Friday May 30, 2008 Interactive music formats MPX4 and MT9 offer alternative to MP3
Two new music formats, MPX4 and MT9, offer new ways for listeners to interact with and experience music, and claim to be alternatives to MP3. ...
Friday May 23, 2008 Draw your Music!
If you've ever felt frustration with traditional methods of composition and sound design then HighC from Thomas Baudel could be the answer to your prayers. This cool bit of software allows you to draw sounds onto a time-frequency graph that looks like a...
CM Special - The Ultimate Guide to GarageBand
Make tracks with Apple's most accessible music software ...
Tuesday May 20, 2008 London School of Sound and Miloco Studios team up.
Those looking to learn more about music production take heed: the London School of Sound has teamed up with Miloco Studios (whose recent clients include Bloc Party, The Chemical Brothers and Jamie T) for a series of jointly-developed training workshops....
Friday May 16, 2008 Noise Annoys
If you’ve ever bothered your neighbours by blaring beats at unsociable hours you might find that your obnoxious emissions have been recorded for all to see. The UK’s Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA ) has launched a website that...
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 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'! ...
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! ...
