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When exporting tracks for mixing, do I export my group sections, like Ac Guitars, from the stereo bus, or should I export from the Ac Guitars group track?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Nagual is a polyphonic instrument comprised of what MNTRA describe as rare pre‑Hispanic Mexican ceremonial sources.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5/5 Stars. A new and refreshingly simple piano library, designed to offer the perfect commercial piano sound right out of Kontakt.
Is Roland’s TD516 the perfect electronic drum kit for the studio?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Ethereal Echoes purports to target ambient music makers, though some of its sounds have a distinctly sinister edge.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Primarily built around a suite of sample‑based vocal sounds, Moments: Vocal Clouds also offers a number of synth‑based sounds that can be integrated into the preset design process.
Slate + Ash take the guitar to places it’s never been before...
SOSFA has all you need to create Stranger Things‑style cues!
There’s never been a better time to be working with orchestral sample libraries, but the choice can be overwhelming. We round up some of the best in the business.
The Origin has evolved, with both classic 4000‑series features and some new ones being added.
Updated and improved, Steinberg’s virtual instrument collection offers more of, well, just about everything.
We show you how to set up your MIDI controllers in Studio Pro.
Spanish cellist, producer and singer Yamila employs strings, voices, field recordings and electronics, all heard to great effect on her new album Noor.
What do you get if you combine a legendary producer, a legendary studio and eight exceptional drum kits?
There are three audio files containing examples that demonstrate various elements of the new Melodic mode within the Pattern Editor as described within the main workshop article.
A couple of contrasting audio examples from Helix Stadium XL illustrating just a fraction of what this extremely versatile unit can do!
You know how they’re always like “Oh just share some behind the scenes of you recording the demo”? Well, I can’t really do that because aesthetically, to be honest, it’s horrific.
Asked to select a favourite sound from his back catalogue, he opts for the guitar tone from the Fray’s ‘Never Say Never’.
