Beat English
Ausgabe 08/2024

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.

Hands-on: From sample to finished track – in 2 hours

Did the „Calm beats for studying“ or „Melodies to relax to“ become famous through the Lo-Fi Girl or vice versa? It doesn‘t really matter, in the end it‘s the sound that counts and it‘s more popular than ever before – the more than 14 million followers of her YouTube channel alone speak for themselves. So the demand for the beats is there, all that‘s missing is the „how to“ ... and we‘ll show you that now!

For free: Kuassa Efektor Modulation Beat

Chorus, flanger, phaser and tremolo in one plug-in? That‘s four wishes at once! That‘s really not possible, is it? Of course it is! Our software highlight, Kuassa Efektor Modulation Beat, combines all four modulation effects in one appealing interface. A real sweet-spot effect for instruments, synths, drums, vocals and much more!

Test: Behringer Pro VS Mini – SEQUENTIAL PROPHET VS FOR UNDER 100 €

After testing the first model of the Micro series, called the JT-4000, we are now taking a closer look at the debut of the Behringer Mini series. With the Pro VS Mini, Behringer has brought the 1986 synthesizer classic Sequential Circuits Prophet VS into the modern age, reduced it to a handy format and reduced the price to under 100 Euros!

81 ethereal voices, elven flutes & chanting droids – for Zampler & Akai MPCs

Harmony of Realms is a sound bank where fantasy meets futurism. The 81 patches interweave elven vocals, enchanting harps and chanting droids and offer an exclusive blend of relaxed voices, captivating woodwinds, steel drums, flutes, harps and hypnotic mechanical chants. Perfect for anyone who wants to add a touch of magical realism or sci-fi ambience to their music.