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Once again allowed to use the Sequential name, Dave Smith’s latest instrument is a tribute to a genuinely classic synthesizer.
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.
You might be surprised at just how much you can discover about the mix of a hit record if you use a structured approach to listening, learn to interpret your meters, and try a few technical tricks...
The success of Slaves’ debut album depended on producer Jolyon Thomas finding a way to bottle their raw live energy.
Paul White discovers a sensibly priced CD recorder capable of handling any type of recording sessions without throwing a tantrum.
Configurable to your tastes, this handmade guitar amp caters both to studio and stage use.
Pitch-correction plug-ins are the key to the current trend for weird vocal effects. Here’s how to achieve them in Pro Tools.
Single-driver speakers have long been popular in the studio, and now Eclipse have brought the concept into the 21st Century with a Wi-Fi enabled model.
We take a look at the renamed Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) studio.
How do you make a mix gel when some of the tracks arrive already drenched in effects? That's just one of the challenges our mix engineer takes on this month.
Play Logic from your iPad with Touch Instruments.
This month's selection includes: Philip George, OMI, Wiz Khalifa, James Bay, Sia and the Classix Mix - Shania Twain ‘You’re Still The One’.
We get plucky with Ableton Live’s Tension instrument.
Deep Cut are a London-based, girl-fronted guitar band whose lineage can be traced back through Death In Vegas (both Mat Flint and I were long term contributors to that band/project) and previously Revolver, who Mat fronted in the early ’90s. The band have released two self-produced albums on Club AC30, and recently started work on the third record.
This month we analyse Bing Crosby's 1947 Christmas classic "White Christmas” as well as a number of contemporary commercial hit record productions.
Need to give your productions a shot in the arm? Here are 10 ways to make a beat in Logic Pro X.
Part six-string, part speaker cabinet, resonator guitars are like no other instruments. Here’s how to capture their distinctive sound.
Reggae fan Daniel Boyle painstakingly researched the equipment Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry used in his groundbreaking Black Ark studio — then made an album with the dub legend himself.
Fender’s smart new PA range offers ease of use, plenty of power — and built-in Bluetooth music streaming.
Though its design consciously looks back to the '60s, State Of The Ark has only been open to the public as a commercial studio for seven years.