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Surrendering control of your music is never easy, but supplying stems creates myriad new opportunities for disaster.
Vocal tuning is a process many of us take for granted, but it hasn’t always been so easy.
Why ‘review’ a record company? Well, I believe that Opus 3 are unique in offering quarter-inch tape copies of their analogue tape masters.
Leslie-style rotary speakers are mechanically simple, but sonically complex — hence the attention to detail in PSP’s plug-in recreation.
The market for tablet-controlled mixers is heating up. Has QSC’s new range got what it takes to fend off the competition?
We take a look at Propellerhead’s new sharing and collaboration initiative and recap your options for playing with others.
Loopmasters have teamed up with the Dubstep Onslaught label for this self–titled set of bass-heavy dubstep samples.
How many of us have been put off from sampling a fantastic drum break on an old record because of the difficulties and cost.
Zero-G have given us bangs, crashes and wallops in thunderous variety with their recent Impact Designer library for Kontakt but now we get Whoosh!
These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the March 2015 issue of SOS
Something remarkable can sometimes happen when vocal samples are used in a track.
With its titanium-sputtered diaphragm, this mic is supposed to respond better to fast transients. We put that theory to the test.
Manipulate REX loops with ease in Sonar.
Are students too far removed from the nuts and bolts of music-making?
The hardware sampler market might be dwindling, but it’s not dead yet! Here’s our pick of the currently available options.
This month we look at a famous South American studio which has occupied its current premises for an impressive 55 years.
We caught up with the man who’s spent nearly half a century in charge of live sound for one of the biggest bands in the world.
We check out Latvian mic company Violet’s affordable new capacitor models.
Obviously a vinyl record is a different thing from a CD or a WAV file, but does it require a separate, dedicated master,...