GroverKen Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Sad to hear this. https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/i-cant-help-but-wonder-how-much-music-computer-music-has-had-a-hand-in-bringing-to-life-over-the-years-what-a-magazine-computer-music-magazine-to-close-after-25-years-in-print 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Magic Russ Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 This is pretty sad. They were a great resource for me when I was getting started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Very sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 If you get the Music Radar newsletter you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rational Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Yes, but how many of you were actual subscribers? I think the sub rate has fallen over the years. I only subbed this past year and a few years ago for a year. It had been five years before that for a year as well. So over 10+ years I only subscribed for like 3 years worth. I don't think the new kids are bothering it seems. With AI about to hit all this stuff is likely past tense in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Every time I've looked through it in the last year or two, it seems like pages and pages and pages of ads with a few articles about people that I've never heard of who do things that bore me. Ok, so now we've established that I'm too old to be in the target audience and that's fine, but when most of it is basically just ads it shouldn't really come as a surprise that people don't want to pay for the privilege of looking at them, especially when they have the www at their disposal and can easily find info on just about anything they want to any time they like. A wise man once said that the internet will become both the best thing and the worst thing ever invented at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwise Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Same old story. Video killed the radio star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 There are also many pirated website where u can get it for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 9 hours ago, paulo said: Every time I've looked through it in the last year or two, it seems like pages and pages and pages of ads with a few articles about people that I've never heard of who do things that bore me. Ok, so now we've established that I'm too old to be in the target audience and that's fine, but when most of it is basically just ads it shouldn't really come as a surprise that people don't want to pay for the privilege of looking at them, especially when they have the www at their disposal and can easily find info on just about anything they want to any time they like. A wise man once said that the internet will become both the best thing and the worst thing ever invented at the same time. With ads and reviews it was just like another deals forum. I would basically read the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I feel sad at the news. It has gone the way of all things. The people who created it created something really useful and fun and I hope they will go on and create other really useful and fun things. The use of computers to make music was a disruptive technology that they surfed for many years. Now Computer Music has been done in by another disruptive technology. So it goes. The Colt .45 revolver "won the West." For someone to win the West, someone else had to lose it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Well they could probably still do it as online only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 On 10/18/2024 at 6:39 AM, paulo said: Every time I've looked through it in the last year or two, it seems like pages and pages and pages of ads with a few articles about people that I've never heard of who do things that bore me. Ok, so now we've established that I'm too old to be in the target audience and that's fine, but when most of it is basically just ads it shouldn't really come as a surprise that people don't want to pay for the privilege of looking at them, especially when they have the www at their disposal and can easily find info on just about anything they want to any time they like. A wise man once said that the internet will become both the best thing and the worst thing ever invented at the same time. The only reason I cared about the publication was the software they bundled with it. Not only did they have the "archive" but sometimes they would have an exclusive full product give away for the purchase of the magazine. I've had access to a lot of the issues over the years (could get them free digitally through the local library) and I don't think I read a full article in the decade I've been accessing the content (both when paid and when offered for free). I don't care about "producers" for the vast majority of EDM style music which the articles seem catered to. They also had an odd business model at the physical print copies back when I was looking at them were crazy expensive compared to other normal magazines. I think they should have sent out a poll to the readers years ago related to if they actually read the magazine or if people are there for the software itself. I always thought of them as a magazine version of the plugin boutique free with purchase. You look for a deal on the magazine which never gets used to get the VST you wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 55 minutes ago, Brian Walton said: I've had access to a lot of the issues over the years (could get them free digitally through the local library) Same here, although I see the local library more as me at least getting something for the thousands I pay in local taxes every year rather than being free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 1 hour ago, Brian Walton said: The only reason I cared about the publication was the software they bundled with it. Not only did they have the "archive" but sometimes they would have an exclusive full product give away for the purchase of the magazine. Incredibly enough, they revamped their nice plugin suite for the second to last issue. I guess the cancellation was a last minute thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 The main reason for me to subscribe was the bundled software, but I did like scanning the table of contents and reading many of the articles: programming synth patches, reviews, etc. Probably it was my #1 source for new product announcements (well, if the product had a launch sale then I'd read about it it here first but, for almost everything else it would be at Computer Magazine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Sad news to hear indeed. Computer Music Magazine was the first Music Magazine I purchased jut to read the Cakewalk Articles and to get the free Samples and trial software from the DVD inside of the magazine. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Ewing Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) On 10/18/2024 at 5:02 PM, Rational said: Yes, but how many of you were actual subscribers? I think the sub rate has fallen over the years. I only subbed this past year and a few years ago for a year. It had been five years before that for a year as well. So over 10+ years I only subscribed for like 3 years worth. I don't think the new kids are bothering it seems. With AI about to hit all this stuff is likely past tense in many ways. No mention that the magazine never innovative over time? Music industry journalism is maybe one step above gaming journalism these days. And that's not a compliment. It's no surprise most of the media side has been co-opted by serial killer looking influencers in their basement. This months CM highlights are "Becoming A Software Guitar Hero", a 'sick pulsing bass line' masterclass, dime a dozen software reviews, Sara Simms on the "future of trance", which follows the hard hitting previous issue covering some 'experimental' artist's first use of her own vocals, musings on Reason Studios legacy, some other artist finding "magic" somewhere in her computer, a 'hair-raising' workshop dissecting Prodigy's No Good circa 1994. And of course a bunch of 'freebie' loops that are 10% quality you could get in a loop site subscription for the cost of a CM subscription, and software freebies that, well, most software is dirt cheap these days and few people want the clutter / headache of mostly low-tier future abandonware. They should have put their resources into social media. Their Youtube channel is surpringly dull af, with endless thumbnails of software screenshots and monotone tutorials / reviews that sound like they're read from a teleprompter. This is not a company that was going to make it much longer. And that includes Music Radar, which isn't much better. Edited October 23 by Carl Ewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr No Name Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I'm guessing they will still be online ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 On 10/23/2024 at 2:05 PM, Carl Ewing said: No mention that the magazine never innovative over time? Music industry journalism is maybe one step above gaming journalism these days. And that's not a compliment. It's no surprise most of the media side has been co-opted by serial killer looking influencers in their basement. This months CM highlights are "Becoming A Software Guitar Hero", a 'sick pulsing bass line' masterclass, dime a dozen software reviews, Sara Simms on the "future of trance", which follows the hard hitting previous issue covering some 'experimental' artist's first use of her own vocals, musings on Reason Studios legacy, some other artist finding "magic" somewhere in her computer, a 'hair-raising' workshop dissecting Prodigy's No Good circa 1994. And of course a bunch of 'freebie' loops that are 10% quality you could get in a loop site subscription for the cost of a CM subscription, and software freebies that, well, most software is dirt cheap these days and few people want the clutter / headache of mostly low-tier future abandonware. They should have put their resources into social media. Their Youtube channel is surpringly dull af, with endless thumbnails of software screenshots and monotone tutorials / reviews that sound like they're read from a teleprompter. This is not a company that was going to make it much longer. And that includes Music Radar, which isn't much better. Most of the DAW marketing world is towards dance genres. We see those complaints with a DAW's new features - see Studio One. All media have to rely on paid advertising. I don't mind it if it is DAW related. I remember when Guitar One was removed and put into Guitar World. Guitar World was always metal oriented and One was about playing the instrument. The so called lesson was just watching the player without any dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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