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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.
Paul White tests a new Sony DAT recorder offering professional features at an affordable price.
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.
Audio interface, control surface, monitor controller — the Alesis Master Control does it all. Could it be the perfect companion to your DAW?
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!
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.
Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...
...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.
This sleek silver box promises to bring all the mixing power of a 32-channel SSL console into your computer recording setup.
Exporting a project from one DAW to another can be frustrating — but there are ways and means...
Many musicians give great live performances when singing and playing guitar at the same time. So why not do it that way in the studio?
The SOS team battles through snowdrifts to help Nick Redman and Mike Sinnott with two different vocal sounds.
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.
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.
In his quest for authenticity, director Tom Hooper drove his Les Misérables technical crew to completely reinvent film soundtrack recording.
If you want real musicians playing your composition but have no idea how scores should be presented for them, you can still make playable Logic parts with our simple guide.
Drum replacement is now a routine production job in genres ranging from pop and indie to high-tempo metal, and even live sound.
Recording drums and guitars is the task in this month's studio troubleshooting visit.