To help give some more inspiration for the studio we have this weeks quick tip.

FM217 September 2009 goes on sale in the UK (followed by the ROTW) tomorrow and it's another stormer. Our cover feature goes above and beyond the competition racking up classic and chart-topping sounds and production techniques and exposing exactly how they were made – and how you can make them too! We covered heaps of modern influential sounds from Deadmau5, Justin Timberlake and Daft Punk to classic productions from Prince, Michael Jackson and Human League.

Best of all, we tracked down the people behind the hits and spoke to John Van Nest about recording MJ, Martin Rushent about producing Dare, Deadmau5 tells us all about producing Random Album Title and we even spoke to Matt 'Doctor' Fink about some of the gear modifications that went into the unique sound of Prince's Purple Rain. Add all that to a bunch of DAW tips and example sounds from our usual contributors and you've got a mammoth feature perfect to get your hands dirty with.

In The Studio this month sees remix-renegade and dancefloor-filler Tocadisco talk about the pressures of money and fame in the current industry as well as building an exclusive track on DVD as well as taking apart his classic Walking Away remix from The Egg. Plus – we visit Moby's gear-filled 'home' studio in New York to talk about how his production has changed since the massive commercial success of Play ten years ago.

Our review section is as packed as ever with three exclusive reviews: Roland's Juno-Di, the long-awaited D.Cam Synth Squad and Propellerhead's fantastic new DAW Record all get the FM test, with Speakerphone 2, Waldorf Largo and Analogue Solutions' Telemark all getting a go-over – and many more besides.

And of course, our regulars are full of great tips for Logic, Live and Cubase as well as Knowledge Base covering the immense world of Modular Synthesis and we explain the vital science behind the Frequency Spectrum.

Don't forget our DVD too with 2,579 samples and plenty of tutorial videos from Tocadisco and our regular contribs. PHEW! What an issue! Don't miss it – Future Music September – on sale tomorrow.

This month's star of our In The Studio series, Tocadisco has sent some goodies to give away, including some very cool tshirts and copies of his Solo album.
For a chance to win... Leave a comment explaining your best production tip (remember to leave a valid email). Our favorites will be chosen before the weekend and will receive some Tocadisco goodies shortly after!

Just ahead of this issue going on sale we have a preview of our 'In the Studio' with Tocadisco.
The full studio interview will be in FM217.

This weeks second Quick tip is from Trance superstar Sander Van Doorn.
You can see a full studio interview with him in a forthcoming issue of Future Music , keep your eyes peeled.

This weeks Quick tip is with Kris Menace. You can see the whole studio interview in FM215.

Here's the official word from Apple - full review of Logic 9 coming soon.



"The new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins give guitar players incredible new recording and sound design capabilities. Amp Designer recreates 25 legendary vintage and modern amp heads in beautiful detail with matching controls and 25 paired speaker cabinets that emulate the sound and feel of a guitar running through a real tube amplifier. Guitar players can create their own custom rig by mixing and matching amps, cabinets, reverbs and EQs, and can choose from three different microphone types that can be positioned in 3D space to capture the ideal guitar tone. Pedalboard adds an assortment of 30 guitar stompbox pedals that can be arranged in any order to produce a wide variety of lush, creative effects including overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, chorus, flange, phaser, tremolo, treble boost, wah and more."





"Flex Time is a new collection of tools that allow musicians to quickly manipulate the timing and tempo of recorded audio, including vocals and instruments, to create tighter performances. Using the Flex Tool, individual beats in a waveform can be moved effortlessly with a mouse click, without the need for tedious slicing and editing. Audio Quantize can instantly fix or adjust the timing of an entire performance by aligning notes and beats to a musical grid with a single menu selection. Varispeed provides the ability to slow down and then speed up an entire multi-track production to help record challenging parts. Flex Time also enables recorded tracks to be moved between different Logic projects and matched together, even if they were performed at different tempos. All Flex Time edits are performed non destructively and in real time, even when using the highest quality settings."

This weeks quick tip is from the producer of many guises James Reynolds.
You can check out the full studio interview with him in FM216 on sale now.