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In working to perfect a Bollywood mix, our engineer found that there were plenty of lessons that could be drawn from it and applied to mixes in most genres.
What could be better than a Bettermaker? A Bettermaker made better, of course...
In 2006, Bill Putnam's famous United Western studio complex on West Sunset Boulevard was re-opened as the EastWest Studios retaining much of it's original acoustic design.
This month we take a trip down memory lane with VFX Host, and visit App land to round up a few of our favourite tools.
Why would you use one? There are plenty of perfectly good recordings made in garden sheds, bedrooms and basements!
The recession of the early '90s was difficult for many companies — but not Roland. Diversifying still further from their roots as a maker of synthesizers and organs, they emerged stronger, encompassing almost every area of hi-tech musical instrument manufacture.
Many bands record their own albums these days, but few achieve as much with as little gear as Stornoway.
Reason has evolved in splendid isolation from other production tools, but version 7 sees Propellerhead build bridges to the outside world.
Thanks to years of experimentation with budget equipment, brothers Peter and David Brewis have developed into one of the UK's best and most interesting studio bands, with a sound that is very much their own.
Regular readers will know that I'm partial to convolution in all its aspects, and have even given seminars exploring some of...
Nashville heavy-hitter Paul Worley was so impressed by Lady Antebellum that he gave up his high-profile job at Warner Bros to produce them. With Clarke Schleicher at the desk, the gamble paid off in style.
Among Samplitude Pro X’s unique features is spectral editing in the main project window. Here’s how it works.
The clever chaps at XILS Lab have given Roland's classic VP330 a new lease of life as a soft synth.
Expand your monitoring options with clever routing in Logic Pro.
We go through the keyhole of another SOS reader, and ask 'who inhabits a studio like this?'
Instant Orchestra aims to take the pain out of creating orchestral parts — but can such an affordable library still produce the goods?
Soaring, anthemic descants and quicksilver runs are the meat and potatoes of old-school string arranging. But they may not be enough to save the day when disaster strikes…
After three decades powering the rhythm section of the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman has gone back to the music he grew up with, with help from the impressive array of talent that is his Rhythm Kings. Sam Inglis hears how their new album Double Bill was made.
The story of how a characteristically chaotic and unorthodox 1978 recording session took Ian Dury & The Blockheads to the top of the UK charts.
As another classic analogue processor is resurrected, we ask what made it so special, and find out how faithful the latest incarnation is to the original.