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Ausgabe 07/2023

34 headphones rewiewed in comparison – plus reasons to mix with them

Not everyone has enough space in the studio for large speakers and correct placement. Besides, even the best monitoring system is useless if the acoustics aren‘t right. So why not mix with headphones? We‘ll show you which models are best for you and your sound, what to look for when buying them, and give you all the advantages for headphone mixdowns to give your tracks the final touch. Also included: a market overview with technical data and applications for all important and current headphones.

For Free: Reason 12 + Rack – Full modular DAW with SSL console

A full DAW for three months for free! Reason has long since advanced to a full-fledged DAW with a fat SSL console ahead of top dogs like Cubase and Pro Tools. And if you don‘t want to switch your sequencer, you can use Reason as a VST3 plug-in with over 15 synths, 29 rack effects, arpeggiator, sequencer, LFOs and many other tools, all of which can be combined in any way you like.

In touch with Jeff Mills – Soundtracks for Future Humanity

For the third time, Jeff Mills has scored music for Fritz Lang‘s iconic movie Metropolis. Each of these interpretations saw Mills taking a different approach to a film whose “dramatic theme,” as he puts it, “is as relevant now as it was when the filmed debuted in 1927.” The result, released on CD and a 3LP set under the title of Metropolis Metropolis in an edited form from the full soundtrack, is intense, disorienting and of an otherworldly sensuality. Mills has not just written a sountrack to a classic here. He has created a new experience of the movie itself.


Test: Erica Synths SYNTRX II – Gritty, analog & with presets

SYNTRX II from Erica Synths is the improved version of its predecessor in many aspects and at the same time a descendant of the famous EMS Synthi AKS from the 1970s. While it‘s close in sound and function to the original, the SYNTRX II is still capable of much more. Not cheap, but definitely worth the price. Check out out why...

More free sounds: 128 Basses, Leads & Pads for Synthwave, Chill & Techno

Analog synths are cool, there‘s no way around it. But what would a perfect candidate sound like? Probably noise-free, tuning stable and above all: inspiring. Well then, congrats! Because with ANALOG FUTURE for Zamplers and MPCs that‘s exactly what you get: 112 raw and fat basses, leads and pads from legends like Analogue Solutions Semblance, Dreadbox Murmux, Korg MS-10 and Yamaha‘s CS-40. Plus 16 bonus loops from the DSI Tempest.

Tricks & knowledge for your daily studio routine

BEAT brings you 84 pages of hardware and software reviews, interviews & studio reports, workshops for Cubase, Logic, Live, FL Studio, Reason, MPC, Bitwig and Studio One, as well as tricks for djaying and live performances. Plus 12 GB of software, sounds and samples.