The Ultimate Festival Guide 2009
Plan your festival summer now with our complete guide to over 375 UK and European summer festivals. Every event worth going to is listed from May to September, covering music as varied as rock, dance, folk and jazz. The Ultimate Festival Guide 2009 is on sale now in WH Smith stores, or you can buy online.
MUSIC TECH FOCUS: PRO TOOLS IS OUT NOW
Music Tech Focus: Pro Tools
Our latest pro software guide is out now, featuring up-to-the-minute Pro Tools 8 workshops and features, as well as a DVD packed with sounds, resources and demos. Find out more..
Music Tech Focus: Pro Tools is on sale now in WH Smith stores, usual stores in Europe, and in USA/Australia in May, or you can buy online..
The July issue of Music Tech Magazine is out now in newsagents throughout the UK. Visit www.musictechmag.co.uk
In the issue
Features DAW Masterclass
Getting to know your DAW better will not only help you make music more effectively, it can also spark your creativity. Mark Cousins and Hollin Jones show you around in this 13-page special feature.
Ten Minute Masters Step Sequencers
Despite having only a few notes at their disposal, step sequencers are still an essential tool for electronic music production. We explain why.
Condenser Microphones
Condenser microphones are a popular choice within the studio, but what difference does the capsule design make? Grant Bridgeman goes beneath the grille.
This Month’s Workshops
Cubase 5
Your loops are the right pitch and length, but how should you manage their groove, swing and feel? Hollin Jones shows you how to take control.
Ableton Live 8
Looping is central to making music in Ableton Live, and the latest version boasts a brand-new warping engine.
Logic Pro 8
Logic’s reverb plug-ins are essential tools for three-dimensional mixing and can generate a number of interesting spatial effects. Mark Cousins finds his space.
Reason 4
Reason might be primarily a studio composition tool, but it’s more than adequately equipped for onstage performance, too…
Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through their paces in this issue, including AKAI’s APC40, the Novation SL MkII, ART’s M-Two and M-Three microphones, Arsenal Audio’s MP-R20 & MP-R24, the AAS Strum Electric GS-1 and Lexicon’s FW810S IONIX.
On the DVD
Moog Voyager
Our friends at PinkNoise Studio have kindly made a collection of exclusive analogue Voyager sounds for use in your productions. The pack comes in 16-bit/44.1kHz and high-quality 24-bit/96kHz WAV files alongside patches for Kontakt and NN-XT.
www.pinknoisestudio.com
PrimeLoops Sound Packs
PrimeLoops has provided a compilation taken from its latest packs, including drum’n’bass, future house and glitch-hop beats, plus some percussion and orchestral loops. (16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
www.primeloops.com
Logic Pro & GarageBand Video Tutorials
Groove 3 has contributed 50 minutes of essential Logic tips this month, including chapters on zooming, creating markers and templates, plus a top ten list of shortcuts. We’ve also got over 40 minutes of MacProVideo’s new GarageBand 09 101 tutorials, which take you through setting up audio and MIDI, creating a song and various methods of recording audio.
www.groove3.com
www.macprovideo.com
Greetings......episode 10 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican podcast Ever so Moorish! is now available for download, featuring interviews with DJ U-cef and DJ UMB of Generation Bass as well as music from the Talking Dog, Darga, U-Cef, Ges-E and Sukh Knight and Threnody.
Antiworld Events London Present: "Psychedelic Academy 006" Bank Holiday Sunday 03 May 2009! @ The Brixton Fridge, London, UK!
Blast Off : 09.00pm - Re-Entry : 09.00am 12 HRS Of Psychedelic Trance & Techno... Plus After Hour Close To The Main Venue...
Headliners: Juno Reactor DJ Set By Mike Maguire! Alien Project! Talamasca! Solar System! X.S.I! Mojo! Chris Liberator (Techno)!
Main Stage : Hosted By : Antiworld! Music Style : Full On "Power" Psychedelic Trance!
The Usual Suspects: Juno Reactor DJ Set By Mike Maguire / UK / First London Appearance In 1.5 Years! Alien Project (H2O / Tip World / ISR / First London Appearance In 3 Years)! Talamasca (Mind Control Records / France)!
The New Talents: Solar System (Sonesta Records / ISR) / "New Antiworld Resident" / N 85 Top DJ 100 (www.djmag.com)! X.S.I Xtra.Sound.Independant (Mind Control Records / France)! Mojo (Mushy Records / ISR)!
The Antiworld Residents: Kristian Compressor Nasti Moto (Ableton Set! / Cyprus) / (Antiworld London & Ibiza)! Sutekh Gaba Metaphase Zeus Sati Andi Leppard Matt Loraine Phil Lankester Aka Libra 9 Sonique Psykinetic Aulday
Second Room : Hosted By Julian Gas & Friends In Collaboration with cK Family : Music Style : Electro, Progressive, Minimal & Techno!
Chris Liberator Julian Gas Nick Grater Pablo The Sonic Terrorist Centurian Kito Kymo Diego cK Diego Coelho DJJU Kristina Wesley Razzy Maya Tekxp Zwezd@
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Antiworld Events London Present: "Psychedelic Academy 006" Bank Holiday Sunday 03 May 2009! @ The Brixton Fridge, London, UK! Blast Off : 09.00pm - Re-Entry : 09. 00am 12 HRS Of Psychedelic Trance & Techno... Plus After Hour Close To The Main Venue...
Headliners: Juno Reactor DJ Set By Mike Maguire! Alien Project! Talamasca! Solar System! X.S. I! Mojo! Chris Liberator (Techno)!
Main Stage : Hosted By : Antiworld! Music Style : Full On "Power" Psychedelic Trance!
The Usual Suspects: Juno Reactor DJ Set By Mike Maguire / UK / First London Appearance In 1. 5 Years! Alien Project (H2O / Tip World / ISR / First London Appearance In 3 Years)! Talamasca (Mind Control Records / France)!
The New Talents: Solar System (Sonesta Records / ISR) / "New Antiworld Resident" / N 85 Top DJ 100 (www.djmag.com)! X.S.I Xtra.Sound. Independant (Mind Control Records / France)! Mojo (Mushy Records / ISR)!
The Antiworld Residents: Kristian Compressor Nasti Moto (Ableton Set! / Cyprus) / (Antiworld London & Ibiza)! Sutekh Gaba Metaphase Zeus Sati Andi Leppard Matt Loraine Phil Lankester Aka Libra 9 Sonique Psykinetic Aulday
Second Room : Hosted By Julian Gas & Friends In Collaboration with cK Family : Music Style : Electro, Progressive, Minimal & Techno! Chris Liberator Julian Gas Nick Grater Pablo The Sonic Terrorist Centurian Kito Kymo Diego cK Diego Coelho DJJU Kristina Wesley Razzy Maya Tekxp Zwezd@
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