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In 1956, Miles Davis was at Columbia Studios to record an album with the musicians who subsequently became known as his First Great Quintet. Engineer Frank Laico was at the controls...
We show you how to coax a more convincing performance from your VST instruments using Cubases Chorder plug-in.
Audio Examples From Cubase Techniques April 2010
DP 7.1 is a small update that adds a couple of big new features, including an easy system for saving effect chains.
From subtle warmth to screaming walls of noise, distortion is one of the most versatile effects in the studio engineers armoury.
There are plenty of eight-channel Firewire interfaces on the market these days, so what does the Audiofire Pre 8 have that the others dont?
Although the title suggests a collection of sounds taken from the Large Hadron Collider, Electron Smasher is, in fact, a set of heavily processed loops from Big Fish Audio.
In association with instrument collector Andreas Beurmann, Realsamples have created the Beurmann Edition, a set of eight sampled historic keyboards...
FabFilters powerful plug-in suite brings us advanced modulation possibilities, filters with multiple personalities, and plenty of overdrive.
In a rare interview, legendary engineer and producer Humberto Gatica explains how he and singer Michael Bublé breathed new life into big-band swing music — with stunning results.
The new Wavedrum costs a fraction of the price of its predecessor and remains a sonic force to be reckoned with.
LA Scoring Strings hopes to set itself apart from the competition with clever devices that make it both more realistic and more user-friendly.
The Ohm64 is the latest in a recent rash of grid-based control surfaces. Does it stand out from the crowd?
The introduction of MaxMSP adds an entirely new dimension to Live. We take a look at whats already been created in the three months since its release.
Put your own stamp on synthesized sounds with Logic Pro's powerful sound-modelling system, Sculpture.
What do you get when five American jazz musicians lock themselves in the studio with a collection of Steeleye Span albums? Through a series of reinventions, Midlake have won critical applause for their music and plaudits for their self-production skills.
This month, we show how manipulating the phase relationships of some tracks in your mix, plus a little disciplined pruning, can revitalise a flat-sounding track.
These audio files accompany the Mix Rescue article that featured in SOS April 2010.
Native Instruments bring you the classic drum sounds of Abbey Road, lovingly sampled at the studio itself.
Sample libraries are the modern media composers most important asset — so its a shame that using them in real-world projects can land you in legal hot water.