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The modern producer has a vast array of sounds at his command, but does that make for musical misery?
Sampling a record may be child’s play, but using such samples effectively in your own compositions requires plenty of skill and finesse.
These audio files accompany the How To Build Tracks Around Sampled Tunes feature that featured in SOS December 2011.
Version 2 of Studio One offers unprecedented levels of integration with third-party software — or, in other words, built-in Melodyne!
The SOS team head out to singer/songwriter and media composer Olivia Broadfield’s studio, to solve her monitoring issues.
• Calvin Harris 'Bounce' • Arctic Monkeys 'Spangled Shalalala' • DJ Fresh 'Louder' • Bon Iver 'Calgary' • Pitbull 'Give Me Everything'
TC Helicon’s latest live vocal processor squeezes plenty of powerful processing into a 2U rackmount space, and comes with a free microphone too.
Waves’ latest equaliser can be five different virtual analogue designs at once — and it has some other neat tricks up its sleeve too.
You might be surprised by just how much you get for your money with Alesis’s DM10 Studio kit...
The iO Dock from Alesis is designed specifically with the iPad in mind and offers a pair of 'combi'-style audio inputs, MIDI DIN and MIDI USB plus a handy footswitch socket.
Steve Jobs’ tenure was a period of unprecedented innovation. So, in a world already wowed by Apple, how will Tim Cook fill his shoes?
Ardán Audio have filed no fewer than 28 patent claims on the design of their unique and highly engineered EVP M1 monitor stands. We find out whether the appliance of science has paid off...
This valve mic from Australian company Bees Neez aims to offer a character reminiscent of some of the vintage classics. Can a mic from down under come out on top?
John Forbes talks to SOS about how he became musical director for Ne-Yo, creating live arrangements for one of the world’s top R&B artists using recorded parts.
The haunting dub of ‘Ghost Town’ perfectly captured the mood of its time, and spent three weeks at the top of the British charts during the turbulent summer of 1981.
Do these in-line mic preamplifiers mean you can use a passive ribbon mic with any preamp?
Audio files to accompany the article.
If, like me, you prefer tea to coffee and view Starbucks with the same contempt as you do McDonalds, don't let the name '...
