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Today's composers are expected to be available around the clock — and around the globe.
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Today's composers are expected to be available around the clock — and around the globe.

The mass migration from physical music sales to digital downloads means it's now harder than ever to find out who worked on a release — or to be sure your own work is properly acknowledged.

Spectrasonics bring yet more goodies to the Omnisphere party, aiming to make their highly acclaimed synth even better.

Whether you're buying or building, deciding what should go inside an audio PC isn't easy, so we asked some leading experts for their advice...

Just as Superspeed USB 3 is starting to appear as standard, there's a new kid on the block. So what's so great about Thunderbolt?


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Behind the scenes in Pro Tools 9 there are some major changes to how the I/O Setup window works.

I've read about summing to mono to check for phase issues with your mix, but how is this done and how does it work? If it...

My MacBook Pro has a 500GB hard drive. Although I only bought it in August, I'm already being told that it's full. I have the...

I have a niggling problem that I need to address once and for all. A sound-design project with several hundred audio files in...

I have a fairly basic setup that I've so far been using for some simple audio work. However, I'd like to introduce some more...

James Dunkley gets a shiver down his spine whilst testing the Radial Tonebone 'Bones' London Distortion Pedal.

Reaper's ReaGate has hidden talents that make it much more than a simple noise-reduction facility.
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Reason's flexible routing is at the heart of this month's exploration of synth modulation.

Sonar X1's ProChannel offers two different compressor types, both modelled on famous classic hardware.

Want your loops to sound like they've been badly mastered, pressed to cheap vinyl and fed into a budget sampler? Tone Projects' plug-in does it all.
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I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a sample library entitled Soulful Pop as, while it is a musical genre that can include...