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Now that Windows 8 supports touchscreen operation, manufacturers are getting inventive with their hardware formats...

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?

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.

The LS6 combines old-school BBC-style monitor design with modern driver technology to deliver a very classy loudspeaker indeed.

Is music really more likely to sell if it's louder? We come up with some hard evidence and some surprising answers.

If you like Izotopes Ozone mastering processor so much you want to use it at the mix, their new Alloy is the plug-in for you.


Cubase’s send effects aren’t just for reverb and delay!


Businesses are using music in ever more sophisticated ways to promote their products and reinforce their identities. Tena Clarks DMI Music leads the field in finding original ways to integrate music into marketing campaigns.

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.

The dynamic equaliser can be a secret weapon for fixing faults at the mixing or even the mastering stage, and Brainworx innovative plug-in implementation offers novel M/S features.

Karl Marx predicted that history would repeat itself as farce — but he never saw a role for expert pop parody!


We travel to Kent to identify some problems with a reader’s mixes, improve his electric guitar recordings, and help him create a more trippy vocal sound.

An SSL analogue mixer with automation and both DAW and iOS integration — all packed in a 2U rack space. What's not to like?

Ah, the 80s... Fluorescent socks, marble-wash jeans, and naff-sounding synth pads! You might not want to resurrect the first two, but subtle use of pads can improve even the most contemporary-sounding mix.

Audiobook Recording: spoken word in the project studio presents a different set of challenges to most music productions.

As an acoustic musician, I'd like to start learning more about recording and mixing my own material. So far I have no...