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Lykke Li and Björn Yttling on recording in ABBA's old studio: "It looks like a winter cabin from a Roger Moore James Bond movie. What more do you need to make great music?"
The Swedish pop phenom shares her vision for the unabashedly emotional album Eyeye
How to enhance your vocals with Antares Auto-Tune
Antares Auto-Tune is a remarkably dexterous suite of voice-manipulating software, and is now capable of far more than just pitch correction
The ultimate beginner's guide to extreme effects and plugins
Sometimes, more is more: we survey the history of creative effects processing and offer up 12 plugins that push the boundaries
Doing damage: 10 filthily creative distortion plugin tips
Not just for guitars, distortion is actually a highly flexible effect that can be used in numerous different ways
Psychoacoustics - 99 tricks for high-impact drops
“Creating vivid contrast between your build-up and drop will make the latter more impactful, enhancing the sense of release.”
Computer Music 318 March 2023: free downloads
If you've purchased a copy (digital or print)* you can grab the bonus content to accompany issue 318 of CM here. Just click through to the embedded quiz and answer the questions below…
Creativity hacks: using one sample to inspire a new track
How one sound can provide the spark for a complete song
How to process a stereo drum mix with mid/side compression
This technique splits the signal into its sum and difference components, allowing you to process them independently
How to get a great guitar sound... without buying pedals
Best of 2022: Effects pedals are many guitarist’s most treasured playthings. But, the right software selections can not only imitate, but exceed such pedal-based effects
Synchro Arts RePitch
Pitch correction software is widely available and comes in many forms. Let’s see what features this new plugin has to offer
Solid State Logic SSL 4K B
It seems right and proper that SSL is first to release an emulation of its early B series desk. Let’s see how it performs
Audified Linda IronVerb
Algorithmic reverbs are widespread, affordable and sometimes a bit uninspiring. This latest design attempts to redress the balance
Cherry Audio GX-80
Cherry Audio’s latest behemoth-of-a-synth is a plugin for a utopian future, exclusively from the vintage past…
GForce Software Oddity3
The aptly named Oddity gets another upgrade, combining core designs with contemporary features
Computer Music 317 February 2023: free downloads
If you've purchased a copy (digital or print) you can grab the bonus content to accompany issue 317 of CM here. Just click through to the embedded quiz and answer the questions below…
IK Multimedia iLoud Precision 6
Desktop music making specialist IK Multimedia has stepped into the pro market with its new monitors, but should you step up with them?
Excite Audio Lifeline Console
Dial in sumptuous layers of analogue warmth and tape-y goodness with Excite Audio’s latest multi-moduled mixing tool
Audio Damage Other Desert Cities
The latest intriguingly named plugin from Audio Damage provides creative delays and modulation, with inspiration from an unlikely source
Balance the bass: 8 sure-fire fixes to get your low-end properly parked
“Basslines being the potentially mix-overwhelming things that they are, the ability to balance them accurately and 'correctly' is a key skill that every producer needs to develop.”
10 tactics and tips to turn those musical ideas into whole tracks or sections
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Cherry Audio Sines
Cherry Audio’s newest virtual synthesizer is all about the fundamentals. We follow the Sines and head back to some waveform basics
