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Recording an acoustic guitar duo in two separate rooms means great separation, but a lot of work to make the different spaces sound alike!
Studio One offers the full gamut of automation features — but which ones are appropriate to your needs?
This plug-in produces essentially the same results as its analogue rackmount counterparts, so if you already know and like the BBE process, you should take no convincing.
The SOS team travel to London’s West End, to optimise a studio that helps homeless people record their music.
With the latest version of EZmix, Toontrack are offering ready-made guitar sounds and master bus processing as well as a huge range of mixing presets.
The same pitfalls present themselves time and again in project-studio recording. Learn to avoid them and your tracking sessions will be transformed!
Thanks for featuring my band Imprint in the Mix Rescue article of SOS January 2008; we were really happy with the...
Parallel compression is something Im just beginning to explore. Its not something Ive used much in the past, but Im seeing its potential for beefing up groups and whole mixes. However, if I set up a compressor on a send channel, rather than processing the whole signal via an insert effect, wont I get phasing? Also, if I set up compressors on several send channels and filter out certain frequencies on each channel (for example, roll off everything but the low-mid range on one, roll off everything but the high-mid range on another), then wouldnt this just be the same thing as multi-band compression?
You wait ages for a Virtual Buss Compressor, and then three come along at once.
The LS6 combines old-school BBC-style monitor design with modern driver technology to deliver a very classy loudspeaker indeed.
Now that Windows 8 supports touchscreen operation, manufacturers are getting inventive with their hardware formats...
iZotope say that Neutron not only has the processing power to address all sorts of mixing issues, but the intelligence to help you identify them.
SoundCloud is a web-based tool for digital musicians to streamline the process of hosting and distributing audio. It simplifies and optimises the previously laborious process of moving music on the web, allowing users to effortlessly upload tracks and share them anywhere on the web.
We put this compact new system from HK to the test at a festival stage in Malvern.
Could this offer all you need to get polished sounds from your mic to your computer?
Karl Marx predicted that history would repeat itself as farce — but he never saw a role for expert pop parody!
Is music really more likely to sell if it's louder? We come up with some hard evidence and some surprising answers.
To make a splash with a new season of musical drama Nashville, the producers opted for a high-risk strategy: live music segments, performed as the show aired.
Audiobook Recording: spoken word in the project studio presents a different set of challenges to most music productions.
It sometimes makes economic sense to use a commercial studio, and you’ll often learn a thing or two while you’re there as well.