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REVERB/DELAY 1,192 FREE VST/AU PLUGIN SAMPLES SOLARDO 1-hour video with the tech-house hotshots £6.99 / June 2018 / CM256 FREE PLUGINS USED IN EVERY CREATIVITY TUTORIAL! 42 studio strategies for instant inspiration BRAIN-TRAINING MORE FROM ESCAPE SEQUENCING PRO TIPS HACKS YOUR DAW THE LOOP TRICKS AND MORE! 18GB EXPERT DOWNLOAD WORKSHOPS >ESSENTIAL VOCAL-EDITING TIPS > PROGRAM FILLS IN YOUR DAW FREE VST/AU PLUGIN > THEORY: REPEATING MOTIFS MICROFUSE Dial in unique ambience with Surreal Machines’ two-in-one delay/reverb hybrid FREE SOUNDWARE SAMPLE ALEXIS TAYLOR 3PACKS The Hot Chip frontman talks studio and stage >FUTURE RAVE >PHATTY PACK > LOOPMASTERS CM256 PLUS! 80 INSTRUMENTS & EFFECTS intro / computer music < DOWNLOAD See page 5 to find out HOW TO USE how to download this issue’s exclusive content We’ve got a new system for downloading files. Whenever you see this icon, you can grab the files on your PC or Mac by going DOWNLOAD to filesilo.co.uk/computermusic. Tutorials featuring this icon make welcome use of our own Plugins – find out all about them on p107. Hereat HQ,we’reespeciallyproudthatourmagazine Make Music Now This icon means there are extra files brings you everything you need to , TUTORIAL to help you follow a tutorial feature: FILES everysinglemonth,nomatteryourskilllevelorsetup. project files, audio examples, etc. Butwhatabouttheunderlyingpsychologybehind ouruniquemusicalcraft?Howdoourmindsworkinthe There’s extra video content wherever you see this icon. studio? In this month’s “Tap into that cover feature (p18), we’ll get those synapses intangible state firing and tap into that WWW intangible state we call www.computermusic.co.uk we call creativity” creativity. From brain- [email protected] training tricks and inspirational strategies through to hands-on techniques www.facebook.com/computer.music.mag designed to trigger new ways of working, you’ll have more than enough to inspire your sessions and help you www.twitter.com/computermusicuk start – and finish – incredible music today. www.youtube.com/computermusicmag Finding out how other producers work can be just as inspiring, of course, which is why we have a trio of top artists offering insight into their studio workings. One half of tech-house act Solardo shows us how a Beatport- topping hit came together in this month’s Producer Masterclass video (p44); Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor proves that musicality trumps technical prowess (p78); and head to our Audio Adventures feature on p62, where DnB maven Misanthrop reveals his workflow secrets when working with audio. Finally, make sure you install our Subscribe to creative cherry on the cake: Computer Music! Microfuse, a gorgeous-sounding reverb- See p42 meets-delay plugin from Surreal Machines, capable of rich ambience, tape-style brilliance, FX and beyond. Wheretoget ENJOY THE ISSUE PRINT ZINIO in stores and online for PC, Mac, Android, iPad & more www.myfavouritemagazines.com www.zinio.com iOS APP STORE GOOGLE PLAY Joe Rossitter Editor for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch for Android & Chrome for PC/Mac www.computermusic.co.uk/cmdigital play.google.com ISSUE 256 JUNE 2018 contents Cover feature CREATIVITY 44 86 Producer Tap into your studio inspiration with our Masterclass epic tutorial workshop, p18 SOLARDO Mark Foster, one half of house duo Solardo, talks us through Tribesmen Interview 88 Features 78 ALEXIS TAYLOR Hot Chip’s lo-fi-loving frontman reveals 52 MICROFUSE all about his solo album How to use your new reverb-meets-delay plugin 57 VOCAL EDITING Free samples Gettightervocalpartswithouressentialtips 104 FUTURE RAVE 62 AUDIO ADVENTURES A pack of 500 exclusive samples to help you bring classic dance sounds Creative bouncing tricks, featuring DnB pro Misanthrop into the modern age 78 Essentials Reviews 10 NEWS /experts 86 UAD ARROW 14 FREEWARE NEWS 88 NATIVE 16 WHAT’S ON YOUR Your guides for the INSTRUMENTS HARD DRIVE? ever-expanding world MOD PACK of production are here 42 SUBSCRIBE 90 MIXED IN KEY 72 EASY GUIDE 72 CAPTAIN PLUGINS 84 BACK ISSUES Dave Clews puts us in the 55 NEXT MONTH loop with ostinatos 92 SOFTUBE WEISS DS1 -MK3 & MM-1 114 BLAST FROM 74 STUDIO 94 AUDIO DAMAGE THE PAST: STRATEGIES ROLAND MKS-80 Ed:it marries analogue bass DISCORD4 with software processing 968SONNOX 76 DR BEAT VOXDOUBLER Our drum expert helps you 988AUDIFIED snare some top-notch fills DW DRUM 74 ENHANCER 114 4 / COMPUTER MUSIC / June 2018 Your FileSilo The home of great downloads, exclusive to your favourite magazines downloads Secure and safe online access, from anywhere Get this month’s content from our new website Free access for every reader – print and digital Download only the files Plugins Samples you want, when you want Download Microfuse, plus the rest of It’s back to the 90s with this All the downloads from all our CM Plugins collection issue’s exclusive free samples your issues, in one place Get started 01 Register your FileSilo Tutorial Videos Tutorial Files account and log in. 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Reset your password via the email you receive, and log in! video Download this month’s videos: filesilo.co.uk/computermusic CREATIVITY POWER-UPS Expert video guides to help kickstart new ideas and freshen up your sessions Read the full article on p18 1 Using a sequencer plugin 2 Using just one note to 3 One-note chords with instead of your piano roll sequence a bass riff your DAW’s MIDI effects 4 Generative beats with 5 Using an arpeggiator to 6 Repeatedly resampling Ableton Live’s MIDI Effects creatively sequence drums for inspirational results 6 / COMPUTER MUSIC / June 2018 video Producer Masterclass SOLARDO In this exclusive video, one half of the tech-house power pair reveals how their Hot Creations hitTribesmen came together Note: this video is only available using the link on page 45 Read the full article on p44 June 2018 / COMPUTER MUSIC / 7 video This issue’s videos are available from FileSilo – see p5 MICROFUSE VOCAL EDITING See and hear your new Surreal Machines plugin A tightly-edited vocal performance is crucial – in action, and discover how it works find out how to do it with our pro guides Read the full article on p52 Read the full article on p57 1 Vocal comping 2 Timing tweaks when for beginners editing vocals AUDIO ADVENTURES Get those creative juices flowing with our strategies for rendering, resampling and more Read the full article on p62 3 Vocal pitch-correction – 4 Removing vocal the basics sibilancewithade-esser 1 Recording a synth jam 6 Processing audio via a 5 Precise de-essing with 6 Levelling vocals synth’s external input manual sibilance removal manually /experts Our resident music production gurus walk you through their How to get loopy Six tips for out-there specialist field every month with ostinatos drum fills Read the full Read the full article on p72 article on p76 8 / COMPUTER MUSIC / June 2018 > news NEW RELEASES • COMMENT • INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS Track tion Waveform 9 One of our favourite DAWs enters its, er, second generation… No, it’s not a misprint: the second version of Tracktion’s Waveform DAW is rightly numbered ‘9’, as it was previously known as Tracktion, all the way up to version 7. In our review of Waveform 8 in 244 (9/10), we heaped it with praise, highlighting the increased flexibility of its multi-window interface, powerful new-found mixing functionality, quality of the bundled Collective instrument and more. Waveform 9 adds to all that with an impressive array of intriguing new goodies and enhancements to tempt potential upgraders. At the top of the list, Multi Sampler looks to be a fully-featured sampler, complete with recording (from any source, including other applications running alongside Waveform 9) and multisampling. It also offers loop slicing and audio-to-MIDI conversion, as well as all the keymapping, layering, filtering and We loved Waveform 8 in our review a year ago – find out what we make of version 9 next issue… modulation options you’d expect to find in a modern sampler plugin. On the compositional side of things, the follower, a multi-breakpoint envelope, a step control; and Tracktion’s new Track Loop new Chord Track enables a harmonic sequencer, a MIDI tracker and a randomiser. format combines up to 24 tracks in a single progression to be defined through a project, Simply point Modifiers at your instrument expandable file, as shown off by the which is then automatically followed by all and effect plugins to apply modulation to bundled library of multitrack drum MIDI clips and the superb Pattern Generator any parameters you like. construction klts. added in Waveform 8. Finally, the new Faceplates feature lets Waveform 9 is available now in Basic, Waveform 8’s Track LFO has been you design and customise your own Plus and Ultimate versions (differing only in expanded into a collection of six Modifiers, simplified plugin interfaces for use in the bundled plugins and content), priced $109, each one serving up its own style of Controls panel and the Rack view’s new $159 and $259, with upgrades from modulation.