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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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All your software in one place • Day after day, the Beat editors are committed to presenting readers with software highlights time and time again. This will not change in the future-except for one thing: All content is available for download at plugins-samples.com at any time. Free of charge for magazine subscribers, by the way. And it works so easy!

PERFECT DRUMS THE BEST 13 DRUM MACHINES 30 TIPS FOR BETTER BEATS • Drums are the foundation of almost every song, and there are so many tools for making cool beats, from synth plugins and grooveboxes to drums and percussion and even everyday objects you can tap on. But what‘s the best way to record drums and percussion? How do you create your own signature drums and exciting beats? How do you turn the various sounds into a powerful kit for mighty grooves? We provide answers to all questions and an overview of the best hardware drummers in comparison.

For more pressure in your drums: 7 Turbo tips

Fat drums with few mics • Acoustic drum sets in studios often stand out because you can‘t see much of them at all, so many stands, mounts and cables obscure the view. The point of all this effort is to give the people in charge of sound as much control over the drum sound as possible. However, there is another way. Today I‘d like to show you some minimalist drum recording setups that are particularly suited to small drum kits and producers working alone. Here we go.

3 drum machines with flair

3 grooveboxes under 350 Euro

4 drum synthesizers

4 all-in-one workstations

6 good reasons for pad controllers • Do you want to break out of the dead straight, boring boom-chak pattern and rather build intoxicating beats? Yes, ok, the question is rhetorical, but it benefits the music and especially the listeners and dancers. What it needs is ideally a controller with 16 pads, maybe even with aftertouch for that extra trick …

Finest drums from nature • We always encourage building your own drums, but why? Aren‘t there already more than enough synths and sample packs with endless material? Yup, that‘s possible, but cooking yourself is more fun and it always tastes better outside. Therefore: go out into nature to catch some sounds! And with handy gear you can not only sample quickly, but also build the beats right away…

This way even the 909 sounds cool again • Having cool drums is generally not a mistake. But it‘s even better if they sound unique, right? You‘ve probably already guessed: we‘re going to show you a technique that lets you create particularly distinctive sounds and, above all, make existing kits completely different (and much more interesting) with just a few clicks. Even a worn-out 909 sounds like new this way! You don‘t believe? Then follow us…

The basics of drum compression • Compressing individual drums… does that make any sense at all? Isn‘t it much smarter to process a whole beat to get the maximum power out of it? The answer is clear: both-but it...