Future Music

Future Music delivers the technique and technology behind the hits. Packed with inspiration for today’s modern musician there’s reviews of hot new gear, tons of tutorials to help you get the most out of your hardware and software, and exclusive In The Studio features where the stars take apart their tracks.

Future Music

Goodbye 2021

Moog’s much loved Animoog app returns for Mac and iOS • Animoog Z reimagines Moog’s virtual synth for 2021

Cherry Audio release ARP Quadra virtual synth plugin

Could IK Multimedia’s Syntronik 2 be the only vintage synth plugin you need? • The already huge compendium has added new titles

TALKING SHOP Paleman

Claude VonStroke Beware of the Bird • Dirtybird, 2006

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The Perfect Christmas Gift for just £ 61.99 plus FREE JET 2 EARPHONES FROM FLARE AUDIO

Jim Wallis and Nick Goss Pool

GEAR – OF THE – YEAR 2021

2021: A YEAR IN BEATS

NOVATION CIRCUIT TRACKS

SYNTH SPINOFFS AND REVIVALS

KORG MODWAVE

MIDI, CV AND MORE

KORG SQ-64

A YEAR OF DAW UPDATES

ABLETON LIVE 11

2021’S MUST-HAVE PLUGINS

BABY AUDIO SPACED OUT

2021’S FINEST STUDIO GEAR

UNIVERSAL AUDIO VOLT INTERFACES

THE YEAR IN EURORACK

ADDAC SYSTEM 112

NIGHTMARES ON WAX • Due to a health scare and enforced DJing sojourn, Nightmares on Wax’s George Evelyn was forced to totally re-evaluate his life and craft. Danny Turner learns more

PRODUCE LIKE… Richard Fearless • The Death In Vegas lynchpin on making his new ambient opus Future Rave Memory

GET THAT SOUND… How Richard layered feedback loops for the outro of Our Acid House

RICHARD FEARLESS TRACK BUILDER… Ambient techno tips – from sequencing to dub-style mixes

WHY I LOVE MY… SND SAM-16 sequencer

Generate new musical ideas in Ableton Live • How to maintain clarity of vocals while creating depth with reverb

Roland TR-6S • Leo Maymind gives us a whirlwind tour of this slimmed-down TR-8S sibling, which, he argues, offers a fair amount of charm in its own right…

10 ways to get more out of your Roland TR-6S • Small or large, the TR-6S is a Roland workhorse, through and through. Let’s see why…

Use Roland’s new Editor to get deeper with kits • The newly released software for both the TR-6S and TR-8S let you control kits, patterns and more

THE BLACK DOG • Danny Turner meets the techno outfit to chat Sheffield, brutalism and new album Music for Photographers

Glitch • ’90s experimentalism meets digital tech to create the surprisingly influential glitch aesthetic

The past, present and future of glitch

VITALIC • The French producer celebrates his 20th year in the game with a new post punk-tinged album. Matt Mullen learns more about his latest projects

Waldorf M £1,649 • Bruce Aisher checks out Waldorf’s newly unveiled hybrid synth to see if it can conjure up some of that classic wavetable magic

Akai MPC Studio £230 • Akai’s revamped MPC Studio combines hardware control with software power to deliver everything needed to run an MPC-based setup, says Martin Delaney

MachineRoom Prodigy Dual VCO €300 • Rob Redman came to check out the authentiticy of this Moog Prodigy reboot, but stayed for the handbuilt charm

512 Audio Skylight £190 • Jon Musgrave plugs up this new podcast-focused large capsule condenser from US manufacturer 512 Audio

Campfire Audio Honeydew IEM £249 • These in-ears look the part, but how do they sound? Rob Redman runs a test

Minimal Audio Rift

Fluid Audio Axis €249 • It can be a bit of a minefield choosing a budget mic. Jon Musgrave weighs up this...