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Competition WIN: Waves GTR Guitar Tool Rack Deadline: 2006-03-31 Your chance to win one of the two Waves's Guitar Tool Rack guitar amp hardware and software processors up for grabs — each worth £449. Reviews Mixer & Firewire Audio Interface
Summing Mixer Can analogue summing really make a difference to the sound of digital mixes? We test out a new unit which offers this controversial facility. Keyboard
Gear reviews, Tips and Techniques Our new regular section for guitarists combines tips and techniques with a look at interesting new gear. This month, it's the VOX AC30 Custom Classic amp and the FLIPTONE V.25 Instrument Amp with Flat-panel Speaker — plus Big Bends Nut Sauce, tips on miking up your Line 6 POD, and more... Virtual Instruments [Mac/PC] Korg are continuing to develop virtual instruments based on their hardware synths. This time, it is 1988's classic M1 workstation that has been rendered in software... USB Recording Interfaces [PC/Mac]
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 Guitar Amp Simulator [PC/Mac] With version 2 of Guitar Rig, Native Instruments are taking amp modelling into the realms of modular synthesis. 'Intelligent' Controller Keyboard
3 new Plug-ins We test another group of hot plug-ins: Active Monitors Tried and trusted design principles have been combined with quality components to create this new range of high-spec studio monitors. SSL XLogic G-series Compressor Dynamics Processor The celebrated mix-buss compressor design from the G-series consoles has been brought up to date using SSL's latest Superanalogue circuitry. Ueberschall Liquid Instrument Saxophone Virtual Sax Instrument [Mac/PC] Sample libraries with virtual-instrument wrappers are nothing new, but Ueberschall's new Liquid Instruments have an extra twist — the front end is derived from Celemony's Melodyne, offering you complete freedom to change the pitch of the phrases in the library. VST/AU Orchestral Plug-ins [PC/Mac]
Reverb Plug-in [Mac/PC] With W2, Wizoo's aim is to combine the realism of convolution reverb with the flexibility of an algorithmic design. | People + Opinion Paul White's Leader Paul explores some of the thinking behind the introduction of our 'Mix Rescue' series. Producing The Darkness's One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back Roy Thomas Baker
Craig Bauer Craig Bauer has been part of Kanye West's career from the beginning, and as a mix engineer on the smash hit Late Registration album, he had to marry West's artistic perfectionism with his own technical standards. Technique CLASSIC TRACKS: The Fifth Dimension 'Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In' Producer/Engineer: Bones Howe The art of the record producer blossomed in the 1960s, with the likes of Phil Spector crafting miniature symphonies in the studio. As that decade drew to a close, Bones Howe masterminded one of its biggest and most innovative hits. Steinberg Cubase Tips & Techniques The world is awash with plug-in audio effects, but don't miss out on those included within Cubase SX — there are some excellent creative possibilities on offer. Distributing Surround Mixes; DVD Studio Pro Apple Notes With the rumour mills already grinding away in preparation for Macworld 2006 show, we make a brief survey of 2005, as well as taking a look at using Apple's DVD Studio Pro application to distribute surround mixes. PC Notes We revisit the subject of IRQ sharing, to see if the problems it used to cause for musicians have been solved — as well as discussing a partitioning controversy... Making A Living From Music For Picture: Part 3 Essential Gear The perfect project studio doesn't exist, as everyone has different working methods — and so it is with equipment for creating music for picture. However, there are some fundamental bits of gear you'll need. We provide some guidance... Mastering External Audio In Reason 3 Reason Notes & Techniques Reason can be a simple yet surprisingly sophisticated mastering suite — and not just for audio generated in the Reason environment. Plug-in Effects Tips In Performer Digital Performer Notes & Techniques Many of today's most interesting and popular audio-processing techniques are achieved with plug-ins. This month, we look at how you'd go about recreating some of them in Digital Performer, and continue our coverage of more unusual plug-in features. Processing For Mastering In Logic Logic Notes & Techniques More tips on mastering your tracks this month, specifically for those musicians who find themselves limited to using Logic's own bundled plug-ins. Sonar Notes & Technique Take the trouble to discover the ways of moving around your project quickly and efficiently: it saves time and improves workflow. Recording & Remixing In Ableton Live Ableton Live Notes & Techniques In part two of our recording and remixing article we examine how you can use Live's unique features to prepare a recording for remixing. Part 7 of 7 We bring our series on rediscovering the the art of sampling to a close, with a look into the future. The Studio SOS Guide To Monitoring & Acoustic Treatment Workshop The Studio SOS visits have shown that many home studio owners are having problems with their monitoring. So this month we explain the principles anyone can use to get their own control room sounding right. Using Multiple Audio Interfaces Together PC Musician If you need more audio interfacing, do you really have to trash an interface that's otherwise perfectly satisfactory and buy a bigger one? Maybe not, as ways of using several smaller interfaces together are becoming easier to find. Digidesign (Avid) Pro Tools Tips & Techniques You've got your system set up, and you've received the video files from the director. This month we explain how to get the video and its associated sound files into a Pro Tools Session ready for you to start work. Sound Advice
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