Computer Music June 2022

Whenever you see this icon, you can grab the files on your PC or Mac by going to filesilo.co.uk/computermusic. Tutorials featuring this icon make use of our own Plugins – find out all about them at filesilo.co.uk. This icon means there are extra files to help you follow a tutorial feature: project files, audio examples, etc. There’s extra video content wherever you see this icon. computermusic.co.uk computermusic@futurenet.com facebook.com/computer.music.mag twitter.com/computermusicuk youtube.com/computermusicmag instagram.com/computermusicmag…

Whenever you see this icon, you can grab the files on your PC or Mac by going to filesilo.co.uk/computermusic. Tutorials featuring this icon make use of our own Plugins – find out all about them at filesilo.co.uk. This icon means there are extra files to help you follow a tutorial feature: project files, audio examples, etc. There’s extra video content wherever you see this icon. computermusic.co.uk computermusic@futurenet.com facebook.com/computer.music.mag twitter.com/computermusicuk youtube.com/computermusicmag instagram.com/computermusicmag…

“It wasn’t an easy task, nor did I do very much… ” It’s taken a while but we’re finally unveiling v2.0 of the ‘mighty’ cm Plugin Suite. In reality this is more out of necessity rather than something we’d been looking forward to doing, thanks to many of the older plugins becoming either too clunky or simply not working on the latest operating systems. (aka ‘Macs’ as most of the older ones still work on a PC, which you’ll find in a couple of ‘legacy’ folders.) I won’t pretend it was an easy task, nor that I had much to do with it. Long-time contrib Jon Musgrave had the odious task of testing each and every one of them and this issue celebrates his hard work. So we’ve assembled some of…

“It wasn’t an easy task, nor did I do very much… ” It’s taken a while but we’re finally unveiling v2.0 of the ‘mighty’ cm Plugin Suite. In reality this is more out of necessity rather than something we’d been looking forward to doing, thanks to many of the older plugins becoming either too clunky or simply not working on the latest operating systems. (aka ‘Macs’ as most of the older ones still work on a PC, which you’ll find in a couple of ‘legacy’ folders.) I won’t pretend it was an easy task, nor that I had much to do with it. Long-time contrib Jon Musgrave had the odious task of testing each and every one of them and this issue celebrates his hard work. So we’ve assembled some…

Volt to Spark: UA’s new electric avenue? Spark service doesn’t need UA hardware and includes new UA instruments! There was a time when Universal Audio plugins had to be purchased as companions to their (albeit fantastic) hardware. Then, with the release of their Volt interface a few months back, things changed. It was Universal audio hardware, without the software. Now with Spark, the trend continues. It’s UA software without the hardware! No. UA. Hardware. Required. And with UA instruments! And while Spark is a subscription service (which we are always in two minds about), this is still headline-grabbing news to us. But that’s probably just us… What about existing UA users? What of the future? Are UA entering the instrument market big time? Is this the end of UA accelerated…

Volt to Spark: UA’s new electric avenue? Spark service doesn’t need UA hardware and includes new UA instruments! There was a time when Universal Audio plugins had to be purchased as companions to their (albeit fantastic) hardware. Then, with the release of their Volt interface a few months back, things changed. It was Universal audio hardware, without the software. Now with Spark, the trend continues. It’s UA software without the hardware! No. UA. Hardware. Required. And with UA instruments! And while Spark is a subscription service (which we are always in two minds about), this is still headline-grabbing news to us. But that’s probably just us… What about existing UA users? What of the future? Are UA entering the instrument market big time? Is this the end of UA accelerated hardware? And…