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Analogue tape played a key role in the production of Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori album — even though it was recorded to Pro Tools.
The MIDI protocol celebrates its 40th birthday this year, with SOS as official media partners for this year's MIDI Innovation Awards.
Logic’s bundled delay plug‑ins might be the only delays you’ll ever need.
Float away with Live 11.3’s new synth...
Controllable carnage is the name of the game, but the Punishr can do warmth and subtlety too!
Four‑time Grammy winner Michael Romanowski is one of very few people offering mastering services for immersive music.
Sofia is an oscillator that synthesizes vocal‑like formants without filtering, achieved by superimposing decaying sinusoidal tones onto each individual cycle of a fundamental base waveform.
Here are some of our favourite function generators that will capably augment your patches, all weighing in at well under £200.
Neumann continue to set new standards in compact nearfield monitoring.
Orchestral Tools get up close and personal with some intimate soundscapes.
Is Pro Tools still king when it comes to editing audio?
Recently I had to record a Japanese taiko drum ensemble, but I got a fair bit of distortion even though my recording levels never reached 0dBFS. Why was I getting this distortion/compression?
What causes microphone feedback and what are the best ways to deal with it?
Originally developed for a German broadcaster, the Digiface AES is now available to everyone.
Did you know you can embed parameter control knobs and some plug‑in GUIs into Reaper’s project and mixer tracks? We reveal how...
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. The second instalment in Spitfire’s new modular series is a direct continuation of the first.
Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Sandstorm provides an easy‑to‑use platform for creating evolving soundscapes and sonic textures.
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars. The instrument allows users to pick any two clarinet textures from a library of 15 available textures, blending and shaping them with onboard tools.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. If you have a passion for composing for film/TV contexts, or for more experimental song‑based production, then Void & Vista Strands may be worth auditioning.
Many of us dream of setting up a recording studio. But where do you start — and what’s it really like to run one as a commercial business today?