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Classic Tracks: Donna Summer ‘I Feel Love’

Producers: Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte • Engineer: Juergen Koppers

The pioneering electronica of ‘I Feel Love’ didn’t just revolutionise disco, it changed dance music forever. This is the story of how it was made...

Classic Tracks | The Kinks ‘You Really Got Me’

Producer & Engineer: Shel Talmy

There are very few records whose influence can be so strongly felt after 45 years as the Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’. At the controls was Shel Talmy, who tells us the story of a song that changed pop music.

Classic Tracks: The Moody Blues ‘Nights In White Satin’

Producer: Tony Clarke • Engineer: Derek Varnals

Thunderous reverbs, haunting vocals and Mellotron galore: we tell the story of recording the Moody Blues’ symphonic rock masterpiece, ‘Nights In White Satin’.

Classic Tracks: John Lennon ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’

Producer: John Lennon • Engineers: Roy Cicala, Shelly Yakus

Engineer Roy Cicala worked on all of John Lennon’s albums from Imagine onwards, and in ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’, recorded the only solo number one hit single of Lennon’s lifetime.

Classic Tracks: Van Morrison ‘Moondance’

Producer: Van Morrison • Engineers: Shelly Yakus, Elliot Scheiner

On his second solo album, Van Morrison took the production reins for the first time. Manning the desk was engineer Shelly Yakus, who tells the story of recording Moondance.

Classic Tracks: Heavy Zebra ‘Karla’

Producer: Heavy Zebra • Engineer: Kevin Byrne

Blighted by drug abuse and mental illness, Heavy Zebra never fulfilled their early promise. Nevertheless, the deranged majesty of their 1972 single ‘Karla’ makes it a bona fide classic track.

Classic Tracks: The Flamingos ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’

Producers: George Goldner, Terry Johnson • Engineer: Allen Weintraub

This is the story of how an inspired rearrangement of an old song created a track that, 50 years on, remains a genuine and enduring classic.

Classic Tracks: Rick Astley ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’

Producers: Stock, Aitken and Waterman

Producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman developed a massively successful formula for making pop records — and the story of Rick Astley’s 1987 smash hit, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, is a perfect guide to the SAW assembly line...

Classic Tracks: MICHAEL JACKSON 'Black Or White'

Producers: Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell; Engineer: Bill Bottrell

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Audio Interfaces | Recording Systems

Lexicon Ionix U82S

Cakewalk V-Studio 100

Focusrite Saffire Pro 24

ART Tubefire 8

Cakewalk V-Studio 700

Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56

Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

Steinberg MR816 CSX

Presonus Firestudio Project

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Zoom ZFX Control Package

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Roland V-Piano

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Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard

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Arturia Analog Factory Experience

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Korg STR1 & OASYS v1.1

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Music Software | Plug-ins

Waves Maserati Collection

Sonic Reality Ocean Way Drums

IK Multimedia T-Racks 3

Overloud TH1

Sugar Bytes Plug-ins

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0

Eiosis E2 Transienter

Zplane Vielklang

Chris Hein Bass

MOTU Digital Performer 6

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Equator Audio Q8

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Mic Preamps

Universal Audio Twin-finity 710

Golden Age Project Pre 73

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Thermionic Culture Rooster

Focusrite ISA One

Digidesign PRO TOOLS techniques

Pro Tools: Splitting Sessions

Pro Tools: Missing Files

Pro Tools Troubleshooting

Pro Tools: Top Tips

Getting Into Pro Tools

Pro Tools: Specifying & Buying Your First System

Apple LOGIC techniques

Logic: Working With The Transform Window

Logic's Master Blasters: Part 2

Logic's Master Blasters

Creating Custom Touchscreen Interfaces In Logic

Advanced Mixing In Logic Pro 8: Part 2

Advanced Mixing In Logic Pro 8: Part 1

Cakewalk SONAR techniques

Sonar: Punchy Percussion with PX64

Sonar: Making A Virtual Drum Room

Sonar: Bigger Beats

Sonar: Stereo Tools

Exploring Sonar 8’s Dimension Pro Synthesizer

Sonar: Integrating External Hardware With Your DAW

Steinberg CUBASE techniques

Cubase: Multi-articulation | Audio

Cubase: VST Expression | Audio

Cubase Techniques | Audio

Cubase Technique Workshop Audio

Cubase: Making great loops with LoopMash

Cubase: Electric Guitar Effects Chains

Propellerhead REASON techniques

Running Reason And Ableton Live Together

Make A Modular Synth In Reason

Reason: Parallel Compression

Reason ReGroove: Getting Your Groove On

Side-chain Compression In Reason

Reason 4's New Sequencer

MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER techniques

Digital Performer: Cleaning Up Noisy Tracks

Using Time Formats In Digital Performer

Customising Digital Performer

Multitrack Comping in Digital Performer

Effective Selecting & Locating In Digital Performer

CD Burning With Digital Performer 6

Mixers

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SSL X-Desk

Mackie U420 & U420d

Allen & Heath ZED R16

Mackie 802 & 402 VLZ3

SSL Matrix

Alesis MultiMix16 USB 2.0

Yamaha N12

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Behringer ‘Vintage’ Series

Behringer RSM Stomp-box Effects

Guitar Technology

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Zoom H4N

Yamaha Pocketrak 2G & CX

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