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It's live, Jim — but not as we know it. We look at how the rise of affordable, portable gear has enabled a new approach to music-video making.
Focusrite have announced their Liquid Saffire 56, the highest-spec unit in their range of audio interfaces for PCs and...
Novation’s popular Launchpad comes of age with the new Pro model.
Great backing vocals can be essential if you want to turn a promising track into a superb one — so find out how to get them right every time.
Ever thought of asking 'real' musicians to play your arrangements? Then get to grips with Logic's Score editor.
Ernst Zacharias invented the Clavinet and has spent a lifetime perfecting electro-mechanical instruments. We talk to him about his life and explore his classic designs.
Signed to Harvest, Janus made one album — and hated the way it sounded. Four decades later, they finally got the chance to mix it properly...
It's a hard noise to verbalise, but it sounds like this: gu‑gu‑gu‑gu‑GRNZZZZ. Yes, folks, it's the unmistakable...
This month we discuss tracks from Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Tom Odell and our Classic Mix is Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me' from 1991.
Cakewalk’s programmers seem to be constantly pedalling the upgrade cycle! We find out what’s new and exciting in the latest Sonar X2...
Getting chordal guitar parts to work together in a track can be tricky, and if two players are working the same chord sequence...
Released in 1997, the hugely successful Buena Vista Social Club album is possibly the best example of what most of us non‑...
Heavyocity soar into orbit with a collection of dramatic scoring elements.
This month we look inside Hollywood's Ocean Way Studios, the "Abbey Road of the West Coast".
Anthology X makes many of Eventide’s signature effects available in native plug–in formats for the first time. Was it worth the wait?
DP still has its full share of virtual guitar amps and pedals, reverb and chorus plug-ins — but version 8 also introduced some quality problem-solvers.
Recording a solo performer requires a different approach from recording a band, and different ways of using Sonar.
Korg already have an enviable track record for making high-quality apps, but in Gadget they've made their most serious step yet towards full music production.