welcome

“The best will receive a toilet roll. I have loads”

I don’t mind admitting that the situation outside your studio (as I write this anyway; as it has many other businesses. And yes, before I’m hauled outside – at the correct social distance – by an outraged Twitter user, I understand that what happens to businesses pales into insignificance compared to the personal impact that Covid 19 has had. But the situation has brought some changes to the magazine, not least that if you are reading this on the printed page, then you are one of the lucky ones (even I don’t get to do that!). We’re also putting the odd regular feature like the cm Plugin Suite roundup online at in order to make room for other stuff. Musicians are still releasing music, but obviously had to stop supporting it by playing live, so we’ve decided to give them some more space to shout about it and their tech – see p92 for more. And all of this overshadows what I talking about as Editor – a brand new DAW (that apparently I shouldn’t call a ‘DAW’)! UA’s LUNA is the big news this month and I’ve been playing with it a lot – it’s almost worth the price of a UA interface. Check out our review on p62 and my first look on p58. And while I have you, we’re bringing back the good old reader messages page (see p98), so get writing to . The best ones will receive a toilet roll. I seem to have loads.