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Empirical Labs, purveyors of some of the most versatile compressors around, apply their dynamics expertise to a mic preamp.
Ueberschall seem to be on a bit of a streak when it comes to Electro libraries: hot on the heels of the Elastik‑based Club...
Hell-bent on achieving truly demonic distortion, we put Evol Audios oddball processor through its paces.
As you'll have gathered from the name, the instruments in Soniccouture's latest offering derive their sound from the resonant...
MakeMusics popular notation package strides forward into a new decade, adding a host of useful features.
As frontman with Queens Of The Stone Age, Josh Homme is arguably the biggest name in rock music. So how would he tackle a move into the producers chair with British indie superstars Arctic Monkeys?
This new download library from celebrated electronic sound designer Ian Boddy is one of his new Waveforms series, and features...
The inventive spirit of one of the industrys true individuals, Stephen St. Croix, lives on in Intelligent Devices unique effects plug-ins.
Britains biggest name in mixing, Mark Spike Stent has achieved international success in almost every genre. With Muses latest album, The Resistance, he was dealing with rock at its most epic.
Its got a bigger sample library and some whizzy new features, but what Kontakt 4 really wants to do is make your life easier...
Editor-in-Chief Paul White ponders where 2010's new tools will lead us...
Ableton Lives devices offer powerful tools for mangling sounds in live performance. But what if you could mangle the devices themselves?
There are sure to be times when you need to export multitrack Logic files to other platforms. We explain the options.
We go hip-hop this month, as we aim for a Dr Dre-style sound with Preslin Davis' track 'Side Effects', and highlight the importance of artist-engineer dialogue.
Pianoteq tackles the virtual piano problem in megabytes rather than gigabytes, and offers flexibility that its multisampling competitors cant match.
Find that elusive synth preset when you cant remember its name, generate music from your own images, and catch up with the latest PC news bites.
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It doesnt do to get too precious about audio quality. In fact, sometimes a bit of lossy compression might be just what your music needs.
Automation in Pro Tools goes way beyond the usual volume, pan and mute controls. We look at what else you can automate, and what's changed in Pro Tools 8.
