Latest articles by Future Music
The ultimate guide to Eurorack percussion: "Modular synthesis opens up a world of sound design that is hard to find anywhere else"
Master your modular percussion patches
The making of Thriller, track by track: "Michael hated light"
We get a behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the biggest-selling album of all time
Issue 408 of Future Music is out now
Mix Like The Pros! Plus: Ride, Kelly Moran, Orbital, Georgia, UDO Super Gemini, modular drum masterclass, Oeksound Bloom & much more!
The producer's guide to the Native Instruments Kontrol S61 Mk3: "Let’s zoom into the specifics of how the Kontrol keyboards work in practice, and how they can help you make music"
Get up to date with NI’s latest hardware ecosystem, discover how it works… and what all those acronyms are about
Orbital on recording The Green Album: "We didn’t have multi-tracking equipment, so we’d get everything working and just run it out live. Any manipulation or synth magic would happen as it was going down - if you didn’t like it, you’d do it again"
Phil and Paul Hartnoll talk us through the debut album that started it all, track by track
How to use FM and oscillator sync to bring synth bass to life
Spice up your bass sounds with this classic technique
6 synth bass mixing tips: "If you are cutting your track to vinyl or likely to have your tracks played out, then ideally you should keep your bass in mono"
Level up your low-end with these quick tips
5 quick EQ and dynamics tips: "On heavily dynamic signals like guitars and vocals, which go from loud, powerful spikes to low, detailed moments, try serial compression"
Tame your levels and tweak your frequencies with these five handy tips for EQ and dynamics
Let’s make a track in the style of Fred Again.. and DJ Seinfeld
Watch us build a melodic house track using FM’s Sample Archive in under an hour
The producer's guide to the Pultec EQP-1: "Its beauty lies in the the extraordinary character you get when you disobey what you’re told to do by the manual!"
This 1950s EQ is still one of the most in-demand processors around, so much so that you can find many (many) hardware and software emulations. But just why is the Pultec EQP-1 such a revered machine?
How Daphne Oram's Oramics machine paved the way for the modern DAW: "I want machines and computers to be an extension of the arm of the composer"
Get acquainted with the work of pioneering composer and electronic musician Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
The producer's guide to Live 12: "This might be the biggest shake-up to Live in a decade"
We give you the rundown on the latest edition of Live, covering the Meld synth, the Roar saturation effect and the workflow updates you need to know about
Issue 407 of Future Music is out now
Bass Synthesis. Plus: Carl Craig, Ben Frost, Paranoid London, Julia Holter, Ableton Live 12, AI sample libraries, collaboration tips, Baby Audio Atoms & much more!
Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder: “If you want to make a good dance song, you still need the 303, an analogue drum machine and a Minimoog”
TB-303 Day special: “The only way to get futuristic sounds was to use synthesizers”
Future Music 410: Samples and downloads
Grab the bonus content to accompany the July 2024 issue of FM
Sidechaining, explained: "Even if you’ve not used it directly in your music-making, you’ll probably have come across it both in the studio and in your daily life"
Get to grips with the infamous, endlessly useful and often misunderstood world of sidechaining
How to master wavetable synthesis: "From the PPG Wave through to hit plugins like Massive and Serum, this is a synthesis method that has stood the test of time "
Get to know this synthesis method by its basics, then discover the more innovative sides of today’s forward-thinking wavetable synth plugins
How does delay actually work?
It's one of the most widely used effects for producers, synthesists and guitarists alike, but how does it work?
9 'alternative' synth plugins that you need to try: "These synths tread their own path, offering a completely different experience that was never expected to be a mainstream phenomenon"
What if titans like Vital, Serum, Phase Plant and Pigments didn’t exist? Here are today’s coolest ‘alt’ synths for the contrarians and the experimentalists
How to master your synths: "If you really want to get to know a synth, the best thing you can do is read the manual, test out each element and get a feel for how each feature affects the sound"
Let’s go beyond basic oscillators and simple modulation, to explore the more esoteric, adventurous sides of synth sound design
Issue 406 of Future Music is out now
The Future of EQ and Dynamics. Plus: Maya Shenfeld, MGMT, Machine Woman, Speedy J, Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave, Waldorf Iridium Core, Pultec masterclass & much more!
Future Music 409: Samples and downloads
Grab the bonus content to accompany the June 2024 issue of FM
