ISSUE 300 AUTUMN 2021

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Cover feature

ISSUE 300 SPECIAL

YOUR FREE DAW

A custom edition of Tracktion free to celebrate our 300th issue! p16

16 300: FREE TRACKTION DAW Make a track and how to get your $80 extras!

50 300: THEN & NOW How we made music in 1998 compared to now!

58 300: MASTER PRODUCERS Top advice from 300 issues of producer interviews

82 300: SAMPLE SPECTACULAR How to make perfect vocal recordings in your home

/15 Questions with … a superstar DJ

12 PAUL OAKENFOLD As we look back on 300

issues of Computer Music, we speak to the producer, remixer and, of course, superstar DJ as he looks back on his incredible career. And we admit, he probably did more than us…

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/expert guides 44 SYNTH

MASTERCLASS Dave Gale explores Brassy and Euro-type pad sounds using Zebra CM

46 ORGANIC

MACHINATIONS Niall from Mode Audio reveals the best ways to bring humanity to your quantised beats

48 PRODUCTION

The Audiotent team explain how to bring a random element to your arpeggiations

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Reviews 68 BS FOREST

KINGDOM 3 708 SPECTRALAYERS

PRO 8 728 SLATE & ASH

LANDFORMS 748 BA SMOOTH

OPERATOR 758 KV SYNTHMASTER

IOS 2 768 6 BEST: THINGS

FROM 300 ISSUES 788 CAELUM AUDIO

BEEF 798 SAMPLE REVIEWS

Interview

34 QRTR QRTR – aka Meagan Rodriguez – has garnered rising acclaim for her cinematic and otherworldly productions and her euphoric DJ sets. Here she reveals the tech behind it all

Essentials

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