ON THE DVD
• Free Image-Line CM WaveShaper plug-in!
Part of Image-Line's FL Studio DAW, WaveShaper is a powerful distortion unit that enables you to draw in your own waveshapes and imbue your sounds with anything from subtle warmth to devastating filth. CM WaveShaper is a brand new, fully functional and unrestricted VST plug-in version of the very same module for PC, exclusively for Computer Music readers. It's free with this issue and comes with a tutorial in the magazine to get you started on the road to sound destruction.
• 2876 royalty-free samples
Accompanying the CM Guide to House, we've commissioned an enormous library of 24-bit, royalty-free sounds with which to create your own deep, funky or soulful house anthems. Construction kits, loops and multisamples, drums, bass, lead lines, SFX, vocals and more - it's the definitive house music toolkit!
IN THE MAG
• The CM Guide to House
We show you how to build a complete house track from start to finish,
entirely in software. From composition and sound design to arrangement,
mixing and mastering, no stone is left unturned in our mission to build
the ultimate club anthem. And if that ain't enough for ya, we've even
got house legend Roger Sanchez helping out, exclusively revealing his
personal top production tips!
• The Ultimate Lead Sound
The penultimate instalment in our 'Ultimate' series, this month's
masterclass sees synth gurus Darren Tate and Martin Binfield cooking up
perfect lead lines in a series of walkthroughs and practical production
tips.
• Create mash-ups in Live
Take your computer-based DJing to new heights with our in-depth guide to
the performance, recording and editing of mash-up mixes in Ableton Live.
• Giant Steps
Step sequencers aren't just for retro-heads - everyone's music can
benefit from a little old-school pattern-based action every now and
then. In this feature tutorial, we look back over the history of step
sequencers and arpeggiators and show you how to put those lurking in
your software to good use.
TUTORIALS AND TIPS!
• Sound Like... Basement Jaxx
• Generative music
• MIDI and audio in Samplitude V8 SE
• 25 mixing tips
• Synth Essentials: Waveshaping
• Off the Dial: Magical technology
REVIEWED
USB Plugsound Pro, SSL Duende, M-Audio MidAir, Sonoma Wire Works
RiffWorks, Submersible Music Drumcore 2, Propellerhead Reason Pianos,
Novation ReMOTE SL Zero,and more
PLUS!
• Richard Devine interviewed
• Win Albino 3 and Blue synths!
• Nine pages of readers' questions answered
• The Burning Question: Which audio interface should you buy?
• Reader music reviewed
• And all your favourite regulars!
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