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As we saw last month, sampling is really just a form of digital recording, but to use short recordings to emulate real instruments, you soon need to understand new concepts like multisampling, looping, and velocity switching. We explain all...
Native's sound design software is back, and with v5, you have more control over your instruments than ever — offering fully user-definable looks, the ability to construct your own modules from scratch, and an improved library. We get patching...
We investigate a newcomer to the orchestral sample-player scene and provide a quick round-up of the 'powered processing' options available to DP users.
This month: Universal Audio Boss CE1 • TC Electronic NonLin2 Stereo Effects Reverb
I've just bought my first mic, a Rode NT1A, which requires phantom power, and I'm wondering if there's anything wrong with leaving it plugged in with phantom power switched on for long periods of time?
In Cubase SX, can signals be 'routed' to a compressor's side-chain to modulate another signal?
Part 1: The V-Synth repackaged Roland's groundbreaking Variphrase technology, creating a powerful new kind of sample-based synthesis. Now there's a rackmount V-Synth, and (as you'll discover in Part 1 of our two-part review) it's more powerful than the first...
With a characterful sound to match their striking retro styling, these new mics set themselves apart from the crowd.
When it comes to installation and licensing restrictions, have sample-library makers completely lost the plot?
Note: this is a genuine product, not an April Fool hoax!
The Trigger Finger is clearly intended for those of us who prefer hitting to clicking when it comes to percussion, but, as we discover, there's much more to it than that...
Digital-modelling specialists Line 6 have produced a pair of USB interfaces, the Toneport UX1 and UX2, designed for desktop recording and packaged with brand-new guitar amp- and mic preamp-modelling software.
Digidesign have announced the acquistion of virtual instrument, plug-in effect and sample library designers Wizoo Sound Design GmbH.
On Sunday the 21st of August, legendary synth designer Dr Robert Moog passed away, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. He was 71.
The capsule of the new Rode NT6 small-diaphragm condenser mic is connected to the main body of the mic by a three-metre cable, making it perfect for discrete instrument miking, especially in tight spaces.
The September 2005 UK/EU edition of SOS is on sale from Thursday the 18th of August and includes the free quarterly Sound On Sound LIVE supplement, packed with live sound gear news, reviews and techniques.
The Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS) has unveiled a new membership structure, introducing new categories of membership designed to address the needs of semi-professional and non-professional musicians, producers and engineers.
The XSKey Updater tool is available to download from the Apple web site now.
The XSKey Updater tool is available to download from the Apple web site now.
Steinberg have released details of a new version of the budget-friendly Studio Case bundle, which now includes Cubase SE 3 plus six virtual instruments for under £200, and the price of Virtual Bassist has dropped to £169.99.