Korg announce the nanoSeries, a range of three slim-line USB-powered MIDI controllers: nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL. ...
Korg nanoSeries: tiny MIDI controllers are big news for mobile musos
Plug-ins Hit the Headlines
It's not often that music software plug-ins make the press, but we found this article from the Arts and Culture section of The New Yorker on - predictably enough – AutoTune worthwhile thanks to some interesting background info on AutoTune’s creator and...
The Best Free Plug-ins Ever!
Get your hands on a superb collection of more than 100 music-making tools with the brand-new Computer Music Special ...
Hear the first ever recorded computer music
You might think that computer music begins and ends with hi-tech DAWs, but it's not so: this vintage recording from the BBC's news website gives us a terrifying insight into what computer music used to sound like before silicon chips arrived and made our...
Breeze and Styles Exclusive Online Video
In CM127 you’ll find a tip-packed Breeze & Styles Producer Masterclass, where the pair explain in detail how they get their hardcore sound. For an extra insight into the technology Breeze & Styles use everyday to make their slamming track, check out this...
WIN an awesome Rob Papen synth by sending us your Reader Patches!
Send in your synth and effects patches and we'll write about them in our new Reader Patches section and put them on the DVD. What's more, whoever sends in the best patches each month can take their pick of a brilliant Rob Papen synth: Blue, Albino, Predator...
WIN an Image-Line bundle containing FL Studio 8, Deckadance and Maximus!
Win an amazing Image-Line bundle worth $567 with CM127's competition! Each pack contains FL Studio 8 Producer Edition, Deckadance Club Edition and Maximus, and we have 3 to give away! ...
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. ...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
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...


