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The Apollo Twin is a two-in, six-out desktop recording interface for Mac computers with Thunderbolt connectivity, that combines the same 24-bit, 192kHz audio conversion of its predecessors with UAD Solo or Duo processing. It allows a plethora of high-quality UAD plug-ins to be run in recording and monitoring paths at low latencies (in the region of 2ms).
When you’re recording a Morrissey album, you need to be ready for anything...
Despite the bewildering array of plug-ins now available, mixing still requires you to exercise good judgement with the basics of EQ and compression.
Paul Wiffen reflects on the evolving role of the programmer and the lonely life of the modern studio musician.
When Grammy-winning engineer Vance Powell has to track an entire record in a day, you can rest assured he has some tricks up his sleeve…
If you want an education in all things audio, could you ask for a more qualified teacher than Alan Parsons?
Session guitarist Tim Renwick has contacted us to report the theft of his own guitars from his studio -- Fender Strats...
Performed live and filmed in a single take, Justin Timberlake’s ‘Say Something’ is one of the most ambitious music videos ever made.
How much preparation is required before a recording session, and when should it all begin? We asked some top producers to share their wisdom.
Explore the ups and downs of Phoenix’s transformer-laden tone control...
A cosy, friendly atmosphere is considered so important at one German studio that it is named House Of Music and Entertainment — or HOME, for short.
Does Alan Parsons’ latest book add anything useful to his video tutorial series?
In 1985 John Lydon found himself in a New York studio with producer Bill Laswell and a group of session musicians. The result was to become one of PiL’s most recognisable tracks.
Unfinished business: our engineer reworks a track he produced several years ago, and finds he'd left himself with plenty more to do!
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Once an expensive and futuristic dream, the technology for Internet‑based collaboration is now available and affordable — and more practical than you might think.