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The spotlight turns to Logic’s MIDI features, as we solve a data-merging problem and offer step-by-step advice on automation recording with hardware control.
With its built-in effects, compressors and graphic EQ, this compact console might just be ideal for small-scale live work.
Creating music and sound effects for sophisticated video games such as Mass Effect 3 requires skills not found in film or television — and a lot of hard work.
This month, as well as sorting out a few sonic gremlins, with edits, EQ and other tricks, we aim to draw out more of the ‘moments’ in a track.
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The latest Moogerfooger, offering chorus and flanging, is alluring but not cheap — so is the Cluster Flux worth the bucks?
Most processors in API’s 500‑series format are classic studio tools such as preamps, EQs and compressors — but now a heavyweight champion from the synth world has joined the party.
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It's perfectly possible to use a tremolo arm to make the pitch of your guitar strings drop in real time, and guitarists have...
If you really want a direct connection with your audience, don’t write for TV — get down to your local high street.
The rise of electronic dance music in the States has provided a breath of fresh air to the charts — and a much-needed boost to the music industry.
Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor may be closer than we thought — but does it make sense for musicians?
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The bass response in my room is quite variable, with some notes appearing boomy and others being quite weak, but the overall...
I use a lot of orchestral parts (EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra) in my contemporary songs, and I was wondering whether I should mix them in precisely the same way as the other tracks in my arrangement?
I've always liked Logic's track-icon facility, as having a graphical representation of what sound or instrument is on any...
I often read in your gear reviews that you don't like 'wall-warts' and that good power supplies should feature a toroidal...
My Mackie VLZ mixer's got a bad socket: when the mixer is switched on, the socket goes on and off intermittently. If it's just...