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Discover how to tackle Reason's over-sized gorilla of a drum instrument.
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Discover how to tackle Reason's over-sized gorilla of a drum instrument.
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High-quality ribbon microphones don't come cheap, but the new R101 brings Royer quality within reach of the project-studio recordist.
SE have aimed to combine the smoothness of ribbon mics with the high-end extension of a condenser. What witchcraft is this?
These audio files accompany the SE Electronics Voodoo VR1 & VR2 review that featured in SOS February 2011.
Former SOS member and ex-editor of Guitar Buyer magazine David Greeves shares his thoughts on striving for record perfection.
Sample Magic are now well established in the sample library world. While they are perhaps best known for their dance‑ and...
If you like weird and wonderful effects, you need to enter the spectral domain — and SpectrumWorx 2 will take you there in some style.
The British are back! Spitfire Audio's orchestral percussion library flies the flag for the UK.
Creating complex routing chains in a hybrid DAW/outboard setup presents its own set of problems — to which Solid State Logic offer this solution...
Fed up with the vagaries of pitch-to-MIDI guitar, but don't have time to learn to play a keyboard? The Ztar offers clean, keyboard-like MIDI from an instrument that guitar players can relate to instantly. It could be just what you need...
Our Mix Rescue expert dips his toe in the Studio SOS waters this month, as he visit's a reader's studio, sorts out his monitoring, and takes him through strategies to improve his mixing.
Synthogy's Ivory piano library was met with enormous acclaim on its release. Can its successor improve on that legacy?
Two grassroots organisations show how their focus on the local music scene is helping studios survive in the new economic climate.
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Today's multitrack software packages give us endless flexibility to manipulate the audio we've recorded, but the possibilities can be confusing to begin with. We introduce the tools of the audio editor's trade...
A no-expense-spared makeover of a Hollywood house naturally requires a top-quality home recording studio — especially if putting it together can help raise $7.5 million for charities...
My interface allows me to switch line‑input sensitivity between +4dBu and ‑10dBV. My calculations suggest that should be a ...