Beat Magazine April 2025

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Master AI music production: 24 tools for vocals, beats & inspiration Artificial intelligence is becoming an indispensable tool in music production. But which tools are really helpful? In our big special, you‘ll learn which AI tools you should know and how to integrate them into your creative workflow – whether in songwriting, mixing, sound design or writing lyrics. In workshops, we‘ll also show you how to work more efficiently with tools like SUNO, Musicfy, AIVA and Vocoflex without losing your own musical style.

Beat Issue 229 February 2025

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TECHNO MASTERCLASS – How To Create Hard & Hypnotic Techno. Whether melodic, hard or hypnotic – Techno regularly reinvents itself, but the essence remains: „The beat has to go on and on“. That‘s why we‘ve got the answer to all your questions about production here! From choosing the right kick to clever synth layering to the latest trends in sound design – we‘ll show you step by step how to build rumbles, create hissing hats and find catchy melodies. In other words, Techno with hit potential!

Beat Magazine 226 2024

PDF | 16 October 2024 | ENGLiSH:59.87 MB | GERMAN:23.45 MB

42 EFFECT PEDALS discoverd – New sounds for guitars, synths & vocals

Effect pedals are only for guitars! No, because they also work for drums and synths. So it‘s time for a market overview with must-haves, affordable all-rounders, the coolest tube distortion pedals for drum machines, endless reverbs for your synths and of course secret budget tips. We also provide promising effect chains, test the latest pedals and provide instructions for building your own pedal boards. Discover with us the huge potential of experimenting with effect pedals and get back to tweaking the sound with a pedal instead of using a mouse and trackpad!

BEAT Magazine 222 July 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 16.71MB

PLUGIN SECRETS – 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!

FreaQ v1.0.0 WiN MAC

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FreaQ is an uniquely designed analog mixing desk style equalizer. Featuring super smooth analog low and high shelf filters, 2 fully parametric bell filters and 2 adjustable low pass / high pass filters, FreaQ has everything you need to shape your instruments the way you want them.

BEAT Magazine 223 August 2024

English | 12 July 2024 | 11.40MB

Pure nostalgia, reduction to the essentials or is it the retro charm that is so popular thanks to Lo-Fi? Either way: While battleships like Kontakt, Falcon or HALion boast ever more complex features and make entire orchestras playable in a realistic way, trackers and old-school samplers are celebrating one revival after another. We‘ll show you why this hard- and software is so popular for Lo-Fi sound, how you can produce emotional tracks with the popular lo-fi flair and provide the right plug-ins for the most important tricks. We‘ll also give you our own tracker, which lets you revive more than just the vibe of the 80s.

BEAT Magazine 222 Juli 2024

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PLUGIN SECRETS: 56 Tricks, die du garantiert noch nicht kennst!

Manche Dinge stehen einfach nicht zur Debatte, Plug-ins sind ’ne geile Sache! Aber kennst du schon wirklich jeden Trick? Kannst du schnell die idealen Sounds für deinen Track erstellen? Nutzt du die Vorteile von VST3 und CLAP? Sind die Vocals prominent gemischt und der Bass dank Pultec-Trick perfekt platziert? Unser umfangreiches Spezial liefert dir nicht nur unverzichtbare Sounddesign-Tipps, sondern zeigt auch, wie du Chart-Sounds für aktuelle Genres wie K-Pop, House und Bass Music baust. Und (pssst!) außerdem profitierst du von exklusiven Ratschlägen von Experten wie Hainbach, Venus Theory und Bad Snacks!