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Classic Tracks: Bob Marley & The Wailers 'I Shot The Sheriff'

Producers: Chris Blackwell, The Wailers • Engineers: Phill Brown, Tony Platt

Bob Marley & The Wailers were the first Jamaican musicians to achieve world stardom. Tracked in Kingston and finished in London by Island engineers Phill Brown and Tony Platt, their breakthrough album was a truly international recording and a true reggae classic. Find out how it was recorded...

Published March 2006
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Music & Sound Effects For Videogame Mass Effect 3

Interview | Rob Blake (BioWare)

Creating music and sound effects for sophisticated video games such as Mass Effect 3 requires skills not found in film or television — and a lot of hard work.

Published June 2012
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Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56

Firewire Audio Interface

Focusrites Saffire Pro interfaces already offer excellent value for money, but imagine if you could add two channels of any preamp you wanted...

Published May 2009
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Make A Modular Synth In Reason

Reason Notes & Techniques

Not only can Reason's Thor synth be used as an effects unit for other signals, it can also act as a hub for combining instruments and devices into true modular synth structures.

Published May 2009
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HUGH PADGHAM: The Master Craftsman Behind Sting & Phil Collins

Engineer | Producer

Hugh Padgham is one of a select band of producers whose work is always in demand by top musicians, and whose style always seem current and relevant. Richard Buskin catches up with him on a rare break in his busy schedule, to talk about his latest project with Sting and Phil Collins.

Published October 1996
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Kawai MP9500

Professional Stage Piano

Every pianist dreams of owning a grand piano, but is it really possible to combine the feel of a grand into a stage piano and combine it with great sounds and master-keyboard functionality?

Published February 2003
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KEN NELSON: Recording Coldplay's Parachutes

Interview | Producer

Ken Nelson favours the old school of recording, based around clean signal paths, live playing and analogue tape — but that hasn't stopped him working with some of the hottest new bands in Britain. Among them are Coldplay, whose debut Parachutes album crashed straight into the charts at number 1. Sam Inglis finds out how it was recorded.

Published October 2000
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Desert Island Plug-ins

SOS's Favourite Effect & Processing Plug-Ins

Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...

Published February 2007
Figure 1: [top-left] A simple monosynth. Figure 2: [bottom-left] A four-note broken chord played on a low-note-priority monosynth. Figure 3: [top-right] A four-
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Introducing Polyphony

Synth Secrets

Having explored the way monophonic and duophonic analogue keyboards work, Gordon Reid puts away his Minimoog and Odyssey and descends into the complex world of polyphonic synths to a flourish of complex jazz chords.

Published December 2000
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The Rapino Brothers: Production Lines

Interview | Music Production

Some record producers may object to having their work remixed, yet according to producer Charlie Mallozzi and Marco Sabiu — better known as the Rapino Brothers — remixing is an acceptable alternative way of viewing a track. Here they explain why there will always be room for the remixer...

Published May 1995
Ableton Live 9 & Push Controller.
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Ableton Live 9 & Push

DAW Software & Hardware Controller

Live 9 has been a long time coming, but, along with Ableton’s new Push controller, has the potential to revolutionise music-making.

Published March 2013
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Refurbishing Your Old Equipment

Workshop

Musicians, producers and engineers continue to discover the delights of all things vintage and retro, but why settle for classic gear that works but looks tatty when you can restore its appearance, too?

Published December 2006
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Playback

Readers' Music Reviewed

SOS editorial staff audition your demos and offer their opinions...

Published February 2007
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iPhone 4: Shooting & Editing Music Videos

Tips & Techniques

Apple's iMovie may be designed for making slideshows of snapshots and holiday videos, but what's to stop you thinking outside the box?

Published December 2010
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Tubetraps; Speakerstands; Room Acoustics

Net Notes

Martin Walker is the first to take the chair in our new regular column on Internet based resources for the hi-tech musician. This month, he looks at sites that aim to help you improve the sound of your studio.

Published November 1998
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Wizoo W2

Reverb Plug-in [Mac/PC]

With W2, Wizoo's aim is to combine the realism of convolution reverb with the flexibility of an algorithmic design.

Published February 2006
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Resolution!

Cutting Edge

At a time when audio quality is supposedly getting better, compressed formats are dominating consumer digital devices and services. Cutting Edge takes issue with the trend away from full-resolution playback.

Published April 2004
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Producing Atomic Kitten's 'Whole Again'

Bill Padley & Jeremy Godfrey

Number one UK hit 'Whole Again' took Atomic Kitten from the girl-band niche to a universal audience, and made an impressive first single release for co-writers and co-producers Bill Padley and Jeremy Godfrey. Sam Inglis hears the story.

Published June 2001

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