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These audio files accompany September 2022's Cubase workshop.
UA’s affordable new microphones prove themselves to be capable and versatile workhorses in the studio.
The latest version of Studio One introduces a host of new features and enhancements, including new Smart Templates, advanced mixer functions and a customisable user interface.
The frequencies of overtones in a normal harmonic series are directly related to integer multiples of the fundamental frequency. In contrast, inharmonicity is the extent to which the frequencies of individual overtones deviate from integer multiples of the fundamental frequency.
In a musical context, percussion instruments such as chimes or cymbals often create strong inharmonic overtones, but the effect is also present in many other instruments, most notably the piano, and is directly responsible for the concept of stretch-tuning.
Veteran software Mellotron specialists GForce have recreated the sounds of the earliest models with startling accuracy.
The SOS team pick their hardware and software highlights from the last 12 months.
Extreme close miking can be an aesthetic choice or an uncomfortable necessity. Either way, it’s important to know how to get it right.
Film composer, theatre composer, TV composer, ballet composer... Why be one when you can be them all?
The ear‑catching tempo changes of LF System’s hit ‘Afraid To Feel’ provided a unique challenge for mix engineer Scott Rosser.
Novation’s compact keyboard gives you hands‑on control of FL Studio.
EastWest go off world with a whole planet of screen‑friendly synth sounds.
Once the preserve of academic and experimental music, granular synthesis is more accessible than ever and has a lot to offer in all sorts of genres.
Spark plug-in bundle brings classic processors and all-new instruments to non-DSP systems.
Akai's latest instrument combines an MPC with a keyboard/synthesizer, and offers a complete standalone production environment.
Get your hands on DPA Microphones' brand new high SPL mic (worth £672$730), ideal for kick drums.
Quantum is similar in concept to Eventide’s Physion, in that it can split sounds into attack transients and sustain components...
Latest version focuses on dedicated tools for dialogue editing, expands immersive audio capabilities and adds native Apple silicon support.
MIDI is the universal language of the studio — and if you use hardware instruments, you need to understand it!
Do your productions lack texture and movement? Your DAW’s modulation plug‑ins might offer a solution.