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Beat combines competent hardware and software tests with dedicated reviews as well as reports and interviews from musicians and the music business. We will report on music production with the latest synthesizers and computers, introduce new trends in recording, and always have our finger on the pulse with up-to-date reports. Many well-known specialist report on the widespread music production solutions and experienced editors take care of the most important entertainment and scene topics. This magazine is a platform for musicians and contains a regular demo and MP3 section for readers as well as a download with high-quality sample and music files for creative musicians. Software licenses available while stock lasts. You can check the availability of each product here: www.plugins-samples.com/all-issues

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Really, already 222 beat editions?! • Yup, with this current issue you‘re holding Beat number #222 in your hands or reading along on your computer or tablet. That‘s the equivalent of over 20,000 pages of passion, enthusiasm for gear, careers launched in the music music bizz or simply the fun of „sounding“. Time for a brief overview …

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Podcast Episode #36 From Beyoncé to EDM • Tobias Fischer is your host for the Behind the Beat Podcast. Each episode features one of the most exciting producers of our time for an in-depth exchange. This episode focuses onsongwriting icon Toby Gad who reinvented his classic “Little Do You Know” with Axel Cooper.

TIPS & TUTORIALS PLUGIN SECRETS SERUM, SYNTHS & SOUNDDESIGN 56 TRICKS YOU DON‘T KNOW YET • Some things are just not up for debate, plug-ins are a cool thing! But do you really know every trick? Can you quickly create the ideal sounds for your track? Are you taking advantage of VST3 and CLAP? Are the vocals prominently mixed and the bass perfectly placed thanks to the Pultec trick? Our extensive special not only provides you with indispensable sound design tips, but also shows you how to build chart sounds for current genres such as K-Pop, House and Bass Music. And (shhh!) you‘ll also benefit from exclusive advice from experts like Hainbach, Venus Theory and Bad Snacks!

Hands-on Hive 2: Wavetable synth in a class of its own The best sounds & tricks for the EDM synth • Where Diva inspires the analog fraction and Zebra 2 has become indispensable in film music, u-he Hive 2 is a competitor of Serum and Vital, because the wavetable synth brings you sounds for EDM, Trap and Pop with a workflow for fast results. Typically for u-he, there are also some exciting features under the hood.

Hands-on: 80s nostalgia with TAL plug-ins Synthwave Track Starter • If you want to bring the sound of Roland‘s polyphonic synth flagships from the early 1980s into your DAW, the plugins from TAL-Software are the first choice. It immediately makes you want to produce a Synthwave track with vintage charm, doesn‘t it? Well then, let‘s go!

In talk with Bitwig & u-he: The ultimate plug-in format? What makes CLAP better than VST? • A few months ago it almost appeared out of nowhere when Bitwig and u-he presented the jointly developed CLAP format. Better performance, Per-Note automation, open source, MIDI 2.0 support and other features spontaneously sound like long-awaited wishes for users and developers. What else is behind it, how does your sound benefit from CLAP and how does the format speed up your workflow? We talk to David Schornsheim, Software Developer at u-he.

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Entdeckt: H31R Experimental Hip Hop • When H31R released their debut “ve-loc-i-ty” it created a stir. As their new album now proves, however, that was only a warm-up. Sophomore full-length HeadSpace is a visionary statement, one of those albums...