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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