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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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Soon to start: Berlin Dance Music Event Learn to Produce & Party • In May, the next round of the Berlin Dance Music Event is coming up - so full board play, fun and excitement! Producers create themselves thanks to numerous workshops, the initial knowledge on it, or deepen existing know-how. In the evening, it‘s off to the clubs to party. What exactly awaits you from May 25 - 28, you can find out in the interview with the creator himself: Mika Haggemann.

PRODUCER TRICKS 40 BOOSTERS FOR YOUR TRACKS PLUS: IN 13 STEPS TO A HIT MIX • How do I find musical inspiration and how do I bring my ideas from my head into the DAW? How can I increase my musical productivity? How do I turn loops into a song and how do I develop stirring chord progressions and melodies? For everyone who hates instructions, who finds specialist recording books too dry and who finds long searches on YouTube just too stupid, we provide the best power tips on the topics of inspiration, songwriting, production, mixing, sound design and arrangement to make producing faster and easier to handle and more fun!

Songwriting & arrangement: The most important questions answered

How to start a song! • The well-known saying „Many roads lead to Rome!“ also applies to songwriting, of course. Whether you start your songs with a beat, a bassline, a crisp chord progression or an interesting line of lyrics: In any case, it‘s all about how to develop a song from ideas, structure it and add variety. This list of tips should help.

Fresh ideas guaranteed! • The art of producing tracks requires creativity, talent and time. But sometimes it can be difficult to get the musical process going and find new inspiration. Fortunately, there are many tools and techniques that can provide a creative boost and generate fresh ideas for new songs. Below, we‘d like to share a few of our favorite tools and techniques with you.

How it works: Gripping lyrics and vocal melodies2

5 Production tips from Jonas Blue

Hands-on: Mixing guide 13 steps to a powerful mix • This much is certain: Mixing is (not) an art. The inclined hobbyist can try his hand at the perfect compressor settings, while turbo makers mix while arranging, true to the motto „sounds good, is good“. But what to do when the kick doesn‘t bang, the track in the car makes you howl or the hi-hats on the big PA make your ears bleed? Then there‘s our 13-point plan …

Producing despite everyday life 8 tips for more finished tracks

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SPICE UP YOUR SOUND • Retroverb Lancet is a versatile effect process or that combats boredom and encourages creative sound design with a unique combination of spring reverberation, analogue multi mode filtering, distortion and flexible modulation options.

TRUE MODULAR PASSION • Allan„ J“ Hall‘s love for tinkering with electronics...