The magazine is published monthly and is available from newsagents and kiosks and in the form of subscriptions, which appear immediately after the Abbonent edition gets delivered to your home. The newspaper has a unit price of 5.90, the annual subscription must be purchased for 59.90 and includes a selectable on first order bonus in the form of hardware and software from the audio range. In addition, it is available for 4.49 as PDF download.
Content offers numerous magazine reviews to newly published hardware and software as well as interviews of renowned artist and one page Tips and Tricks for musicians and producers. The focus is on the production computer. Along with the book always comes a DVD. This is peppered with plugins, samples, and videos for both Mac and Windows.
Tests and reports on products act competently and lens. In addition to the screening of all specifications for a final conclusion will always specify which is complemented by a simple scoring system. Similarly, there is often a Pro / Contra List and details of comparable products.
Interviews and reports are well written and often very interesting. They often serve the reader an insight into the working methods of other offers which succeeds perfectly.
Another big and very important part of the magazine is the chapter Work Beat tips and tricks are explained here for producers and rayed gradually. This is done partly with the material on the enclosed DVD or using pictures and graphics.
Overall, the magazine is aimed above all at music and its production in the electronic field and on the computer. Tips for Recording and miking One looks in vain unfortunately.
Beat is a magazine that particularly appeals to emerging producers of electronic music genres and provides them with all necessary knowledge and the necessary tools.
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