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Recent hi-fi purchases from iFi seem to bristle with TRRRS Pentaconn sockets for balanced inputs and outputs...
Back in SOS July 2011, Mike Shipley said this about the producer Mutt Lange: “With Mutt, we always have programmable equalisers where we can EQ every word..."
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Over the centuries, illustrious composers such as Mozart, Bruckner and Schubert have written for the choir — now it’s your turn!
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Described as a “percussive workstation”, OneShot comes with a large collection of acoustic and electronic sounds in over 200 presets to get you started.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Mobilis is unapologetically a cinematic percussion library, designed for hybrid scoring where you might need some pace and raw power.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Northwest Passage is described as a “sea of guitars” and contains bowed electric guitar samples as its source material, enhanced by some very creative processing.
Can it really be this quick and easy to tackle masking in your mix?
This clever cable is as smart as it looks!
No room for a drum kit? No problem! Try one of these Virtual Drum apps.
Toontrack bring the world’s favourite organ to EZkeys 2.
This audio example available accompanies our Cubase workshop in SOS July 2024.
Leslie Gaston‑Bird’s CV boasts an unusually broad array of career exploits, from her role as Broadcast Recording Technician with America’s national radio station NPR to recording the Colorado Symphony at the famous Boettcher Hall...
This month, I’ve reviewed not one but two moving‑coil dynamic microphones. They have much in common, yet they are also polar opposites...
Synth designer Tom Oberheim tells Sam Inglis about his early years as an engineer and his accidental route into creating electronic musical instruments.
Daniel Miller, founder and chairman of Mute Records, talks to Kevin Paul about his entry into the music industry, the origins of the label, and of his enduring love of modular synthesis.
Paul White and Hugh Robjohns discuss the best practices for avoiding and eliminating electrical noise interference in your home studio.
audio2score uses AI to turn recorded music into sheet music — but just how good are the results?
Cubase now boasts a number of decent stock compressor plug‑ins: Vox Comp, Black Valve and Compressor. Which should you choose for vocals?
Need to turn your audio and MIDI recordings into usable sheet music? Digital Performer has you covered.
Hit‑Boy’s freewheeling production style has made him one of the hottest producers in the USA.