This Section of the site is home to all our tutorials, popular in-depth technique-based articles, plus SOS's popular monthly PC/Mac and software Notes columns. Choose from the following Subjects/Topics:

Effects/Processing Compression Made Easy | Audio Files Double-tracking Vocals Creating A Sense Of Depth In Your Mix Recording/Mixing Mix Rescue: Ollie Wright | Audio Mixing Metal | Audio Examples Extreme Metal masterclass | Videos Mix Rescue Audio Studio SOS: Tom Hennessey Composing/Arranging Making A Living From Music For Picture: Part 1 Mastering Synthesis  includes the ever-popular 'Synth Secrets' series The SOS Guide To Choosing A Modular Synth Granular Synthesis Sampling The Lost Art Of Sampling Miking Techniques Recording Techniques For Upright Piano Recording Upright Piano: Audio Files DIY Extra Tones From Single Coil Guitars Studio SOS: Gerry Daly Studio SOS: Simon Mayor & Hilary James Sequencing & MIDI Controllers Computers Multimedia/Internet Theory + Technical  contains a library of explanatory articles on all manner of recording, MIDI, digital audio subjects (eg. MIDI Basics, Digital Audio Explained) Miscellaneous

PC Musician  Martin Walker's monthly advice feature covers specific PC-related problem-solving. Alter Vista Choosing An Audio Interface Buying A Budget PC For Music Multi-core Processors For Musicians PC Freeware Sequencers & Editors Ableton LIVE Notes  Hints and tips for Ableton users. Ableton Live: Warping Revisited Building A Beatbox In Ableton Live Ableton Live: Real-time Clip Modulation Using Clip Envelopes In Ableton Live Ableton Live Recording Tips Cubase Notes  Hints and tips for Steinberg users. Cubase Techniques | Audio Cubase Technique Workshop Audio Cubase: Quick Controls Cubase: Quick Controls | Track Presets Cubase: Funky Guitar Processing | Audio Files Logic Notes  Hints and tips for Logic users. 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 Dynamic Mixing In Logic 8 Digital Performer Notes  Hints and tips for MOTU users. Multitrack Comping in Digital Performer Effective Selecting & Locating In Digital Performer CD Burning With Digital Performer 6 File-format Troubleshooting In Digital Performer Guitar Recording Methods In Digital Performer Pro Tools Notes  Hints and tips for Digidesign users. Pro Tools: Top Tips Getting Into Pro Tools Pro Tools: Specifying & Buying Your First System Track Comping In Pro Tools 8 Using Pro Tools 8’s MIDI & Score Editors Sonar Notes  Hints and tips for Cakewalk users. Sonar: Stereo Tools Exploring Sonar 8’s Dimension Pro Synthesizer Sonar: Integrating External Hardware With Your DAW Using REX Files in Sonar 8 Exploring Sonar 8's Beatscape Instrument Reason Notes  Hints and tips for users of Propellerhead's Reason software. 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 Apple Notes  our monthly look at all things Apple. PC Notes  our monthly round-up of the PC Music world. Atari Notes  no longer published but archived here.