DAWs

MOTUs BPM takes some obvious cues from Akais MPC range — but can a groovebox work in software?

We continue our newcomer's guide to Pro Tools with a selection of techniques that every user should know.

If youre interested in M/S (Mid/Side) recording or stereo image tweaks, Sonars Channel Tools could be your best friend.

If you want something to spice up rhythm-guitar loops to use in your funk and dance tracks, Cubase has just the Tonic

Links to audio files that accompany the SOS MAY 2009 Cubase article, for newsstand/bookstore readers who do not have eSub-access to the main web article.

The ability to move around your project quickly and easily, making fast and accurate selections for editing, can take much of the pain out of music production. We round up some of the best power-user shortcuts.

The challenge was to add yet more features to Live without compromising its legendary ease of use. Have Ableton succeeded?

You'll be surprised at how cheap and easy it can be to enhance the usability of your Apple Logic setup with a touchscreen.

Our short series on getting started with Pro Tools continues with some advice on configuring the software and your first Sessions.

Now that Dimension Pro is included with Sonar 8, its time to investigate how to exploit it beyond the usual sample-playback functions.

Learn how to avoid frequency clashes in your mix, with our tutorial on advanced ducking techniques in Cubase.

Learn how to avoid frequency clashes in your mix, with our tutorial on advanced ducking techniques in Cubase.

MOTU's Digital Performer 6 hugely simplifies the task of CD burning, while at the same time allowing more complex burning tasks to be undertaken. We talk you through the options.

We offer a second set of tips to enhance your corrective and creative mixing skills.

Tempted to invest in a Pro Tools rig but don't know where to begin? You need our handy guide to choosing a system.

Not only can Reason's Thor synth be used as an effects unit for other signals, it can also act as a hub for combining instruments and devices into true modular synth structures.

Acid Pro has always offered a fabulous environment for loop-based music creation, but version 7 sees it making a bid for fully fledged DAW status.

We explore some of the advanced parallel compression techniques used by top mix engineer Michael Brauer — and how you can recreate them using Cubase.

We explore some of the advanced parallel compression techniques used by top mix engineer Michael Brauer — and how you can recreate them using Cubase.

We show you how to make Live emulate an MPC-style workflow for composing rhythm tracks.

A professional producer and mixer passes on his favourite Logic mixing methods, starting this month at the bottom, with tips for bass and drums.