technique and technology behind the hits. Packed with inspiration for today’s modern musician there’s reviews of hot new gear, tons of tutorials to help you get the most out of your hardware and software, and exclusive In The Studio features where the stars take apart their tracks.

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IN THIS ISSUEBack to the old schoolHere at FM, we’re not the types to overlook an open goal on the wordplay front. As such, issue 303 was always destined to come adorned with Roland’s classic computer controlled bassline synthesizer. It’s an opportunity we won’t get again for at least another 303 issues (assuming we’ll probably gloss over the fairly lacklustre TR-505). Rather than spend too long waxing lyrical about the history of that one bit of gear, however, we’re using it as a jumping-off point to explore the old-school production techniques behind the late ’80s and early ’90s Rave genres it (at least in part) inspired – from (naturally) Acid House basslines, to Jungle synths, Hardcore-style beats and beyond. It’s not just about retro nostalgia, however – we’ll show you how to take inspiration from these…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEEXPERT CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH…Joe Rossittermusician, producerAs a Drum ’n’ Bass producer and DJ, Joe’s music making style owes a significant debt to the hardware tweaking pioneers of Dance music’s early years. So he’s the ideal man to dive into the sound of Rave for this issue’s cover feature.Bruce Aishermusician, producerThis issue’s Producer’s Guide tutorial sees Bruce tackling the latest update to one of the most impressive software tools we’ve seen in recent years – Celemony’s polyphonic audio editor Melodyne. What’s new? Find out on page 69.Dan ‘JD73’ Goldmanmusician, producerThere’s not one, not two, but three different recreations of classic Roland polysynths on our test bench this issue, and Dan has been rigorously examining all of them. How do the pint-sized Boutiques fare? Find out in the reviews section.…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEWhere’s My DVD?vault.futuremusic.co.ukFuture Music has outgrown its covermount DVD! We wanted to bring you more samples, sounds and high-quality video than ever before, so we’re putting it up online for you to download. Simply head to the FM ‘Vault’ at the link above, login/ register, then hit ‘add a magazine’ to register this issue and get all the video, audio and samples.SAMPLE PACKSExclusive new sounds with every issueCYCLICK SAMPLES PRESENT…Jazz ‘n’ Bass272 Jazz-infused bass, keys and organ loops and lines, ready to give your club tracks that funky fusion vibe.GROOVE CRIMINALS PRESENT…Modular Percussion506 hits and loops that see us flexing our modular muscles to create some cool and unique synthesized beats.PLUSACCESS THE FM SAMPLE ARCHIVE!Download the ‘Sample Archive’ packs and get over 8GB of loops, hits and instruments from our back catalogue…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEBack to the old schoolWELCOME Back to the old school Here at FM, we’re not the types to overlook an open goal on the wordplay front. As such, issue 303 was always destined to come adorned with Roland’s classic computer controlled bassline synthesizer. It’s an opportunity we won’t get again for at least another 303 issues (assuming we’ll probably gloss over the fairly lacklustre TR-505). Rather than spend too long waxing lyrical about the history of that one bit of gear, however, we’re using it as a jumping-off point to explore the old-school production techniques behind the late ’80s and early ’90s Rave genres it (at least in part) inspired – from (naturally) Acid House basslines, to Jungle synths, Hardcore-style beats and beyond. It’s not just about retro nostalgia, however – we’ll show you…1 min

FILTERTraktor gets an update…Recent weeks have seen updates from the two biggest names in DJ software, both of which head off on interesting tangents away from the traditional ‘two decks and a mixer’ format.Firstly, Traktor’s latest free update, to version 2.10.1, sees Native Instruments further developing and promoting the Stems mixing format that they introduced last summer. Stems is an audio format that allows tracks to be played both as complete mixdowns, via standard MP3 players, or as four independently mixable constituent parts when loaded into Traktor. Upon launch, Stems’ functionality was rolled out for use with NI’s recent line of Stems-ready controllers – the S8, D2 and F1 – but now this latest update brings a universal Stems view into all versions of the mixing software, allowing for easily mapped control with…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEEXPERT CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH…EXPERT CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH… Joe Rossitter musician, producer As a Drum ’n’ Bass producer and DJ, Joe’s music making style owes a significant debt to the hardware tweaking pioneers of Dance music’s early years. So he’s the ideal man to dive into the sound of Rave for this issue’s cover feature. Bruce Aisher musician, producer This issue’s Producer’s Guide tutorial sees Bruce tackling the latest update to one of the most impressive software tools we’ve seen in recent years – Celemony’s polyphonic audio editor Melodyne. What’s new? Find out on page 69 . Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman musician, producer There’s not one, not two, but three different recreations of classic Roland polysynths on our test bench this issue, and Dan has been rigorously examining all of…1 min

Issue April 2016 - Future Music (2024)

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