Tuesday May 13, 2008 5 Recession Busting Software Packages!
With food, fuel and other living costs soaring, who has got the cash to fork out for overpriced music software? Here is CM’s guide top five great bits of music software that won’t leave you penniless, along with their equivalent value in supermarket goodies to...
Wednesday May 07, 2008 WIN a Pro Tools Music Creation Studio complete music-making bundle!
Win an amazing Pro Tools Music Creation Studio, worth £575, with CM126's competition! It's a fantastic bundle containing everything you need to get into the world of Pro Tools, and then some. And for one lucky runner up, we have the Pro Tools Personal Studio...
Computer Music 126 – The CM Guide to Techno and KeyToSound Dynamic EQ on the disc
Computer Music 126, June issue on sale now. KeyToSound Dynamic EQ (worth £49.95) and 2640 techno samples on the disc, Cylob interview, the CM Guide to Techno, and much more! ...
discoDSP summer offer for CM readers
Throughout the summer (June-September), Computer Music readers can avail themselves of a 35% discount on discoDSP's flagship soft synth, Discovery Pro.
Discovery Pro is a gorgeous-sounding virtual analog/wave synthesizer VSTi featuring eight VA...
Tuesday May 06, 2008 A complete band on your iPhone or iPod Touch
If you're the proud owner of a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch, you'll definitely want to check out MooCowMusic 's rather astonishing Band application, available soon from the ModMyiPhone community source. Offering an easily-expandable roster of...
Friday May 02, 2008 Make a sound contribution to Mode 7's new game, Frozen Synapse
Computer Music contributor and electronica nutcase Nervous Testpilot (known around here as Paul Taylor) needs your help. Paul is looking for contributed sounds to use as raw material for his latest project, the soundtrack to Frozen Synapse , a new PC game...
Wednesday April 30, 2008 Laptop laughs: Lenovo deflate MacBook Air, and a portable PS3
Lenovo reckon Apple's slimline laptop is a load of hot Air, and they're not afraid to say so in a spoof advert. Meanwhile, Engadget have auctioned off an incredible, one-of-a-kind PS3 portable ...
Wednesday April 23, 2008 Computer Music 125 – The Ultimate Guide to EQ and Techno eJay 4 on the disc!
Computer Music 125, May issue on sale now. Techno eJay 4 and 2022 prog rock samples on the disc, The Heavy interview, the Ultimate Guide to EQ, and much more! ...
Monday April 21, 2008 CM's Top Five Tips for Tightening your Drums
If your drums are flabby rather than fat, you need to tighten up your sounds. Here's the CM guide to the top 5 ways to get the snappiest beats possible.
1. Tweak the amplitude envelope
Most samplers and virtual drum machines allow you to control the...
Thursday April 10, 2008 Write the Reader Tip Of The Month and win a Novation Nocturn!
Send us your own tips and advice for other CM readers, and we'll print the best one each month. What's more, the writer of the Reader Tip Of The Month will receive a fantastic Novation Nocturn 'intelligent plug-in controller'! ...
Monday April 07, 2008 WIN Ableton Live 7 in the fully-loaded Ableton Suite!
We have boxed copies of the Ableton Suite – containing Live 7 and more add-on instruments than you'll know what to do with – and a boxed copy of Live 7 to give away in our competition ...
Thursday April 03, 2008 Virtual 909, 303s and FX in a browser-based music app
Make sweet computer music entirely within your web browser using Hobnox's Flash-based Audiotool. Hook up a virtual Roland 909 and two 303s to stompbox effects and run it all into a mixer, modular-style! ...
Friday March 28, 2008 Computer Music 124 - The CM Guide to Dub, Junkie XL, Producing Music for TV and more!
Computer Music 124, April issue on sale now. CompressiveCM, 1094 eJay samples and 1944 CM Dub samples on the disc, The CM Guide to Dub, Junkie XL interview, Mistabishi Producer Masterclass, and much more! ...
Tuesday March 11, 2008 The Musician's Guide to the Net
This brand-new CM Special will show you the tactics and techniques you need to get your tunes out there, promote yourself and sell your tracks ...
Friday February 29, 2008 HOW TO: Sidechain compression for free in older versions of Cubase SX
One question we get asked time and time again here at CM is: “How do I use sidechain compression?” Often, it's asked in relation to Cubase SX3 specifically, which, unlike Cubase 4, doesn’t feature built-in sidechaining capability.
Luckily, though, earlier...
