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Everyone keeps going on about how great the Cardas cables make headphones sound. Is there any truth about cables ever making...

I'm looking for any VST freeware that can really do for amp distortion what convolution reverbs can do for sound reflection...

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Recent disturbances in the space-time continuum gifted our columnist an unsettling vision of Oxford Street, circa 2014.

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Venture beyond Reaper’s default Snap settings to discover a world of techniques to speed up your workflow.

By merging their flagship application with its sibling, Record, Propellerhead have created something users have demanded for years: Reason with built-in audio recording.

Recording gigs can be challenging, particularly given the constraints imposed by typical small and medium venues. But capturing a great performance, complete with all the atmosphere of the night, can be a hugely rewarding experience.

Roland have put elements of their two very different approaches to guitar synthesis in a single box. Could this be the best guitar synth ever?

Hugh Robjohns picks up a copy of this latest addition to the Production Suite series of eBooks from Samplecraze's Eddie Bazil.

With two channels and four ‘flavours’ on offer, Slate’s mic preamp promises plenty of flexibility. Does it also deliver on quality?

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If you’d like to make your quantised drums a little more human, dive into Sonar’s AudioSnap pool.

Sonuus’ nifty gadgets make real-time audio-to-MIDI conversion easy and affordable — as long as you only play one note at a time!

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This month, we optimise speaker placement, tame some early reflections, and get our hands dirty with a problematic mix.

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