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Their combination of Southern soul and hip-hop gave Gnarls Barkley one of the biggest hits of the year, thanks in part to the mixing wizardry of Ben Allen.
Big George takes a critical look at what seems to be the only game in town: solitaire.
The guitar modelling revolution continues apace with M-Audio's latest interface.
Carillon's new TI series sees them incorporating affordable, no-nonsense music PCs into their familiar rackmount cases.
Can mics at this price really compete with the classics? Sound On Sound puts them to the test...
Orbital were renowned for their amazing live shows, and the story of 'Chime', the track that launched their career, shows how they brought their 'live' approach to electronic music to the studio and into the charts.
Musicians, producers and engineers continue to discover the delights of all things vintage and retro, but why settle for classic gear that works but looks tatty when you can restore its appearance, too?
The new version of Cubase is all about big ideas, including a completely new way of working with tracks, plug-ins and virtual instruments.
Swedish designer Wowa Cwejman has built a reputation for exclusive analogue synths. Now he's going modular, starting with the VM1 Voice module...
Limitations to Cubase's audio routing and audio export facilities have always been frustrating, and are still present even in Cubase v4. Thankfully, there are some free or inexpensive third-party solutions...
Pushing at the boundaries of synthesis, as ever, Dave Smith's Evolver range continues to, er, evolve...
A new drum-based instrument from Digidesign combines instant gratification with a huge sound library and plenty of potential for editing.
Is it a loop librarian? Is it a sample library? Is it a drum-sample playback engine? No - it's all of these, and it brings along its own roster of hyper-famous drummers too...
This new software instrument majors on lively and evocative loops and phrases that can be flexibly combined to create convincing world-music atmospheres.
They say that good things come in small packages — but just how much synthesizer can Korg cram into the tiny Micro X?
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Editor In Chief Paul White wonders why we value software so little...
Waveburner is bundled free with Logic Pro and offers some significant power in the mastering department. We take a look at the hidden jewel in Apple's crown.
Latin music is popular all over the world, but it has its own unique assortment of quirks and exotic instruments. Four of the genre's leading engineers explain what it takes to make a conga sing and timbales talk.