End of an Era: Computer Music and Future Music Magazines Shutting Down After Decades

[@chriscantplay...2933]

I loved Future Music - even won an Akai Sampler in one of their comps in the late 90s! I sold my old copies and wish I hadn’t as I’m now on eBay collecting all the cool hardware I wanted but couldn’t afford back in the day. Magazines were a monthly dose of inspiration to keep you excited about your hobby. And pretty girls on the cover for no reason - just so symbolic of happier times.

[@3LLT33]

At one point my entire setup was free VSTs from CM. I miss those days and have been trying to get all that software back.

[@anthonybrett]

Same. What made those days so cool was the fact that I was constricted by a lack of funds. It drove me to be more creative. Although it sounds counteractive, constraint is the mother of invention.

[@MegaBadgeman]

That DS404 sampler just blew me away. Not just the quality but the user friendliness. The same goes for the SR202 drum sampler

[@maccagrabme]

I regret throwing a decades worth of those mags, computer music, future music and sound on sound when I moved house many years ago as I had so much sh1t to move I couldn't justify taking all those mags with me. Miss them now.

[@leonexplorer]

😮😮😮😢​@@maccagrabme

[@StudioLams]

Same here. Not to mention all the production tricks I learned along the way. This is sad news.

[@Knightsnare]

Thank everyone for all your amazing stories! This is my first video to hit 10K! I appreciate all of your feedback and I look forward to keeping the community engaged and productive!

[@artkincell]

Hopefully many more +10K views!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Those magazines changed my life, back in the early 2000s it was the thing, I loved reading and Learning plus grabbing samples and free software, tutorials, guides… oh man what a shame.

[@NikolaTomic]

I can't believe it happened! I remember buying Amiga Format and was heartbroken when every one Amiga magazine shuts down. I remember looking for printed copies each month with less and less pages... When Amiga Format shuts down I was jealous watching Computer & Future Music going on... I never imagined there will be the end...!?

[@alonecoder600]

ZX Spectrum zines still exist.

[@skidmarkjohnson8452]

After all these years, I still use some of the free plugins I acquired through Computer Music magazine even today!

[@kirkster7716]

I couldn't afford Fullsail, so magazines were my audio school. Mix, EQ, Keyboard, Computer, Future, Sound on Sound and later Scratch were my staples. Seeing a new edition in a bookstore or at the airport felt like finding gold. I learned so much about gear, production and mix techniques and how to manage artists in the studio. I still have a whole stack of magazines in my bookshelf in my bedroom.

[@Knightsnare]

Fullsail! What a blast from the past!

[@mirroryourmusic]

Yes, it's sad news. I wrote a couple of reviews for CM back in the day. The company has also just shut down Guitar Techniques, Guitar Player, Total Guitar and Total Film magazines. The end of an era. 🙁

[@MeAndTheBoys_]

The cd roms, the articles, all those free vst's, so so many interviews of bands and artists i've never even heard of, all the knowledge if could get from those interviews....... THANK YOU FUTURE MUSIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC. IT WAS A GOOD RUN!

[@Drrolfski]

I Still have a box full of CM issues with DVDs. Loved it back then.

[@JoseGRendons]

This is a really sad news, I grew up reading first KEYBOARD Magazine , which was released before Future Music and Computer Music, Then Keyboard Magazine change its content to only Keyboardists and I move on to Future and Computer Music Magazines, I really learned a lot from those magazines

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Use to buy Computer Music regularly in the 90s. It was a great resource for us before the web and even during the early years of the web.

[@larswillsen]

I ran a BBS (Bulletin board service) in the 80s focused on computer music .. mostly focused on Atari / Cubase (which I was a betatester of) .. I was also a military coder from where I sent a few tracks of mine into space 🙂

[@SONARFLAVORMUSIC]

lol any time I hear some old timer mention BBS’s they’re always some kind of genius.

[@_P_M_]

That's how I felt about Keyboard and Electronic Musician. I had a night job and would spend my down time reading Keyboard. I learned so much. No internet at the time, so they were my life line into the world of electronic instruments.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I remember the days when the only way to connect to your hobbies, was magazines. I hope all the back issues will continue to be available on line, as I don't have the room to store magazines. Also love the ability to search with a computer.

[@ThatSockmonkey]

These magazines were foundational for me. The samples and vsts literally got thousands of people started. I guess I'd better go dl the last edition of CM Suite. Thanks man.

[@fallenleaf24]

yup they really did!

[@matthewmcleod7255]

Wow, end of an Era..... I collected both Future Music and Computer Music religiously for about 5 years, I still have most of them.... the content was always amazing, you are right about this stuff being unavailable at the time on the internet back then... the free loops were like gold! younger producers these days would be horrified at how much we use to pay for a 400mb Sample CD!

[@Knightsnare]

400 mb sample CD 😂 those were the days ❤

[@soarornor]

I miss the magazine landscape that used to exist. I go all the way back to the first electronic music magazine, Synapse. They were way ahead of their time and they folded quickly but it was great for awhile. All the magazines like Electronic Musician, Recording Engineer/Producer, and even Keyboard and Guitar Player have dwindled away. It’s sad, really.

[@therealmattmann]

Yep! As a teenager, I used to live for the days that my issue of Keyboard was delivered! I loved those sound pages, articles and reviews! The 80’s and 90’s were great!

[@maccagrabme]

Used to be something worth going into WHSmith's for.

[@therealmattmann]

@ Absolutely!

[@Dominant1mw]

I used to buy this magazine in the mid 2000s,the samples that came with the DVD were amazing and I still have them on my drives and use them at times.This video has brought me so much nostalgia, Thanks 🙏🏾

[@Knightsnare]

Good times...

[@paulgardener5525]

I have used both magazines in the past and will miss them both. I have used their samples and softsynths in my work as well as U426. Rest in peace.

[@Knightsnare]

R.I.P. 😢

[@scott21113]

I loved the magazine when I was learning production from 2000 to 2012 or so and had honed my skills. I still have every print issue and all the CD/DVDs for that entire period. Have tons of those samples ripped to hard drives and in folders as the media drives were removed from generations of PCs. I still refer back to a few of the issues when there is a production technique or genre I want to emulate. Gradually, as workstations like the Fantom and Kronos - alongside samplers like my MPC X have expanded their sounds sets and capabilities I used less and less of that material. There is just not enough time to consume all the information without being paralyzed by the options to learn. Great vid.

[@Knightsnare]

Thanks for sharing! Doing the video brought up a lot of memories for all of us!

[@jaderington]

I collected those magazines for the cd samples. I only had an upgraded Yamaha A3000 sampler to work with, I loved that thing. I'd had enough of sampling My 12" dance vinyls (to death) so the cd's were very useful for a while. I gave up eventually. 20 plus years later lockdown had me spending my little rainy day money on a synth to get me through it. Today, I am no synth wizard by any stretch, but my home studio is now more than adequate. A dream fulfilled. Bless those magazines back then, I still own my Yamaha A3000...

[@Knightsnare]

I love this comment ❤

[@Audiojunkk]

The videos with artists were by far my favourite part and learned a lot more from them than the current batch of youtubers who are "content creators" first rather than legitimate "Artists" first. So you were getting better practical information from people that were walking the walk!

[@Knightsnare]

Aphex Twin, Gary Numan, Moby, Nightmares on Wax, Vitalic, and really, too many to mention. Pretty hard to compete with those guys!!

[@earlsfield]

Wow wasn't aware so FM reached so many people - although it makes sense - man, what an era, 90s, getting samples, I still have sample libraries from those days. I still have Akai S3200 and S1100, and no matter it takes a minute to process samples, the workflow and the result for me is usually more inspiring and focused than using software samplers. I have modern hardware samplers too but there is something in making music on Atari running old Cubase, JV1080, TX81z and Akai samplers. Both Computer Music and Future Music were rare tutorials and some things I learnt to do then I am still doing now in the same way, 25 years later. It was so important for me because obviously there was no internet, and it was way harder to get to know and understand the tools and processes. I have heaps of these magazines, will hold on to them!

[@Knightsnare]

Someone in the comments mentioned they had 90,000 subscribers at one point. Kinda crazy!

[@earlsfield]

@ It also reached many places across the world, and the day you get the copy was a special day - would spend next month with new samples or follow a tutorial or a patch for a synth, it really was a seminal part of my induction into the world of music production and engineering in general.

[@TheBroDotTV]

Good to be rocking the Atari ST still too dude. Me am also just got me an STE!

[@kensharonyoga]

I bought issue one of Future Music on my 30th birthday. Used to love the lists at the back which gave info on all the current gear.

[@VeezyLife]

crazy this video just popped up in my feed because I literally JUST discovered both Computer Music and Future music a few months ago. Im a low key totally non-professional musician who just makes music at home for fun with many synths physical and digital. I immediately downloaded every single issue made and have been going through all the most recent few years the last couple months. These are def 2 great magazines in an age where thats a hard thing to do, these publishers def did it great

[@flexeos]

Even before that era there was Computer Music Journal that was mainly exploring the possibility to use computers to make music. I remember the impact of the article from John Chowning in 74 describing the FM synthesis before he sold his patents to Yamaha ( only 10 years after the invention of the voltage controlled oscillator by bob Moog). The idea that it would be possible generate real time digital complex sound was mind boggling!

[@Knightsnare]

If you haven't already, check out the John Chowning interview on Anthony Marinelli's channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6abnXuOYt2oicksi=GkdVM1CS4j-Qh2g5 It's an amazing interview!

[@leepshin]

I've been a subscriber since day one all those years ago so this is a major blow for me.

[@bernhardgass]

While we see massive changes in the music industry at an accelerated pace there are a couple of things that have not changed: People love listening to music, even more though if it is performed live. Even AI cannot substitute creativity. People are more empowered to make music than they ever were. Art is not necessary to survive, so it never was easy to make money with art. Any kind of art as sole source of income always was a gamble. Nobody is fighting over making music, but over who is making money with music. The limiting factor changed from 'who owns the studios' to 'who owns the distribution platforms'. Overall I am happy that my creativity is no limited by access to technology anymore. If my productions don't sound good, it is me and not my equipment ;-)

[@Knightsnare]

Thank you for your take. It's also about the community. AI can't take that away!

[@unjay1967]

Future Music and Computer Music were so important in my learning how to make music, not just electronic music, but adding electronic elements to acoustic music. Some of the CM plugins were really inspirational and I’m sure made it onto some of my releases at the time.

[@DinkyDoughnut]

Gr8 catch up, now I know where and when it began.!❤ I’ve still got all my mags based on Music and apparatus and the CDs that came with’em.

[@i.q_music]

Collected a few especially for the samples, tips in print and Mistabishi, I can’t even put it in words right now how sad this news is, though am glad I heard it here thanks for sharing

[@MichaelWashingtonAE]

Wow, I was just looking for the latest issues of both this last weekend in sadly the only big bookstore we have left, Barnes and Noble .... I was about to do a year subscription... 🤦🏿‍♂️ I used to pick them up here and there 20 years ago but Im a drummer/percussionist mostly for work. I lived in Japan for 6 years through 2010 and the quality of info packed magazines with dvd's/audio files there was amazing. Future music and computer music and one of the UK published drum mags was the next best thing. Since 2017 or so, I got an interface and started learning how to record through a DAW, gain staging, micing and everything. Definitely have a synth itch that I'll soon be scratching outside of the DAW. Ive learned so much from both especially through the pandemic to now

[@IKnokBeats]

Funny to run into this. I still have many many issues. This is how i learned in the beginning, before the internet. Read the articles and then practice what you leaned. This was my music college.

[@seoverus7805]

Bought First Edition & Used many samples. Got me into Digital via the ISIS motherboard running on a 486 using 98 Lite...the good old days with my x2 Casio FZ1 samplers. Still working 25yrs later....

[@md-ps2hx]

Ahhhhhhhhhh! This explains why I couldn't get a copy of either recently ...

[@PeresD]

They got me into computer music. I will miss them .

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

I have been getting and I still am getting presently Future Music mag from way back in the early 90's. Great magazine sad to hear it is on its way out. Guess you can't stop progress.

[@dighawaii1]

Crazy... Big loss. ANd yes, I still have samples from the discs on my drives.

[@JC20XX]

RIP - I learned a lot from these.

[@jorhanson8583]

I have KEBOARD magazines starting from the late 70s. I was going to scan them and throw them away to save storage space, then I looked at prices for them on-line. Decided to hold on to them and re-read them, lots of good stuff from the earlier days of synths.

[@Knightsnare]

Super cool!! Save them!

[@artkincell]

Great video! A few years ago I was rummaging around a spare room looking for a box of CD submissions my small label received in the early 00s when I stumbled upon my collection of old CDs and DVDs from these magazines. In fact, my weird tune Pink Alien Skeletons, inspired by SETI and the record we sent in to space in the 1970s, was made exclusively from samples from the CDs I found. Well except for the "news" samples and the scratch. Again, great video!

[@steverushforth7009]

Brilliant video. I am that old. I started out reading "Electronics & Music Maker." Every copy had a cassette of the reader's music on it. I played the cassettes in the car and would deliberately take the longer routes they were very inspiring.

[@JessFromSquareOne]

Even I, probably same generation as you are, who also collected these magazines an d others and their sample goodies for years, learning stuff in the articles, drooling on the pictures, even I have to admit that even reading an online version feels like a pain to me and I became that lazy that the only thing I do is tuning in YT and search for stuff there, watching videos etc... It's a pity! Shame on me! And I so regret to have got rid of my old magazines after countless moves in from one place to another. Thank you for reminding us of that good old times.

[@Knightsnare]

I could never get into the online version, too. There was a shift, and some things got left behind in the transition from traditional media as it transformed into our current YT reality.

[@JessFromSquareOne]

@@Knightsnare Can't disagree. Grew up with magazines of all sorts. Online video is better for demoing things real time (+audio), but we definitely lost other things in the process. What about the magazine's ink odor, right?! 😊

[@TronDawg]

Thank you so much. Love your insights and the stories 🌊✨🌊

[@DEADLINETV]

Just a couple months back I picked up another copy of Computer Music as I have been on and off for the last decade or so. I found them inspirational and the free plugins and samples were great starting off points sometimes. I mean Dune CM! Amazing! Anyway, sad to see another magazine disappear. Another (Dutch) Magazine I wrote for for a couple of years has recently stopped and I'm afraid it won't end with these magazines. A pity, because I just love browsing through on a Sunday morning. Sad news.

[@paulmanningremixes6408]

I sent in loads of demos and remixes way back when, and made a lot of use of their cover CDs. I still have many of them buried in old boxes somewhere in the attic!

[@daishi5571]

Future music has always been a source of information that I have used many times. Maybe it can make a comeback like some of the retro computer mags of the 90s in more recent years. I buy two mags for a computer that has been out of production 30+ years and the mags died 25+ years ago but in the last few years they have made a comeback one is even available in stores. The community needs to come together and make that decision.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Sad to hear about future music & music tech. Brilliant magazine’s I used to buy them nearly every month & regularly checked their used vintage instruments advertising. 😢

[@DJKickstarter]

I bought my first CM in 2006, at the same time realising the existence of VSTs. I was using Madtracker 2 at the time, and found out that there had been a release in 2005 that could run VST instruments in Madtracker version 2.6, so it didn’t take long for me to get a bunch of VSTS and started tracking with the new software, I had 1 1/2 hour train ride too and back from work every day, so with my trusty laptop, and a copy of CM in the backpack I took full advantage of those hours, even some times on the 10 minute buss drives from the station and home haha, even missed a stop one time. I began subscribing in 2008 and that lasted about 2 years until I decided to pause with the magazine, and only occasionally buy it in the shop. It saddened me that they changed the format to online download instead of the disc but, hey times has to change.

[@VHS_PAL]

I started with Music Technology Magazine in the late eighties and moved onto Future Music when it appeared in autumn 1992 (over 30 years!). I tried a few copies of Computer Music but stopped buying magazines when I had internet at home. I'm actually shocked these print magazines lasted as long as this! I encourage people to check out Muzines if they haven't already, and want a trip into the past.

[@Knightsnare]

I'm publishing my next video which is about a Plastikman album from 30 years ago! Coming soon!

[@cybertechproduction]

I was lucky enough to have a 1 page feature in future music on me and my industrial record label in 1993 they even came to Manchester to do a photo and I also did a real world review of the first pioneer cd DJ decks great memories thank you Future Music RIP

[@Knightsnare]

Super cool!

[@3minutegeardemos]

Before the Internet I learned a lot of tech advice from Future Music and later was introduced to VST's.

[@bigmoneysteppa]

When future music went through that phase of putting models doing weird stances while holding compressors and keyboard was nuts. Forever legendary mags when there wasn't instant information down your phonelines. There logo's should be forever immortalised on shirts and coasters for anywhere playing around with waveforms

[@gretareinarsson7461]

It was part of my life for many many years to go my favourite bookstore at the beginning of each month to buy FM and CM and KM. Good times but things change

[@strayferal]

In the 90s this was never imported in my country (Eastern Europe). I was 100% into Scream Tracker III and later Impulse Tracker II, finished with Jeskola Buzz before giving up on software. Nowadays I prefer 100% hardware setup.

[@aetopus1228]

I subscribed to Electronic Musician for many years during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and I can't understate how much I learned through that one publication. Sadly, I stopped my subscription after they moved to a mostly online model, and the physical magazines began to resemble pamphlets that contained mostly advertising. I think I'd still be subscribing today if that change hadn't taken place.

[@Knightsnare]

These mags were "Geartube" before the internet took over. Such valuable publications for so many of us!

[@InFamousProductions]

I regret losing all my CD's from those magazines. the samples are priceless. I loved those magazines.

[@Knightsnare]

All the samples are on the Music Radar site, its a gold mine!

[@missingwestcoast]

I remember buying one of these magazines back when I started producing music (2009 or so). I might have taken a couple samples or VSTi from the DVD. While I don't remember learning much from them really, they were cool ahah

[@carloslx]

Future Music samples were like the dream! Gear wasn't affordable back then, and not easy to find at a dealer or even order. Those samples were for sure used in countless known tracks of the time, not just synth stuff but also vocals. It was also inspiring to see the real life struggles that top producers had with their gear, and how much that resonated on a much smaller scale with my bedroom studio production!

[@rolfvansoelen8916]

FM was a great magazine for me in the 90's , when I was creating music on a daily base. It is (as far as I know) not available in the Netherlands anymore. Sad anyway to hear it will shut down now.

[@eti313]

I enjoy spending time in bookstores and reading the music mags, both of which which are becoming scarce as time goes on. I have a pile of Computer Music and Future Music mags, and their associated CDs as far back as the 90s. Before then it was Keyboard and Musician mags in the 80s, Synapse in the late 70s. I fondly recall an issue of Rolling Stone from the mid 70s that had a feature story on guitar pedals that changed my life. I have plenty of recent FM and CM, and Electronic Music mags from more recent times. No, I never used a sample from FM, but I have thought about raiding the divine archive and doing some re-sampling/editing of those old samples.

[@Knightsnare]

Wow! You really have a long history with these mags!! I hadn't thought about libraries housing old mags, I have to go to my local library!!

[@eti313]

@@Knightsnare good idea!

[@dracul74]

Really loved those magazines!

[@verbcops]

Lets have a moment of silence to honour the hilarious peak 90s stylings of "hot girl poses with synth" covers.

[@eti313]

I remembering them alternating, one month it was a woman in boudoir clothing, then next month it was a guy screaming, repeat ad nauseum.

[@TheTonecii]

Lol, the good old days 😂 🙌🏾

[@veerchasm1]

Spent my 20’s loving Future Music. I sampled a lot of the CD’s that came from them

[@fadisoueidi4127]

Back in the 90's I couldn't wait each month for my Copy of Future Music, Computer Music and Keyboard. back in those days Internet was not available to me in my country so this was a whole universe opening... I really miss those days

[@Knightsnare]

In Italy too, it was really hard to find people who were into this or could provide insight. These mags were the gateway into music production for so many of us!!

[@tonystephen6312]

Most inspiring time and magazines. The free vsts and a DAW to run them in. The DS404 awesome still use this. Lost some of the banks though..be good to find the old banks again.

[@magicmurphy]

I'm just about to move house in the midst of the irish housing crisis, so have to downsize a lot! I'm staring at decades of sound on sound, fututre/computer music/tape op piles that I'm gonna have to dump. Seriously considering storage for them, I know I'll regret throwing them out

[@Knightsnare]

Maybe we can come up with a cool strategy to give them away to upcoming producers some way. Have to think about how....

[@deegee8645]

don't do it !

[@therealmattmann]

Yeah….I sold off lots of issues of CM, FM, SOS and MT when I moved back to the U.S. I really regret that decision! 😢

[@philipTOMPSETT]

I featured in an edition of future music when they used to cover readers home studios. It was interesting to see how the process worked and whilst they sent a photographer around to my home, the rest was largely based on a questionnaire plus a few supplemental queries. I still can’t believe it got printed but it’s a great piece of nostalgia for me.

[@tonyjohnson1405]

Had CM subscription for years…still have them all and still referencing them..could have done with more ipad based topics which has taken off in recent times

[@JudgeFredd]

Same for others music magazines like guiatr oriented ones..weird times

[@syntheticvisionsmusic]

ES and CM mag 1984. Loved it. Came with a tape.

[@rebllion9866]

Used to subscribe for CM years. Once got published and good review. Still got most of the cd/dvds and a bunch of the CM mag in the basement. Will they get collection value now 😅?

[@N8oRMusic]

These magazines were the best things ever. Without them i would not have become a music producer.

[@Knightsnare]

Totally. Me too.

[@moritz_schoenermann]

I studied at SAE Koeln because of them. Second my teacher I was asking things too much stuff related to the mid and end of the engineering courses... I was educated by Future Music...

[@kevincc]

I learned so much from these magazines.

[@Knightsnare]

Me too!

[@NickLewis]

Sad news - I used to collect them back in the 90s and might have some copies somewhere? Though I did get rid of a lot at one point.

[@Dunbar0740]

I recall seeing issue one on sale in '98. It was five quid, and rather slim. decided I couldn't afford it. Reached for SOS instead. Sttarted buying CM a few months later. Still have a stack in the corner of this room i'm currently haunting.

[@AnalogFlava]

Electronic music definately wasnt mainstream in the 90s. Sure you had slots on the radio or mtv dedicated to the groving scene but it was mainly rock and hip hop that dominated. Late 90s bulletinboards and forums were melting pot for underground music nerds like myself. So yes, before that, getting info was only possible by reading future music or CM or by hanging out with other producers who you met at the local gearshop. Best time of my life! Will miss these magazines ❤

[@msp420]

man when I first was building my studio I got so many great plugins from Computer Music. RIP to the GOAT

[@tnowak]

I stopped buying them 20+ years ago ... in late 90s, they were one of my sources for samples and even first VST plugins. Future Publishing did great job with these titles.

[@djdren]

i still have those cds ... love that mags ..

[@kristianTV1974]

Bought the first issue of FM way back when.

[@kevinwrede]

Anybody remember Device magazine that preceded Electronic Musician? 🙂

[@earthboundboy]

I was featured one month in their ‘reader’s studios’ series, was such an exciting thing to do.. had a three or four page feature, they sent a photographer round etc. This would’ve been about 2003 I think?

[@DirtyWindshieldSeries]

They put my music in their pages. CM and FM were both excellent publications. I think those magazines were right up there with SoS. However, they opened up a whole new world with their plugins, samples and, of course, New Artists!

[@talonkarrde2578]

Wow! Didn't even know about these 2 mags. So where is the community migrating too? Would love to participate.

[@eldjswett]

I remember Dominator vsti. Super quality!

[@jackdots]

Is there a resource where all the samples, videos, tutorials etc. are hosted? Should there be?

[@urniurl]

I sold about 100 CM mags for about $10 about 5 years ago. They were hard to get rid of! Not that I didn't see the value but they sat in a pile unread cluttering up space.

[@mikebest2537]

The biggest problem I had with FM was they -always- loved gear that had adverts in the magazine. I even wrote to the editor pointing this out and, at the time, the editor was brand new and actually agreed with me, saying that was one big thing they were working on to change... So, not very reliable reviews.

[@obscuresoundz]

RIP to those magazines I learned alot from them back in the day

[@oldschoolonline8871]

Wow...right as I'm getting back into after about 10 years....😢

[@producermind9030]

Sad to hear but yes I still have and used a tonne of the stuff on the cd/dvds.

[@wsplatinum]

2:28 got the mag still lying around somewhere, the CD probably not. time sure flies...

[@Knightsnare]

jezz, time flies!!

[@texasxenja2546]

They were a great resource 🌘🔥

[@dianagales5453]

The best samples ever with Future Music AND the tutorials Is awesome

[@SmilusMusic]

I used to look forward to those magazine issues.

[@therealmattmann]

I discovered Computer Music, Future Music and Music Tech when I was stationed in England back in 2005. I loved all three! They were fantastic resources for people making electronic music. I even ended up writing for Music Tech for a few years. Now, sadly, they’re all ONLINE ONLY. 😢 At least I managed to get the issues that I had articles in. Oh, and I have SO many software and sample Cover Discs that’s it’s not even funny. So sad that magazines like these are dying.

[@Knightsnare]

It's really amazing to hear everyone's stories. These magazines really influenced a lot of us!! I really appreciate all of you guys sharing your experience!

[@symbiat0]

I heard about this and bought the last issues last week. Very sad.

[@peterbondmusic]

A real shame. Read both since their inception. What is going to happen with all the archives electronically ?