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There’s more to crafting perfect pop vocals than slapping on a bit of compression and Auto‑Tune!
The Boundary Layer is a module whose design actually harks back to a much more classic synth topology. How will Schlappi fare in the heritage game?
The humble kick drum has come a long way and perhaps we’ve reached the peak with the Ohmforce Bohm “frontier of kick synthesis” system.
This diminutive module combines an envelope with a VCA to accept audio signals and render them, well, percussive.
While it’s often most natural in a patch to assign one control signal per destination, there is enormous creative scope in sending a single voltage source to several destinations simultaneously!
Neural DSP step out of their amp‑sim comfort zone, with a multi‑module mix processor aimed at polishing your vocal recordings.
The problem of dialogue intelligibility has proven a stubborn nut to crack — but this new meter promises to make consistently clear voices easier to achieve...
With Splice integration, Pro Tools opens the door to a world of samples.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Soniccouture continually push the extremes of sound design, and Polarity Tension marks the first in a series of collaborations utilising their impressive new Polarity dual‑granular engine.
Compact and stylish, this console aims to cater for those working across the DJ, stage and studio worlds — and includes some novel performance features.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. A versatile package that caters equally to players chasing classic Rhodes warmth or the grit and bite of a Wurlitzer.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. OBSO seems to be designed to satisfy those who want instant gratification and want it now! OBSO uses samples as its sound source, the focus of the instrument being obsolete media.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. If you ever daydreamed about getting Mr Phillips’ drum sounds on your productions, your wish has been granted: our man has created three drum expansions for Steinberg’s Groove Agent.
Lovingly restored, and then lovingly sampled, Spitfire’s Château Piano recreates a pop icon.
There’s more than one way to slice your beats in Studio One!
Like a medieval cathedral, the Redshift 6 is a massively ambitious creation. There are other similarities too...
Felipe Castro's Estudio Novena in Mexico City is just four years old, yet has already played host to artists from across Latin America, as well as global chart‑toppers like Charli XCX.
Toontrack keep it real with reel‑to‑reels at Real World Studios.
I challenge anyone to show me a magazine that evokes such passion from its readership as Sound On Sound...
Building on the concepts explored in previous parts of this series, it’s time to weigh up some of the pros and cons of coincident and spaced arrays.