2020-08-01 Computer Music

> letters / backchat

Welcome to our newly (re)instated Letters page (okay, Emails page) to which you
have been writing in your droves. Here are some of the best, and if you have
something to say, good or bad (but good helps) email [email protected]

Lots of ideas… extracted/nicked enough ideas Thenatan they’ll be back in bigger force
from their replies. Trax – very soon indeed. Unfortunately
Dear 3) Totally appropriate as there are briefly the toilet roll offer was only open
Great idea to bring back readers’ some excellent such apps AWOL from to residents of my village. (He
messages! I always enjoyed reading appearing all the time. FileSilo but says after weighing up postage
them even though I felt my 4) Consider that a callout! now back costs to Sydney…)
interests were often a bit different 5) I’ll ask Radar!
from most, ie to combine music You can’t say fairer than that. I can Making Trax
technology with classical/ Acolnitvtleersmaotiroen see, with a bit more reflection, that
contemporary/art music. it must be more difficult to get Dear
Dear software independent articles I’m currently reading the Make a
One topic I’d love to learn more Just got the latest , and I’m pretty written. I imagine everybody and Track In An Hour issue and
about is how exactly some disappointed! What’s happened to their second cousins is more than Freeware issues and wanted to use
composers (professional or willing to bang on about the merits Thenatan Trax CM for making a trap
amateur) combine electronics – Experts; always one of my of their favourite bit of software. track. However, I can’t find Trax CM
already pre-recorded would be my favourite sections in . Two parts Thanks for replying and keep up the in the Plugin Suite? Neither via
preference, but live too, maybe – for Apple users only – I wouldn’t good work. Filesilo or on (older) DVD’s.
with traditional orchestral touch an Apple with a barge pole Could you tell me how I can locate
instruments, in their work. What personally, even if I was wearing a Very good point. I had dabbled this plugin?
software they use, etc. black polo-neck, but each to their with the idea of getting a page or
own – and the other piece on a two in for each DAW but as it Gilles, via email
It would also be great to have a £500 quid bit of software. That’s transpires, that would take up the
beginners’ series on how some really useful to us all. I hope this isn’t entire magazine. Thanks for letting us know Gilles.
people use/incorporate sounds/ the shape of things to come. Yours, That one slipped out of the
patches/effects made with music now going back to past issues… jAunsdt aanssiwf wereehdatvheisn…’t Plugin Suite for some reason
programming languages like (possibly because it’s a big
PureData, Max/MSP, Supercollider, Leigh Mellor Dear download) but it has been
Chuck and so on in their music. And hi Andy. I always loved your reinstated and also available for
OK, yes, we rested Dave and Scot humour and brilliant, effortless those issues on FileSilo. Talking of
Also, the descendants of Koan for a couple of issues thinking writing. [Right, this is going in no which, it’s our all-new…
(the generative music software) we’d get away with it with my problem – Ed] Glad you are now at
could even be discussed. But I ugly mug instead plus a couple of the helm at . Mqthuoeesmsttoioofnntt-ohafsked
realise you may feel that this kind of DAW-specific features, but fear
thing may not be appropriate for not Leigh (and others), they are However, [Oh – Ed] can you Dear
the readership for which this very much coming back with two please make /experts DAW I have recently subscribed to the
magazine is mainly intended. additions in two issue’s time. And agnostic? I always skip the ones magazine digitally. How do you
with the wonders of technology, that don’t apply to me in *AN–Other access the sample downloads with
It would also be lovely to see Leigh gets back to us with the magazine*, then feel I haven’t got a digital subscription?
more from rachMiel after all these following reply… my money’s worth. I’m using a PC and there are no links
years... He was a font of knowledge in the issue through the reader from
and original ideas and wrote PS Do I win a toilet roll? Pocketmags.
regularly for ! I wonder where he Mat Ward, Sydney Thanks for any help.
is now? Finally, it would also be
great if Musicradar.com got its matward.bandcamp.com Todd Gordon (and others)
forum back again! Anyway, great
mag and what with all the goodies OK, OK. Expert Guides will be Yes, we do get this asked a lot, so
it always offers, it’s a bargain! agnostic from now on, and yes, will be making it more obvious.
All digital issues can access all the
Neil (only a dabbler in the vast download content – samples,
world of music technology) software, videos and more – from
filesilo.co.uk. You’ll need to set an
Some excellent points there account up and then answer a
which I will lazily answer with question related to the issue you
some brief replies. are trying to access (it’s easy,
1) We’re hoping to explore some don’t worry). There’s between 12
of the ‘real mixed with electronic’ and 15GB a month, so register, log
world with a series of soundtrack on and fill your boots/drive.
composer interviews we have
lined up, starting soon.
2) And a beginners’ series to that
will follow just as soon as we’ve

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