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Unless you are using pre–recorded loops, there is still the rather significant task of building convincing performances and arrangements. Ensemblia attempts to give the user a helping hand.
Bloody Nightmare, as its name suggests, is a collection of over 550 horror–type noises aimed at sound designers who need to create chills and scares.
Recording 28 songs in five days is no mean feat. So what sort of results can you get, and what compromises are involved?
This month tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Roseanne Cash, Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney, Chick Corea and our Classic Mix - Miles Davis, 'So What'.
We go back to basics and turn up the heat on an indie-rock production.
A ground–up rethink of Ozone’s user interface is designed to make it less intimidating to home users.
Magix’s powerful Windows DAW gets another raft of new features in a comprehensive update.
I’ve recently become interested in manipulating phase while mixing recorded drums to see what that would do.
I have a friend who has a problem. He uses two different amps on stage, one a Marshall and the other a Hughes & Kettner, with a 2x12 and 4x12 cab, respectively. Is there any way he can just use one cab for both amps?
SOS Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns replies.
We examine the quirky but powerful ways of working with effects in Reason’s mixer.
When composer and instrument maker Steve Roche finishes a tin of biscuits, instead of throwing the container into the recycling bin he transforms it into a guitar.
Ambient White is a Kontakt 5 instrument with a laid-back, meditational essence.
Turn noise into impulse responses for Sonar’s REmatrix convolution processor.
The tyranny of distance is real, and many musicians want to overcome it.
One of rock music’s most celebrated recording venues wasn’t a studio but a house in Hampshire, and no music has been recorded there for almost 40 years — until now...
It’s probably cheaper than you think, provided you spend your money wisely. We offer some sage advice...