
Sounding Off: Music Mastering
Is music mastering an art or science?
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Is music mastering an art or science?
Both Sonar Producer Edition and Studio Edition offer several choices for dynamics processing. How do you pick the right one for the job?
This issue's Studio SOS comes to you from the other side of the world, as we help an Australian reader sort out his vocal recordings.
Hardware control surfaces promise to make working with a software DAW more intuitive and 'hands on'. Tascam's new offering has more knobs and faders than most, but also keeps things deliberately simple. Is it an essential accessory, or an expensive gadget?
Yamaha breathe new life into their AW range with USB connectivity, loop sampling, and an onboard pitch-correction processor.
New Orleans Strut, a collection of 50 new live drum loops, is available as a $25 download from the Spectrasonics web site.
HHB's latest location recording device is an omni-directional condenser mic offering up to 18 hours of audio recording to built-in flash memory.
Propellerhead have ceased support and development of Rebirth, but the software is now free to download and they've produced a Reason Refill version, also free.
Oxford Limiter for Pro Tools TDM and LE systems is a flexible, high-quality limiter plug-in capable of transparent limiting, maximising loudness for mastering or extreme limiting effects.
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) are holding a one-day workshop on how to set up a studio in a spare bedroom, garage or temporary environment.
Steve Albini has become a legend in the world of alternative music by championing traditional engineering skills, respecting the opinions of the artists he records, and doing business ethically.
Altiverb was one of the first convolution reverbs to appear. Is it still the best?
As the Mac community looks to Pentium M-based Powerbooks to deliver high-performance, low-power mobile solutions, what if you can't wait until next year and need to purchase a Powerbook right now?
These high-spec passive monitors use well-established engineering principles to achieve a smooth and revealing sound.
Record loops and overdub in real time for lightning-quick track creation live or in the studio.
Read what music industry professionals think of the latest collection of SOS readers' recordings.
In 1982, the Pretenders responded to desperate circumstances with some of the strongest material they would ever produce. Engineer Steve Churchyard was there to record it.
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