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Musically, Rod Stewart’s latest album harks back to ’70s folk-rock, but its writing and production were totally 21st Century.
Forty years on, one of the most famous tours in history is now the basis of an epic live album.
The duo behind Cinematique Instruments have been composing music for films and documentaries for 10 years and have more recently extended their talents to the sampling of rare and strange instruments.
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It sometimes makes economic sense to use a commercial studio, and you’ll often learn a thing or two while you’re there as well.
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Library of radio–friendly rock instruments!
A simple, catchy tune with a funky rhythm may be all you need to create a highly commercial horn hook — but harmony is also an essential ingredient in brass arrangements.
Running a successful multi-room recording facility is challenging at the best of times, and relocating such a studio to a different continent is in an entirely different league of difficulty! This, however, is what Francesco Cameli has done.
Ueberschall have just released a new sample library, entitled Soulful Pop. Comprising over 3.8GB of audio, Soulful Pop is a collection of construction kits spanning tempi between 59 and 100bpm. All the usual pop-music instruments are there (such as drums, basses, electric and acoustic guitars), as well as strings, organs, synth pads, flutes and electric pianos. All told, there are more than 1130 loops oriented around 18 different songs, with each song being split into five sub-sections: Intro, Main Kit, Variation Kit, Variation Kit 2 and Outro.
As its title suggests, Upright Bass offers around 1GB of solo upright bass loops — just over 400 in total — covering a range...
Acoustic Toy Museum is one of the more bizarre offerings from Ultimate Sound Bank, and is volume 10 of the UVI Soundcard range.
The abandoned Soviet mining village of Pyramiden provided Efterklang with a unique recording venue — and the constant threat of being eaten by polar bears.
Absolute Music Solutions are holding an open day at their store in Poole, Dorset, giving visitors a chance to check out a wide range of new software and hardware, including Ableton Live 5 and Mackie's Digital X Bus mixer.
We continue our trek through the production of Damnation’s Hammer’s latest album: did all that pre-production effort pay dividends in the studio?
Unless you are using pre–recorded loops, there is still the rather significant task of building convincing performances and arrangements. Ensemblia attempts to give the user a helping hand.
Ambient White is a Kontakt 5 instrument with a laid-back, meditational essence.
NI's latest library aims to keep you on the edge of your seat with its range of cinematic tension-builders.