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Feb 10, 2011 3:45:00 PM
CLICK HERE TO BUY THIS ISSUE NOWCOVER FEATUREThe Ultimate Guide to Pop Production• Industry advice from top producers Future Cut, penning pop-tastic lyrics, making money from your music, and, of course, a breakdown of the mechanics of a perfect pop tune.ON THE 7.0GB DISC• Vengeance-Sound Philta CM - Fantastic dual filter plug-in for PC and Mac!• 1996 24-bit Pop samples• Producer Masterclass tutorial and video: The NextmenIN THE MAG• X0X-box revival: Rocking Roland TB-303, TR-909 and TR-808 emulations• Keeping it real: Creating realistic brass, woodwind, guitar and string parts in software• Going with the grain: The complexities of granular synthesis are blown apart in our tutorial• All the small things: Using tiny sounds to great effect• CM Focus: Distortion• Interview: Tipper• Reviews: Synapse Audio Dune – Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V – Tone2 ElectraX – Madrona Labs Aalto – Vengeance-Sound Philta XL – iZotope Nectar – iZotope RX2 – Universal Audio Studer A800 – and more…AND MUCH... Relative News
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Feb 4, 2011 11:47:00 AM
Music production college Point Blank are launching a new Ableton Live dance music course, presented by Martin Roth, Mike Koghlin and Tiësto, and to celebrate they've given us five Live tutorial videos to share with the world. We're posting one video every day this week, and today's is on creating big, bad synth riffs! -- Adobe Flash Player required to view this video. Get Flash Player. See here for more details on the course. Relative News
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Feb 3, 2011 3:58:00 PM
In October 2010, Computer Music and Future Music magazines teamed up to bring you Producer Sessions Live at SAE London. This first-of-its-kind event was 100% dedicated to music technology, and attendees were able to try out the latest gear from the industry's biggest names as well as sit in on exclusive production masterclasses from a roster of studio heavy-hitters including Dave Spoon, Danny Byrd, Sharooz, Tommy D and Freemasons.This year's even is set to be held on the 3rd and 4th of September, and will once again take place at SAE London. While we can't let any more details slip just yet, you can sign up to our newsletter here to be first to know when tickets go on sale. Relative News
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Feb 3, 2011 2:21:00 PM
Music production college Point Blank are launching a new Ableton Live dance music course, presented by Martin Roth, Mike Koghlin and Tiësto, and to celebrate they've given us five Live tutorial videos to share with the world. We're posting one video every day this week, and today's is on using Live's ability to automatically slice audio clips to instrument racks that can be played via MIDI. -- Adobe Flash Player required to view this video. Get Flash Player. See here for more details on the course. Relative News
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Feb 2, 2011 3:41:00 PM
Music production college Point Blank are launching a new Ableton Live dance music course, and to celebrate they've given us five Live tutorial videos to share with the world. We'll be posting one video every day this week, and today's is about creating vocal effects with reverb. -- Adobe Flash Player required to view this video. Get Flash Player. See here for more details on the course. Relative News
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Feb 1, 2011 3:07:00 PM
Music Production college Point Blank are launching a new Ableton Live dance music course, and to celebrate they've given us five Live tutorial videos to share with the world. We'll be posting one video every day this week, and today's is on making stacked instruments work together using Live's instrument rack capabilities. -- Adobe Flash Player required to view this video. Get Flash Player. See here for more details on the course. Relative News
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Jan 31, 2011 2:58:00 PM
Music Production college Point Blank are launching a new Ableton Live dance music course, and to celebrate they've given us five Live tutorial videos to share with the world. We'll be posting one video every day this week, and today's is on making kick drums and bass lines work together. -- Adobe Flash Player required to view this video. Get Flash Player. See here for more details on the course. Relative News
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Jan 25, 2011 11:56:00 AM
Get 13 issues of Computer Music per year – including a DVD-ROM every issue and a sample pack worth £59.95 – when you subscribe here from only £29.99 every six months! (This offer is open to all readers - whether based in the UK or overseas - simply select your region when subscribing for prices where you are.) The downloadable sample pack from UK distributors Time+Space comprises a wide variety of pro-quality sounds. It's full of dancefloor inspiration, from Disco Gold by Zero-G right through to Progressive House from Sample Magic! Further details of which titles the samples are taken from can be found here(the pack is also available in WAV and REX format - though Dark Skies, Urban Legend and Vocal Factory are not included in the REX pack). Simply click here and subscribe today to claim your sample pack and get every issue of cm delivered to your door for up to 20% less than the cover price! Please specify an email address when subscribing in order to receive your download... Relative News
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Jan 24, 2011 4:20:00 PM
In the early 80s, the Fairlight CMI sampler changed the sound of popular music forever thanks to its digital sampling capabilities. It found favour among artists such as Peter Gabriel, Thomas Dolby and The Art of Noise.Now the instrument is back is three different forms. First up, a new version of the hardware is to be produced, but the price for units will be a fairly hefty $20,000 – see the full story from Music Radar for full details.A more affordable way to get that legendary sound will be to check out this Kontakt-compatible patch library from Bitley, which includes nearly 2,000 patches and will eventually retail for $160.Finally, check out this Fairlight iPhone app! Details are thin on the ground at the moment, but you can get your fill of new Fairlight info from this excellent Matrixsynth round-up.... Relative News
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Jan 14, 2011 4:15:00 PM
The NAMM Show always heralds tons of computer music news and this year's event has already seen some big name announcements, not least the unveiling of Steinberg's Cubase 6, the amazing video promo of which you can see right here: Here are the computer music related highlights courtesy of Music Radar:Steinberg Cubase 6 revealedRob Papen throws Punch drum machine into the ringSpectrasonics announces Omnisphere 1.5Steinberg releases Rupert Neve Designs Portico EQ and compressor plug-insUniversal Audio unveils UAD-2 Satellite Duo and Quad FireWire DSP acceleratorsMOTU 828mk3 Hybrid audio interfaceArturia announces Spark drum machineAlesis StudioDock gives iPad audio and MIDI I/ORoland introduces Tri-Capture and Duo-Capture USB audio interfacesFocusrite RedNet brings pro audio networking to your DAWAvid releases M-Audio Venom virtual analogue synthAvid announces M-Audio Torq 2.0 DJ SoftwareYou can see Music Radar's complete NAMM Show 2011... Relative News
