Tim Cant

Here at Computer Music we pride ourselves on getting you the very best software for free, but the new addition to the CM Studio has astounded even us with its incredible feature set and sound.

It’s awards season, and here at CM we’ve been pondering our favourite music technology happenings over the past twelve months. Here are some of our most treasured moments from the last year:

Modular music creation program energyXT is heading to the increasingly popular Linux platform. This week saw the release of a beta version of energyXT2, which is both Linux and Windows compatible.

This week everyone has been falling over themselves to get their hands on the fantastic new Zebra 2 soft synth from independent developer u-he.

Cult shareware sequencer Reaper now features ReWire support, usually a feature offered by audio applications from big name developers – check out version 1.21 here.

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.

Researchers at the University of Southern California have created a piece of music software able to analyse music by an artist, then create accompaniment to any melody in that style.

See Steinberg's new 'Cubase Ready' audio interface and dedicated Cubase controller and read an interview with Steinberg/Yamaha engineers on how the hardware was created