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Signed to Harvest, Janus made one album — and hated the way it sounded. Four decades later, they finally got the chance to mix it properly...
These audio files accompany the How To Build Tracks Around Sampled Tunes feature that featured in SOS December 2011.
Is Retro’s recreation of the legendary Gates Sta-Level more than just a reissue?
Whether you’re rescuing an over-compressed mix or extracting maximum punch from a drum track, Flux’s innovative multi-band dynamics tool could be just what you need.
This month, we record a jazz big band on location, tracing the project from the planning stages through to delivering edited multitracks to the mix engineer.
This recreation of a Bill Putnam classic brings back to life the qualities of a long-gone era — and does so in a truly uncompromising fashion.
If you've ever spent hours mixing only to be confronted with a wall of mud, you might need to think harder about how to use reverb and delay in your mixes — and some simple tricks can yield dramatic results.
The Realiser A8 is claimed to be able to capture the sound of any monitoring environment in the world and perfectly reproduce it through headphones. Could it be time to sell your speakers?
The Analog Rytm combines analogue drum synthesis with sample playback. Is it the ultimate beatbox?
With over 50 Studio SOS visits under our belt, we thought it was time to discuss some of the most common studio problems we've tackled.
Proving that not every pop star is a manufactured creation, John Newman is as at home in the studio as he is on TV.
Always moving with the times, Steinberg's Wavelab now includes comprehensive loudness metering, along with new plug-ins and an improved interface.
• Xponaut Voice Tweaker 4; Waves Maxx Volume • Noveltech Vocal Enhancer
Think your own music is good? Listen to these tracks from SOS readers and see if you agree with the good Doctor's prognosis...
Bruno Mars is the year’s hottest pop star, and one‑third of ace production team the Smeezingtons. Fellow Smeezington Ari Levine reveals how they created his hit album in a modest LA studio.
We go old-school in this month's Studio SOS, as we visit a hardware-only studio and help John Cowburn to inject a Motown vibe into his mixes.
We explore some of the advanced parallel compression techniques used by top mix engineer Michael Brauer — and how you can recreate them using Cubase.
Analogue Solutions make a bid for your cash with a retro-styled synth offering big, fat Moog-style sounds and a built-in sequencer. Could this be their best synth yet?
Another batch of lucky SOS readers' demos wait nervously for the Doctor's prognosis. What is the verdict? Listen while you read on...