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Commercial Productions Analysed: Rebecca Ferguson • David Guetta • Professor Green
Dr Nik Farrell-Fox asks: Is the digital studio a lonely place?
A Big String Sound On A Budget: this month, one of our engineers sets out to fake a big, lush, recorded string sound with only a handful of musicians.
Ableton have released major new versions of their two flagship products, Live and Push. Live 9.5 is free to owners of Live 9. Meanwhile, and more importantly, there is a new Push controller.
Inspired by a Persian classical poet and a certain Mrs Harrison, 'Layla' went on to become Eric Clapton's most enduring hit.
New vistas appear for Reason users, with the arrival of Rack Extensions...
This month's tracks from Miley Cyrus, One Republic, Black Sabbath and our Classic Mix - ZZ Top "Gimme All Your Lovin'' from 1983.
Steinberg Hypersonic 2 comes out later this month, and features 1.7GB of sounds, 1800 factory presets and four sound generation engines.
Mira is the first incursion into the iPad app world from Cycling '74, makers of the popular Max graphical software toolkit for audio and media applications on Mac and PC. iTrigger is a grid-oriented MIDI controller app from POJ Studios.
EB Acoustics is probably not a name that many in the music-technology world will be familiar with.
The clever chaps at Kiwi Technics have rebuilt a lesser-known Roland classic from the inside out.
Melding Beatlesque pop melodies with symphonic strings, multi-layered vocals and leader Jeff Lynne's generally overblown production of his own compositions
Acoustica's affordable DAW has acquired some significant new features, including video support, score editing and a fully fledged mixer. But has it retained its trademark ease of use?
• Rizzle Kicks 'Down With The Trumpets' • Foo Fighters 'Rope' • Christina Perri 'Jar Of Hearts' • Nicki Minaj 'Super Bass'
Engineer Richard King has brought the art of ensemble recording to new heights in both classical and folk/pop spheres.
This Italian master keyboard may be completely dumb soundwise, but it's pretty clever in other departments. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser just love being in control.