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Ari Levine & The Smeezingtons: Producing Bruno Mars
Interview | Producer
Bruno Mars is the year’s hottest pop star, and one‑third of ace production team the Smeezingtons. Fellow Smeezington Ari Levine reveals how they created his hit album in a modest LA studio.
Published June 2011
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Two Notes Torpedo VM202
Dual Loudspeaker, Power Amplifier, & Microphone Simulator
Can a product be expensive and still represent great value for money? When it comes to the ultimate in guitar-amp and speaker modelling, the answer would appear to be yes...
Published June 2011
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Classic Tracks: The Doors 'Strange Days'
Producer: Paul Rothchild • Engineeer: Bruce Botnick
Engineer and producer Bruce Botnick recorded some of the greatest artifacts of West Coast psychedelia, among them the first five albums by The Doors. Here he describes the making of their influential second album and its title track, which saw them develop their live sound through radical experimentation in the studio.
Published December 2003
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Classic Tracks: The Moody Blues ‘Nights In White Satin’
Producer: Tony Clarke • Engineer: Derek Varnals
Thunderous reverbs, haunting vocals and Mellotron galore: we tell the story of recording the Moody Blues symphonic rock masterpiece, Nights In White Satin.
Published July 2009
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NORMAN FAY: Dance-specific Sound Modules Are Bad
Sounding Off
The latest crop of dance-specific sound modules are a bad thing, both for pop in general and dance music in particular, says SOS Contributor and self-confessed 'cynical old hippy' Norman Fay.
Published August 1996
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Korg PHC11 & PHC12 Prophecy
ROM/RAM Cards
If you think Korg have been neglecting their Prophecy monosynth in favour of the numerous Trinity add-ons they're producing, think again. Gordon Reid heralds the arrival of two new Prophecy patch banks.
Published August 1996
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Dub Mixing
What Dub Mixing Is & How To Do It
There are lots of reasons to teach yourself the art of dub mixing. It's fun, it's creative, it puts your engineering skills centre stage — and it might even make you some money!
Published July 2007
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Phil Thornalley: Torn
From Rock Producer To Pop Songwriter
Phil Thornalley learned his trade as a rock engineer and producer in the 80s. Then he co-wrote a little-known song called Torn...
Published June 2010
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Steinberg Cubase 6
Digital Audio Workstation
Cubase 6 pushes the boundaries of expressive sequencing, while adding polish and new editing functionality to keep existing users happy. Is it all too good to be true?
Published April 2011
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JUDY LEMON: Less-than-satisfactory Service
Sounding Off
When less-than-satisfactory service from a music store begins to border on the distinctly dodgy, Judy Lemon asks: how do they think they can get away with it?
Published July 1997
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Mix Rescue: Exhibit-1
Sound Workshop
This month we sort out timing issues for a band called Exhibit-1, replace missing snare beats, as well as improving the rest of the mix.
Published August 2007
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Composing & Recording With Vanessa-Mae
Walter Taieb
Walter Taieb enjoyed worldwide success as a dance producer, before reinventing himself as a classical composer. Working with violin prodigy Vanessa-Mae tested both his orchestration skills and his music technology expertise.
Published February 2005
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Akai APC40
MIDI Controller For Ableton Live
Akai and Ableton have collaborated on the APC40, to bring tightly integrated, hands-on hardware control to Live.
Published September 2009
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Classic Tracks: Big Star 'September Gurls'
Producer: Big Star • Engineer: John Fry
Three decades after they disappeared into obscurity, the cult of Big Star continues to grow. John Fry was the engineer and studio owner at Ardent, who oversaw the recording of their now-classic albums #1 Record and Radio City.
Published April 2006
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Freemasons
James Wiltshire: Producer & Remixer
We cross-examine James Wiltshire of the Freemasons to uncover the secrets of their phenomenal success as a production and remix team.
Published October 2009
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Foo Fighters: Recording Wasting Light
Interview | Band
The Foo Fighters could have gone to any studio on the planet to record their eagerly awaited album Wasting Light. They chose their frontman Dave Grohl’s garage...
Published June 2011
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Roland V-Piano
Modelled Piano
Creating a digitally modelled piano is a fantastically difficult thing to do, but that hasnt deterred Roland... Introducing the V-Piano — the worlds first hardware modelling piano.
Published May 2009
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Howie B: Skelf
Electronic Music For Live Performance
For his latest solo project, innovative DJ and producer Howie B set himself a difficult challenge: to create live, improvisational dance music with a minimal setup.
Published June 2002