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Is it wise (or even safe!) to power up certain hardware — in this case a Nord Rack 2X — directly from the mains rather than its own on/off switch?

I’ve seen some advice on building quadratic diffusors based on an old BBC paper. What I’m not clear on is when it’s a better option to use such a diffusor than to use absorption.

With over 400 pages and 12 chapters, author Mike Senior covers both the technical concepts and practical techniques necessary for capturing musical performances of all kinds.

Vocal choirs can be very powerful and emotive, but most of us do not have the resources to use a real one in our compositions so Olympus Elements is an affordable alternative.

Guitar Sessions features 25 construction kits containing all the guitar performances you need to construct a full-song arrangement.

Sample Magic have plundered their back catalogue and bounced everything they selected from it onto tape and vinyl!

Cakewalk are the first major DAW developer to move to a monthly payment model. And Sonar ‘membership’ provides plenty of goodies.

Matt Houghton recollects the good old days.

We continue our catalogue of crafty Studio One techniques for better bass sounds.

I discovered this very handy software, created by the makers of AA Translator almost by accident after searching for a way of batch–interleaving pairs of mono WAV files.

No-one has come near to producing a convincing copy of a Pultec EQP-1A at a wallet-friendly price. Until now!

Award-winning engineer Jake Jackson deconstructs his mix of a brooding musical cue by Sheridan Tongue for the BBC’s long-running crime drama.

Finnish company Amphion may be little-known, but they are certainly no strangers to the principles of good speaker design.

Music Group, the company that owns Behringer, announced today that it has acquired TC Group. More info...

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