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Are modern orchestral sample libraries really good enough to power an entire 90‑minute film score? Mark Russell found out the hard way...
Once again, Mix Rescue finds that the arrangement and harmonic structure of the song makes it difficult to mix. But we get by... with a little help from our online friends!
• Ke$ha 'We R Who We R' • Tinie Tempah 'Wonderman' • Alexis Jordan 'Good Girl' • Chris Brown 'Beautiful People'
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Transforming Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back into an impressive live experience required an orchestra, a team of top engineers and just the right selection of gear.
To reach the top as a composer for the media, what you really need is ‘people skills’ — and the patience of saints.
Remasters and remixes are proven means of exploiting old records — but as the recent success of music-based video games has shown, there might be more mileage in un-mixing them...
Computing’s big names continue to offer more power in less space, as Intel pioneer new microprocessor technology and Seagate put even more data storage on your platter...
Lexicon are synonymous with high‑end reverb, but also make versatile multi‑effects units. Now they’ve spun off the delays, pitch‑shift algorithms and special effects from their PCM boxes into a new plug‑in bundle.
Paul White checks out three VST plug-ins for this month's folder.
These compact monitors from Swiss company PSI incorporate some very clever technology, including ‘Class‑G’ amplification, that helps put them in a class of their own!
For Pro Tools users who are tired of conventional effects, convolution plug‑ins open up a huge range of new possibilities.
I use a set of Roland DS50 monitors. According to the graph in the manual, the frequency response isn't what one would call...
I recently purchased a Thermionic Culture Little Bustard based on the review that appeared in Sound On Sound. All the inputs...
I currently have a Yamaha P300 piano, which has built-in speakers and amplification and is ideal for me. However, I'm thinking...
I've come across the term 'submix' a few times recently. I can guess at what it means, but would like to know for sure. Can...
I often hear people saying that you have to have tracks mastered professionally, and that it's not something you can do...
I'm buying my first pair of microphones, and my budget is limited. I want the microphones to perform well in church choir...
Reaper’s ability to run multiple instances of plug-ins is impressive, but how do you keep track of them all and maintain optimum performance?