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When it comes to step sequencing, Reason 7 has all sorts of tricks up its sleeve.
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When it comes to step sequencing, Reason 7 has all sorts of tricks up its sleeve.


Schoeps's unusual new vocal mic could give some of the long-established studio stalwarts a serious run for their money.

Use Melodyne Essential, included in Sonar X3 Studio and Producer, to turn your audio into MIDI.

Management speak is taking over the world.

Looking for a set of headphones that offer good isolation? Here’s our selection of models from some of the leading brands, with links to the SOS review where available.

Can this tiny amplifier really sound as good as a full-sized amp?

Our story begins with one of the most famous names in the history of recorded music: Bill Putnam.
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Studio One’s virtual guitar amp offers a surprisingly wide range of tone-shaping options.

This month we analyse hits from Storm Queen, The Reflektors and Lorde plus our classic mix 'Roxanne' by the The Police.

Waldorf have followed up their '90s blockbuster with a sequel — the Pulse 2.

Create custom impulse responses using Space Designer.

Following on from last month’s article about drum miking, here we’ll discuss the various ways you can mix and process your drum-kit mics.

The latest version of Apple's entry-level music software draws heavily from Logic Pro X. Is this the return of Logic Express?

While Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne’s writing partnership was certainly successful, it was the partnership between Jeff Lynne and engineer Richard Dodd that gave the records their distinctive sparkle.

We get a quick run-through of the new FA08 and FA06 workstation synths from Roland at teh Winter NAMM show earlier this week.

Elektron's new drum machine has some serious power under the hood with wave and sample playback across eight channels, and sports 12 playable drum pads. We got a closer look at the NAMM show.

The DGT650 from Lewitt is a stereo USB microphone and audio interface that supports ASIO on Windows, OS X Core Audio, and is also easily combined with mobile devices.