Issue 408 of Future Music is out now
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Latest Updates
Stability AI's music generator can now edit and transform your samples and produce full-length, structured tracks
Now with the ability to process audio uploaded by the user, Stable Audio 2.0 is edging closer to becoming a revolutionary tool for music-makers
Audiotonix releases a build-it-yourself DJ mixer to encourage a new generation of sound engineers
As Kevin Costner might have said: "If you build it, you will learn"
Solid State Logic goes off-road with Module8, an easy-to-use modulation plugin aimed at sound designers and experimentalists
And you thought the company was all about grown-up mix plugins, right?
The producer's guide to the Native Instruments Kontrol S61 Mk3: "Let’s zoom into the specifics of how the Kontrol keyboards work in practice, and how they can help you make music"
Get up to date with NI’s latest hardware ecosystem, discover how it works… and what all those acronyms are about
"Say hello to a new, inspiring workflow": Tracktion adds clip launching and Wavetable Synth to Waveform Pro 13 update
It gets the live performance workflow you'll recognise from Ableton, Logic and Bitwig, and might just be the tempter you need to switch DAWs
Universal Audio launches Verve Analog Machines saturation effects, and makes the 'Essentials' version free until the end of April
That's a freebie worth $99, if you act quick…
"If I'm taking high-end off my vocals, I like Soundtoys FilterFreak": Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff reveals his top 10 vocal plugins and recording techniques
But even with those plugins, you might not be as successful as him…
At last! Behringer ships the MS-5, a "faithful reproduction" of the Roland SH-5
The long-promised synth is in the shops and yours for just $599
Orbital on recording The Green Album: "We didn’t have multi-tracking equipment, so we’d get everything working and just run it out live. Any manipulation or synth magic would happen as it was going down - if you didn’t like it, you’d do it again"
Phil and Paul Hartnoll talk us through the debut album that started it all, track by track
How to use FM and oscillator sync to bring synth bass to life
Spice up your bass sounds with this classic technique
Roland updates its SP-404 sampler "in celebration of 404 Day" (and to v4.04, before you ask)
The update brings enhanced looping, multitrack output, Koala Sampler integration and a 15-waveform sound generator to the popular sampler
"I've turned to the natural world for inspiration": Meet the producer and sound artist making music from mushrooms
Brian D'Souza reveals how he uses biosonification to transform signals from mushrooms and other living organisms into experimental electronic music
"Now small home studio setups, or artists on the road can access the famed 1073 sound": Neve announces the "world’s first genuine" 1073 interface
The 1073SPX-D combines the legendary 1073 preamp with a USB and ADAT interface for the first time ever
Song Athletics drops Sloppy Drums sample pack inspired by J Dilla and Madlib: "Beautifully captured and behind (and before) the beat in all the right ways"
The next sample pack from ex-Spitfire CEO Will Evans' new company is made up of loose and limber drum patterns fit for use in hip-hop and neo-soul
"This assault on human creativity must be stopped": Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Billie Eilish and 200 more artists call for protections against threat of AI
"We must protect against the predatory use of AI to steal professional artists' voices and likenesses, violate creators' rights, and destroy the music ecosystem," reads an open letter from the Artist Rights Alliance
5 techniques for creative reverb manipulation: "Use your imagination to think about new ways that a reverb could be shifted and warped, and then explore different methods for realising that effect"
Delving into the more complex attributes of deeper reverb manipulation
How does reverb actually work?: "Reverb gives us a mainline into our audience’s subconscious, allowing us to influence their aural experience at a subliminal level"
Reverb has been relied on for its evocative sonic character ever since the first homo sapien warbled expletives into a dark cave. The transformative power of space remains a vital mix ingredient...
Spectral Plugins makes three of its plugins free to download as it closes its doors: "It has been an honour serving you"
The company's three plugins worth $210 are now free in exchange for your email address
