When it comes to effects, you can go down the route of using a chorus, reverb or drive that serves the song perfectly. Everything in its right place.
Then there's the world of experimentation, where you build an effects chain so incompatible on paper that it somehow creates something unique, weird and wonderful.
It's our Effects Special, with deep dives on Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, Nord Electro 7 and Tone City’s Golden Plexi and Double Durple. We chat with Ableton Certified Trainer, musician and DJ, Eluize, on getting the most out of Live’s recently updated built-in effects.
Whether you're rearranging your pedalboard, dialling in plugins or exploring a synth for the first time, the through line is the same – the best sounds usually come from just trying things out. See what happens.
Speaking of the weird and wonderful – in this issue, TISM (currently operating under TSIM) mistake us for Mixmaster Magazine, and to their great disappointment, we are unable to help them achieve a perfectly