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A conquering hero returns to the fray after long years in exile. Does the new Prophet Rev 4 still have the power to take on the world?
Steinberg’s clever use of AI has made spectral editing and unmixing more accessible than ever.
After a major overhaul, is Synchro Arts’ VocAlign still an essential part of the vocal producer’s toolkit?
This year’s SOS Awards results celebrate the ‘best in class’ products launched or reviewed in the period from September 2019 through to the end of August 2020. You’ll see all the Winners you selected here as well as the very worthy close contenders in each category, who have been awarded our Highly Commended accolade.
The Echo Cat mimics the famous Watkins hardware tape delay, but is capable of more besides.
I’m addicted to YouTube. A couple of weeks ago, its slightly scary algorithms coughed up a video clip from the BBC’s 1980s ‘...
The Cobalt 8 is a beautifully judged virtual analogue synth.
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Audio files on this page accompany our February 2021 Cubase workshop.
In this episode, Mathieu Gendreau shares 6 advanced top tips to help you mix drums like a pro.
In this Video, Editor In Chief Sam Inglis explains why mastering engineers are necessary, what they can do for us, and whether we can really replace them with plug-ins!
SOS Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns chats to Mirek Stiles about the Spatial Audio Forum and how everyone can get involved in creating 3D audio environments using basic recording equipment.
In this show Paul White guides you through seven reverb treatments, from simple to complex, and demonstrates how combining reverb with other commonly available plug-ins can produce creative textures and ambience in your music.
Olivier and Johannes go behind the scenes on the techniques that they used to create their latest collaborative album featuring the use of VoIP technology to process sound.
The Show Page is designed for live performance, and combines the roles of virtual instrument host, mixer and backing‑track player.
The evolution of convolution takes several steps forward with Inspired Acoustics’ awe‑inspiring immersive reverb.
The UAFX series comprises three DSP-based effects, with algorithms coded by the UAD plug-in team.
The frequencies of overtones in a normal harmonic series are directly related to integer multiples of the fundamental frequency. In contrast, inharmonicity is the extent to which the frequencies of individual overtones deviate from integer multiples of the fundamental frequency.
In a musical context, percussion instruments such as chimes or cymbals often create strong inharmonic overtones, but the effect is also present in many other instruments, most notably the piano, and is directly responsible for the concept of stretch-tuning.
This term describes a type of oscillating arrangement involving a non-linear relationship between the restorative force and the oscillation amplitude. As a result, the oscillating period is dependent on the amplitude of oscillation. This is not the case in a true harmonic oscillation.