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Sample libraries are the modern media composers most important asset — so its a shame that using them in real-world projects can land you in legal hot water.
Some of the latest advances in electronic music technology have been geared towards acoustic music — played by robots. For his latest album, guitarist Pat Metheny assembled an entire automated orchestra to back him.
The silent studio is a real possibility now that solid-state drives are offering unrivalled transfer rates, free from mechanical noise. So why arent we all switching over?
Where so many sample developers struggle to combine musicality, usability, and value for money in a single product...
We conclude our tour of the new PT8 AIR plug-ins with neat tricks for filtered rhythmic gating, creating kick and snare tracks from a stereo drum mix, and widening electric guitars.
I'd like to use my monitors with both my audio interface and a CD player, because I want to A/B my recordings against my CD...
When clocking an audio interface using an external device, such as a stand‑alone mic preamp with A‑D conversion, is it better...
I'd like to buy a fairly inexpensive PC laptop for production when I'm on the move. Having never used a laptop for audio...
The way I mic up drum-kit overheads normally means that there is a slight level difference between the left and right gain...
I recently recorded a steel‑strung, finger‑picked acoustic guitar track. The problem is that it sounds very 'spiky' and I'm...
The ability to quickly create and compare alternative takes is very useful. We look at how its done in Reason and Record.
Liquidsonics convolution reverb is not only highly affordable, but incorporates some innovative features too.
So, there you are, slowly trying to make your way to the escape pod along the dimly lit corridors of your interplanetary cargo ship...
Building on their Sigma design, Sontronics Delta is more rugged, and voiced with guitar cabs in mind.
Put together quick and easy drum tracks with Sonar 8.5s Session Drummer 3.
This mic preamp and processor is about as flexible a device as you could hope for without taking the modular route — and all in the space of a 2U rack.
Most of us are already committed to a DAW package. But if we were offered an alternative that was affordable, simple to use and ultra-reliable, would we switch? Presonus certainly hope so...
Even with access to the best gear, and commercial experience under your belt, paying attention to your studios acoustics can still pay massive dividends...
The time-domain response of monitors is often sacrificed for level, but this sealed-cabinet design tackles that issue head-on...