
Off The Record: April 2016 Column
As the role of studios changes, so too must that of the new generation of studio managers.
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As the role of studios changes, so too must that of the new generation of studio managers.
War Kites: We help a talented indie band achieve a more polished sound from their home recordings.
As George Harrison once told my friend Martin Smith at Streetly Electronics, “History is bollocks. If you weren’t there, you don’t know.”
Pro Tools 12.3 sees the introduction of the invaluable Fade Presets, as well as an improved Batch Fades dialogue.
I’ve got to the point at mixdown where I’d usually be thinking about sending everything through a couple of global reverbs/delays with a view to simulating a soundstage. Would this have actually been possible for a mix engineer in that decade?
Bearing in mind my room is untreated and I do the bulk of my mixing on headphones.
What’s the ‘secret’? Shall I not bother with gating them.
Reaper 5.11’s new Subprojects facility opens up entirely new ways of working.
Reason’s Block feature is the key to turning loops and ideas into fully–fledged songs.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Roger Linn’s latest creation aims to bring unprecedented expressivity to MIDI musicians.
Soft-synth specialist Rob Papen has branched out into the world of processors — but his RP EQ is no ordinary equaliser.
By concentrating only on the components that matter, Roswell have managed to create a classic-sounding mic with a budget price tag.
Rhythmic Robot strike again — and with a double whammy! I can only speculate about this labour of love, feeding an Emulator II with a near–endless supply of 5.25–inch floppy disks.
Designed by Sonicsmiths and released through Big Fish Audio, The Foundry is a Kontakt 5 virtual instrument that is aimed most obviously at sound designers.
These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the April 2016 issue of SOS.
Small Upright is part of Toontrack’s EZkeys range of products which includes a virtual pipe organ, Mellotron, Clavinet...
Hannes Keseberg: our engineer helps an artist fake a big-ensemble sound by layering recordings of a string quintet.
Use Sonar’s Z3TA+ synth to create exciting rhythmic effects.
Schertler are no strangers to the art of amplifying stringed instruments, and their latest designs don’t disappoint.