We’ve put together something extra special for this edition of Live 10 Focus. On the DVD you’ll find an exclusive complete tutorial course with 22 chapters covering nearly 4 hours! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to improve your knowledge

£519 Pioneer DJ already dominates the DJ booth with its range of CDJ players and DJM mixers and in 2016, the company turned its attention to a more musical range of devices aimed at live electronic-music performance and studio use – the Toraiz range.

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This is the all-new part of Summit that lets you switch between two different sounds from two Peak engines, layer them or trigger them via a sequencer. Central to Summit in more ways than one, the oscillators kick things off in style from waveforms t

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£1,299 Despite the differences between hardware and software, there’s still room for something in-between the two worlds; hardware that provides a lot of what software offers, but doesn’t feel like a computer. We’re not talking about your dad’s groov

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Being surrounded by the entire familiar setup of your studio when on stage can be a great comfort, but it does of course entail physically transporting your entire gear list from gig to gig. Once you’ve done a few gigs, you’ll soon discover that the

For a long time, it seemed like guitarists were resisting using computers. However, a new generation of guitarists are far more comfortable with software, computers and mobile devices, so there’s no excuse for anyone to be a tech hold-out. Ableton Li

Some of these tips may not be obvious, but some are glaringly so, and we’ll start with a biggie from the latter camp. It’s no good running your power-hungry DAW project, loaded with every instrument and effect plug-in going, if you have a load of oth

The good old MIDI keyboard might seem a tad redundant when we have so many high-tech ways to control Live, but it can still be one of our best friends. Unlike Push, for example, a keyboard simply works with any music software – and maybe with iOS and

If automation is new to you, it basically refers to the way that you can record the movements of controls – such as faders on a mixer, or the knobs on a synthesiser – and edit them and replay them afterwards. It has revolutionised production, enablin

What magic potion is needed to transform a song into a chart topper in 2019? If anyone has the recipe, then it’s the brilliant producer, songwriter and musical alchemist Mark Ralph. From Hot Chip and Franz Ferdinand to Tom Walker and Jax Jones via Cl