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New to the world of video production and unsure what gear to buy? Our guide to the five best options in three categories will get you started.
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New to the world of video production and unsure what gear to buy? Our guide to the five best options in three categories will get you started.

Looking for a compact controller keyboard costing not much more than a bag of chips? Look no further...


The kalimba (aka 'thumb piano') has long been a featured sound on keyboard workstations. Also known as the sanza...

Arturia have taken their Origin concept further with the addition of a keyboard and new modules. So is it now the only synthesizer you'll ever need?

Most of us probably don't give a lot of thought to our audio metering. After all, provided the signal occupies the appropriate...

'Take On Me' was a huge hit, but its birth was a difficult one, taking three years, three versions and a pioneering video to finally give A-ha their first chart success.

Drawing automation data in Steinberg Cubase has creative applications that transcend simple level and pan tweaking.

Drum replacement is now a routine production job in genres ranging from pop and indie to high-tempo metal, and even live sound.

It's a hard noise to verbalise, but it sounds like this: gu‑gu‑gu‑gu‑GRNZZZZ. Yes, folks, it's the unmistakable...

World Impact: Global Percussion (12.2GB) contains around 270 percussion instruments from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe...

Should you build outboard gear to do the job as well as possible, or to meet a price point? Grace Design prefer to do the former, and it seems to be a philosophy that pays off...

The most important pieces of hardware in any studio are the ones on the sides of your head. We look at the amazing journey your music makes on its way to the brain...

Mumford & Sons have dragged acoustic music out of the folk clubs and straight to the top of the charts, with a sound sculpted by producer Markus Dravs and mix engineer Ruadhri Cushnan.

If you want an education in all things audio, could you ask for a more qualified teacher than Alan Parsons?

KRK are well established in the world of studio monitors. Now they're expaning into the headphone market.

Kurzweil's new workstation maintains the company's reputation for solid reliability, and does so at a lower cost than you might expect...

Winter NAMM's abundance of semi/pro-level music Apps, add-on controllers and interfaces for Apple iPad/iPhone took our Editor In Chief slightly by surprise...

Mid/Side processing is a clever technique which once learned will probably find its way into your mixes.

When mixing, it doesn't hurt to double-check what you're hearing with judicious use of Logic's visual metering toolbox.