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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.
Another batch of lucky SOS readers' demos wait nervously for the Doctor's prognosis. What is the verdict? Listen while you read on...
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.
The Analog Rytm combines analogue drum synthesis with sample playback. Is it the ultimate beatbox?
Just how do you mike up and multitrack a large ensemble in a less-than-ideal recording space, and then produce an effective mix of the resulting recording?
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?
Learn how to avoid frequency clashes in your mix, with our tutorial on advanced ducking techniques in Cubase.
If you know what you're doing, plug-ins are best set by ear — but if you lack experience and take care to avoid rookie mistakes, dialling in an off-the-peg preset can still prove effective...
Delay forms the basis for a wide range of effects that can transform your tracks from dull and pedestrian to polished and professional.
Many home and project studio owners are interested in mastering as a way to add that professional sheen to their recordings. The newest way to do this is with iZotope's DirectX mastering tool for PC.
Native Instruments’ flagship soft sampler continues to improve with age. We look at what’s new in version 5.
Songs suffering from superfluous sibilance? Study SOSs super strategies for sorting esses...
This mic preamp and processor is about as flexible a device as you could hope for without taking the modular route — and all in the space of a 2U rack.
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This new four-part series explains all you need to know about creating brass arrangements for a range of genres.
After nearly 30 years working with computers in the fields of recording and broadcasting, Roger Jackson has realised he is suffering from a problem a lot of SOS readers will sympathise with; his love affair with computers is coming to an end. But breaking up, as someone once remarked, is hard to do...
Limitations to Cubase's audio routing and audio export facilities have always been frustrating, and are still present even in Cubase v4. Thankfully, there are some free or inexpensive third-party solutions...
The SOS team ride to the rescue of a budding media composer who is having trouble with his mixes.