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Knowledge is power, so our esteemed Editor In Chief puts the case for a little scientific understanding...
It's easy enough to make a guitar and amp sound loud and gutsy in the live room, but how do you capture the same sense of volume and distortion on your recording? Phase alignment, that's how...
Dynamics control without compression, tuning for dummies, and vocoding for fun and profit... There's all this and more in part one of our complete vocal production masterclass.
These audio files complement the article 'Bigger, Badder Electric Guitars' by Jack Ruston in SOS January 2009. The audio file titles should be self-explanatory.
These compact, lightweight mixers are designed with live DJ-style performance in mind, but with an audio interface on board, there's plenty of flexibility when it comes to recording too.
We look at editing vocals for tighter timing, strategies for faking double-tracked electric guitar, and much, much more...
Here are the links to the MP3 and WAV files that accompany the January 2009 Mix Rescue article for our newsstand/bookstore readers who do not have eSub-access to the main web article and don't fancy typing in all the long URLs by hand.
When it comes to pitching music to TV executives, there are only two golden rules. The first is to meet the brief, however sketchy it might be. The second? Never, ever try to be cool.
The Mac's most comprehensive stereo editor has just gained a whole new set of features...
Eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture. Will this eighth version of Pro Tools bring prosperity to Digidesign, as they try to establish their world-leading recording and mixing application as a serious contender in the music-creation market?
I'm at a loss. I cannot get the EVOC PS vocoder to work in Logic Pro 7 on a Power Mac G5 with Mac OSX 10.4.11 — or with...
I have someone coming into my studio to do some recording and I'm looking for a way to achieve a 12‑string guitar sound for...
My PC is a few years old now, but I'm keen to try out some recent soft synths and other audio applications. However, I'm not...
Since we first reviewed Cockos' shareware Reaper multitrack recording package, it has undergone hundreds of improvements — but the bargain asking price has barely changed.
More and more sample libraries now ship as self‑contained instruments, courtesy of Native Instruments' Kontakt Player engine,...
The first of a new column spotlighting innovators and leading edge appliance of musical technology.
Sounding Off becomes Sounding On, with a positive stance on the use of technology in musical creativity. No, really!
Multi-gigabyte drum instruments are of limited use if you don't have the time or skills to program realistic MIDI performances. Can SoundTrek's Drummer plug-in fill the gap?