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Great backing vocals can be essential if you want to turn a promising track into a superb one — so find out how to get them right every time.
A major update to PreSonus’s cross–platform DAW sees Studio One take some popular feature concepts to new levels.
French synth experts Arturia get their groove on with a hybrid software/hardware drum machine. Zut alors!
There's also life beyond Beyond, as WILF SMARTIES discovers from Toby Marks, one of Beyond's early artists, now graduating to independent chart success under the name Banco De Gaia.
Paul White tests a new Sony DAT recorder offering professional features at an affordable price.
Having introduced the concept of looping, velocity switching, and multisampling, it's time to actually make some samples. We give you a few hard-won tips that can make your life easier on the way.
Sue Sillitoe meets the producers of Robbie Williams' 1998 number one hit to find out how it was put together. Additional material by Matt Bell.
Legendary sound engineer Keith Grant oversaw a golden age of music recording. Before his death earlier this year, he shared with Sound On Sound his memories of the studio he managed for a quarter of a century.
The SOS rescue team set off for Bristol to help out readers Alistair Vickery and Jon Midwinter, who wanted help with their mixes — not only getting the bass sounding right, but also stopping it getting out of the house and annoying the neighbours!
Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...
Audio interface, control surface, monitor controller — the Alesis Master Control does it all. Could it be the perfect companion to your DAW?
This sleek silver box promises to bring all the mixing power of a 32-channel SSL console into your computer recording setup.
...And Justice For All marked a turning point for Metallica — one that would launch the cult band into the mainstream. The man at the controls, Flemming Rasmussen, tells us how it happened.
When your dilatory digits can't hit those chords on cue, MIDI sequencing can seem the only solution. As Paul Ward discovers, however, now you have a flexible new friend...
Paul White looks at the different ways in which the leading enhancers produce their results, and offer some practical advice on where the various types work best.
The SOS team battles through snowdrifts to help Nick Redman and Mike Sinnott with two different vocal sounds.
Exporting a project from one DAW to another can be frustrating — but there are ways and means...
Last month, we explained how the business of production music works. But if you want to get into it, you'll need to learn how to make stings, cut-downs and the other elements of a usable library track.