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FabFilter Saturn 2 is a major update to the Saturn distortion/saturation plug-in, introducing a fully redesigned interface with modulation visualization, new subtle saturation and linear phase processing for mastering, many new distortion styles, and much more. www.fabﬁ lter.com BEATSOFTWARE 15 GB Sounds & Software

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Autopilot for Mastering & Mixing SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: iZotope Ozone Elements 9 The little brother of the Ozone 9 mastering suite is an amazingly powerful www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 tool for putting the inishing touches to your tracks, but Ozone 9 Elements can also show of its strengths in mixing. On board are a lexible equalizer, a stereo base widening efect, and a maximizer. The highlight of the plug-in LICENSES & PASSWORDS: is the Master Assistant, which after a brief analysis of the audio material, ofers matching settings for the equalizer and the maximizer. www.serialcenter.de Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 | Info: www.izotope.com win | mac

Powersynth for All Kinds of Club Music 88 Gripping Patches for Melodic House & Techno CPS Multimedia Subtraxx 5 Melodic for Zampler & MPCs This month we exclusively present Subtraxx 5, a virtual-analog synthesizer Melodic House and Techno are the hottest styles of the electronic under- specializing in dance and trance sounds. With four oscillators including ground. Thanks to artists like Stephan Bodzin, Monolink and Umek, they pulse width and frequency modulation options, a noise generator and three reach a huge audience and also inluence the sound of commercial radio ilters, fat and even brute sounds for modern club productions are a breeze. and spotify playlists. You can look forward to 88 patches for both genres, Trance gate and arpeggiator bring life to the sound. ready to play for the Zampler, including powerful basses, rousing leads, loating pads and expressive arpeggios. Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win | mac

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his month‘s highlight is the lexible iZotope Ozone 9 Elements mastering suite, which allows you to T give your mixes and professional inal touch. With our exclusive virtual-analog synthesizer CPS Multime- dia Subtraxx 5, we also have a specialist for trance and EDM sounds on board. he brand new sound bank Melodic, on the other hand, provides fresh sound food 11 GB: in the form of 88 presets for all Melodic House & Tech- no and other varieties of modern club music. he 11 Synths, Drums & GB sample and sound collection including cinematic Atmos for Cinematic, textures, snappy acid basses, sound fodder for soundt- House & EDM racks as well as epic builds-ups and breakdowns from Prime Loops is also guaranteed inspiration. All sounds are available in diferent formats and are royalty-free and you are free to use them in your own productions. Please pay attention to the license terms enclosed in the packages.

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VERSATILE CHORUS AND FLANGER EFFECT INTUITIVE REVERB EFFECT WITH GREAT SOUND

Imaginando DLYM Sonic Bits Sphere The DLYM plug-in, with which langer and chorus efects can be crea- The name Sphere stands for an easy-to-use stereo reverb efect. You can ted, presents itself in an attractive modern look. It ofers two modes of inluence the relections, damping and width of the virtual room. So it‘s operation that reproduce the sound of classic hardware modulation efects, an easy task to create dense reverb tails, which are especially efective on lexible modulation options and a stereo efect. synthesizer sounds. Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 | Infos: www.imaginando.pt win | mac Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 | Infos: www.sonicbits.com win | mac

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Xils-Lab Xils 3 V2 LE AudioRealism 606 Thorn Solo Zampler//RX DDMF The Strip Modular powerhouse with Emulation of the Roland TR- One of the best monosynths REX- and SFZ player with mod- Musical channel strip for fat analog sound 606 cult drum machine out there! matrix & onboard sequencer mixing & mastering

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SECRET WEAPON FOR VOCALS ANALOG MODELED DRUM MACHINE

Analog Obsession SweetVox Digital Systemic Elsita-V SweetVox is an intelligent efect processor for vocal recordings. With the Insiders appreciate the RMIF Elsita fully analog Russian drum machine, built De-Esser you can get rid of annoying sibilance with just one control. In addi- from 1989 to 1991, for its distinctive sound. The Elsita-V plug-in recreates tion, a combination of dynamic and static equalization, saturation and band the sound character of the rare four-channel machine in detail. saturation helps vocals gain presence. Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 | Infos: www.analogobsession.com win | mac Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win | mac

VERSATILE MULTI-BAND COMPRESSOR FLEXIBLE TAPE MACHINE SIMULATION

Cut Through Recordings Convergence Chow DSP Chow Tape The Convergence multiband compressor ofers up to four frequency bands Chow Tape is a detailed simulation of the Sony TC-260 tape machine from and allows lexible dynamic processing. An excellent tool to handle the dy- 1966 and it can be adjusted in many ways. In practice, it scores as an namics of problematic audio material or to add loudness to inished mixes. excellent sound colorizer - just the right thing to give single tracks or whole mixes a charming retro character! Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win | mac | linux Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win | mac | linux

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ProducerSpot Beat Bundle beatassist.eu BAFEX Studio With the Beat Bundle, ProducerSpot has put together a 2.24 GB collection You can expect 40 efects plug-ins in the BAFEX Studio. On board are dyna- of inspiring loops and samples exclusively for Beat readers. Powerful drum mic processors and equalizers, modulation, ilter, gate and stereo efects, sounds for EDM, trap and techno meet rousing loops for hot genres like and analysis tools. Even mid/side and multiband compressors are included. pop, tropical house and hip-hop. An excellent creative playground! Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 win | mac | linux Download: www.bit.ly/BeatDL177 | www.beatassist.eu win

Beat 10 | 2020 • 5 INBEAT Contents Table of Contents KILLER HOOKS Sure, the mix has to sound excellent and the arrangement has to create tension, but vocals and melodies are, and remain, the most important elements that stick with the listener and encourage them to hum along. But how do you create such ear-catchers and how do you make them successful? In our big special, we show you the tricks of various chart producers like David Guetta & Sia, VIZE & Gregory, Lost Frequencies & Co., Lady Gaga as well as RAF Camora, and give you techniques to make your own hit a breeze. Page 16

038 Digital Culture: Creative Diferences Standards The relationship between labels and Top Workshops artists is more harmonious than ever. 003 Beat-Software #177 Few musicians still accept the aggressive Best of: iZotope Ozone 9 Elements, inluence that used to be commonplace. Free: iZotope Ozone Elements 9 Subtraxx 5, Zampler Melodic, Imaginando Autopilot for Mastering DLYM, Sonic Bits Sphere, Analog Studio Insights: Sub Focus & Wilkinson Page 40 Obsession SweetVox, Digital Systemic 050 They developed their joint drum & bass Elsita-V, Cut Through Recordings project in Peter Gabriel‘s legendary Real Convergence, Chow DSP Chow Tape, World Studios. Danny Turner found out ProducerSpot Beat Bundle, beatassist.eu how the album „Portals“ took shape. Native Instruments Maschine BAFEX Studio, Analog Obsession TREQ, Techno à la Drumcode plus 11 GB Synths, Drums & Atmos for Page 43 Cinematic, House & EDM. 057 Producer Tips in the Beat Podcast on YouTube 006 Contents 092 DJ-Interview: Till von Sein Zampler: Melodic Feelings are more important to him than 008 Navigator: Best of Beat #177 Melodic House & Techno Builder genres, for which some well-known col- Page 72 leagues envy him. Tobias Fischer talked 096 Filesharing – Music Recommendations to Till about his passion for rap, his disinterest in mixers and why he has the 097 ExtraBeat – Dealers LIst courage to play what Local Experts others don‘t dare to.

098 Imprint & Previews Beat 11 | 2020 will be out on 07.10.2020

Music & Technique Portrait: Tricky 010 Magazine – Facts, Interviews, Products „Fall To Pieces“ is his 13th studio album. It‘s testimony of a hard time because his 028 Interview: The Toxic Avenger daughter Mazy took her own life last year The Toxic Avenger and his masterpiece and broke the former trip hop pioneer’s „Midnight Resistance“: Irresistible sound heart. S. Blach talked to Tricky about his from the depths of the night. artistic self-image, his work with singer M. Złakowska and the downsides of fame. 036 Discovered: Nicolas Bougaïef His album „The Upward Spiral“ is brutal, Page 32 yet tender, hypnotic, stirring, instinctive Photo: Eric Weiss and conceptual.

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Review: Elektron Digitone Keys The eight-voice polyphonic FM synthesi- Finally, more samples, sounds and zer, Digitone Keys, expands the groovebox concept into a playable instrument. Page 79 plug-ins with every Beat issue. by Beat Editor-in-Chief Marco Scherer 8.5 GB 15 GB

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In the past few months, it has become increasingly diicult for us to squeeze the concentrated load of Software Highlights onto the 8.5 GB magazine DVD. That‘s why you can now get the monthly plug-ins and samples as unlimited downloads. By WorkBeat saving the unnecessary plastic, we‘re also doing something for the environment. And we‘re starting right away! With the current issue, you won‘t get the usual 040 Focus: iZotope Ozone Elements 9 8.5 GB of data, but an incredible 17 GB! Packed with the best plug-in highlights and inspiring loops & samples for hip music styles and much more! Access is easy: Just 042 Power Producer: Cubase click the Link: bit.ly/BeatDL177 enter the requested word from the book and download it all. Power Producer: NI Maschine 043 Alternatively, you can register as a subscriber for free at www.plugins-samples. com, where all the issues since Beat #87 are available for download. Registration is 044 Power Producer: Drum-Design with Ableton done at Serial Center and is not required in this case.

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047 Power Producer: Apple Logic 048 Power Producer: Akai MPC Download Software: bit.ly/BeatDL177 049 Mix Tricks: Professional Sound for Vocal Recordings

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090 OfBeat: New LIfe HardBeat for old Grooveboxes! 074 Desktop-Audio 076 Review: Moog SoftBeat Subharmonicon

060 New Synth-Plug-ins 079 Review: Elektron Digitone Keys 063 Review: iZotope Stutter Edit 2 082 Review: Yamaha HS5 MP 064 Review: Studio One 5 + PreSonus Sphere 083 Review: Zoom V6 Vocal Processor 066 New Efect-Plug-ins On Stage 084 Modular Review: ACL Sinfonion 068 Current Freeware 094 Power Producer: Push Extra Feature: Market Check: eiss 086 070 New Soundware Vocal Recording etups 095 Review: Denon Prime 2

Beat 10 | 2020 • 7 INBEAT Navigator Navigator: Best of Beat # 177

The Common Thread: Beat Issue 10/2020 For many years Beat has been inspiring its readers not only with practical and musical topics, but above all with the tight integration of editorial content. From the very beginning, Beat has been about creating, about the structured building of ideas and the common thread - in the magazine as well as in the tracks. This navigator shows you the highlights of this issue and allows you to see the big picture.

Studio Insights: Sub Focus & Wilkinson Collaboration on legendary ground: To further develop their joint Drum & Bass project, Sub Focus and Wilkinson retreated to Peter Gabriel‘s legendary Real World Studios. Danny Turner found out how the album „Portals“, which redeined the genre, took shape. Page 50

Review: Moog Subharmonicon An innovative instrument for extraordinary sequences: Subharmonicon combines tunable undertones with polyrhythmic sequencers to create a unique semi-modular synthesizer. The perfect partner for Moog‘s Mother-32 and DFAM? Page 76

Free: iZotope Ozone Elements 9 The little brother of the Ozone 9 mastering suite is an amazingly powerful tool for putting the inishing touches on your tracks. But Ozone 9 Elements can also show of its strengths in mixing. On board are a lexible equalizer, a stereo base widening efect, and a maximizer. The highlight of the plug-in is the Master Assistant, which, after a brief analysis of the audio material, ofers matching settings for the equalizer and the maximizer. Page 40

Interview: Till von Sein Till von Sein says feelings are more important than genres. No wonder that some famous colleagues envy him. Tobias Fischer talked to Till about his passion for rap, his lack of interest in mixers and why he‘s not afraid to play what others don‘t dare to. Page 92

Digital Culture: Creative Diferences Positive friction: The relationship between labels and artists today is more harmonious than ever before. Only a few musicians still accept the aggressive inluence that was commonplace in earlier decades. This is understandable - but perhaps it‘s also wrong. Page 38

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The Swiss Army knife Are new sound worlds for the studio? opening up now? Roland The MPK mini MK3 refines the brings a TR-8S update proven design of its predecessors he free update version 2.0 ma- with modernized functions that kes the TR-8S the most complete are designed to give free rein to drum machine ever, according to creativity. he new OLED display the manufacturer, and ofers im- provides visual feedback on speed, CC and DAW mode selection. Designed provements such as an FM synthesis engine with morph control, enhanced from the ground up, the MPK mini‘s improved Gen 2 keyboard ofers natural performance efects and helpful reload functions to speed up the worklow. response and key performance. From grand piano to cutting synth melodies, he newly added FM synthesis engine delivers futuristic sounds, including the Gen 2 keyboard brings out the best in every playing style and virtual inst- silvery metallic beats and other percussion sounds. Users can use the Morph rument, according to Akai. knob to switch through diferent variations and use knob movements to ma- An Akai Professional Keyboard Controller naturally includes MPC pads nipulate FM depth, ratio and feedback. According to Roland, FM sounds can - MPK mini is no exception, with 8 pads borrowed directly from the lagship be freely mixed with classic TR sounds and user-deined samples, paving the MPCs. hese bankable, velocity-sensitive, backlit pads are designed to provi- way for new grooves. de accurate response for precise drumming and melodic sample playback. he TR-8S contains many efects tuned for percussion, which, according he MPK mini knobs give producers and performers control over every as- to Roland, can be used to enhance individual sounds or entire kits with cha- signable parameter of their music application. Note Repeat, Arpeggiator and racter, depth and space. Version 2.0 adds Saturator, Freq Shift, Ring Mod and the 4-way joystick are now classic MPK mini features and are Spread efects to the mix, which you can assign to the cont- also available in the MPK mini MK3. he MPK mini MK3 is rol buttons of the drum machine. now available for 119 Euro. www.roland.com www.akaipro.com

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Surround audio interface for producers, musicians & DJs: ESI Gigaport eX ESI is expanding its arsenal of audio interfaces with the Gigaport eX. he device ofers 24 Bit / 192 kHz for each of the 8 separate outputs and has a size of 12 cm x 7 cm x 2 cm. According to the manufacturer, 192 kHz is still played out even if all 8 channels are occupied. he device can be used on both PC and Mac. he Gigaport eX can also be used with all iOS devices including iPadOS devices. he 3.1 USB interface is bus-powered via the USB-C port. Gigaport eX, like its predeces- sor Gigaport HD+, is suitable as a source for 7.1 surround setups. All eight outputs can be controlled independently. In the DJ arena, the Gigaport eX ofers the option to use several stereo outputs simultaneously to output diferent mixes, subgroups or parallel efects. he headphone outputs can also be used to listen to speciic signals in advance. Accordingly, playback channels 1 and 2 are available at the irst headphone output, while a mix of all eight channels is played out at the second output. Included is a license Deckadance LE v2 DJ software by Stanton. he ESI Gigaport eX is available immediately for 169 Euro from specialist retailers. www.esi-audio.de More Info

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