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Keith McMillen’s idiosyncratic controllers go from strength to strength — and in this case do so with a spectacular blaze of colour...
Blighted by drug abuse and mental illness, Heavy Zebra never fulfilled their early promise. Nevertheless, the deranged majesty of their 1972 single Karla makes it a bona fide classic track.
Oscar-winning drama The King's Speech tells the poignant story of King George VI's struggle to talk in public. What better way to record the soundtrack than with a microphone built for George VI himself?
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The market for compact digital desks is hotting up. Has Allen & Heath's latest contribution got what it takes to fend off the competition?
As another classic analogue processor is resurrected, we ask what made it so special, and find out how faithful the latest incarnation is to the original.
In part two of our short series, we dive deeper into Neptune, the pitch correction device that keeps on giving.• Read Part 1.
Despite self-imposed limitations, the multitrack sessions for Arcade Fire's latest album grew to epic proportions. Craig Silvey nevertheless mixed it on a vintage desk with no automation.
Sonokinetic's latest orchestral venture features a flexible collection of tempo-sync'ed section phrases.
Forty years after its original release, Mike Oldfield tells us the story of recording his hugely successful debut album, Tubular Bells.
Twenty-five years ago, studio legend John Wood retired from the music industry. In a rare interview, he explains why he’s making a comeback, and lays bare the techniques behind some of his greatest recordings.
Why are we still in love with vintage synths when all they do is break our hearts?
Moog's Little Phatty has shed some pounds (in both senses of the word), but does this new, lightweight synth have what it takes to be a contender?
In the second part of this exploration of the craft of sound design for visual media, we reveal the skills needed to make good music edits.
The 1975's chart-topping album is just one of a string of hit debuts engineered, mixed and produced by Mike Crossey.
The Dust Brothers changed the course of record production with a new approach to sampling. In their first ever in-depth technical interview, John King and Mike Simpson explain their unique way of making records and open the doors of their remarkable LA studio, The Boat.
Pioneers of everything from circuit-bending to multimedia art, Devo have always belonged to the future.
Smartphones and tablets are giving artists new ways to explore multimedia. Does the ‘album app’ have what it takes to rekindle music sales?
We've had the analogue synth revival; now it's the turn of the analogue sequencer! Gordon Reid checks out Analogue Systems' brand-new 16-step analogue sequencer and explains just why you might want such an apparently obsolete device.