Computer Music January 2017

“Drums make or break any track…” Saying it’s been a hectic month here at cm would be an understatement. As well as a whirlwind trip over to the ’Dam for ADE 2016, we’ve been hard at work cramming as much as possible into your latest issue! Drums make or break any track. Sonically, they must hit hard and impress the listener. Every style has its own signature tricks and quirks. So no matter what genre you produce, turn to p22 and dive into our genre-busting Killer Beats guide. We’re also pulling out the stops for freebies this month. Get pro-level width, depth and space with Panagement CM (p52); bag yourself 3.8GB of incredible samples (p106); and new or renewing subscribers get a free copy of the epic Xpand!2 workstation plugin from AIR Music…

PANAGEMENT CM See how this issue’s plugin giveaway can transform your sounds with its psycho-stereo processing power, p52 Sample packs LOOPMASTERS 1GB PACK A gigabyte of premium-quality samples cribbed from 21 of their best recent collections, to keep you well stocked with the best in the biz, p106 KILLER KITS 500 newly-commissioned sounds to get you through this issue’s huge Killer Beats feature, p106 CM Plugins Our exclusive collection of free plugins for Mac and PC. See what’s available on pcm108…

Tutorial videos High-quality videos to guide you through our tutorials. Wherever you see the icon on the left, there’s a video version to watch See this issue’s entire video content on the next pages Tutorial files A folder full of audio examples, synth patches and project files to help you follow our tutorials This digital content has been thoroughly scanned and tested at all stages of production, but as with all new software, we still recommend that you run a virus checker before use. We also recommend that you have an up-to-date backup of your hard drive before using the content. Future cannot accept responsibility for any disruption, damage and/or loss to your data or computer system that may occur while using this magazine’s programs and/or data. Consult your network administrator before installing any software…

KILLER BEATS Get a genre-by-genre overview of techniques for knockout beat-building Read the full article on p22 PANAGEMENT CM Get perfect width, depth and space with this far-out psychoacoustic stereo toolkit plugin Read the full article on p52 ICICLE Watch him create a furious DnB beat from scratch in this in-studio video session Read the full article on p44 VIRTUAL SEQUENTIAL They’re some of the most significant keyboards ever. See how to get Dave Smith’s creations in your DAW Read the full article on p67 To download all these videos onto your PC/Mac, just head along to vault.computermusic.co.uk and register this issue Grab this issue’s videos via Vault download – see p5 for details…

Our fantastic software, samples, videos and tutorial files are now available to download! To get access to this content, go to vault.computermusic.co.uk on your PC or Mac’s web browser. You’ll be asked to register and answer a few simple questions to prove that you’ve got the mag. You’ll then be given access to our content! You can sign in any time to register new issues and download t dent more content. For more info, see our Vault FAQ: bit.ly/cmvaultfaq * Please note that the Producer Masterclass video is not available as a download via our Vault, but is made available via internet streaming. See page 45 for details.…

To help you get the most out of our immense plugin collection, we’ve assembled the cm Plugins Tutorial Bank, containing over 100 guides and tutorials for our cm Plugins, specially selected from past issues. You’ll find Getting Started PDFs and videos for most of the individual plugins, along with tutorial PDFs and videos on using cm Plugins for sound design, mixing, and even creating entire tracks. You’ll find all of this as a handy download in our Vault – go grab it now and start getting more out of your plugins! vault.computermusic.co.uk…