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These audio files accompany the Programming Realistic Drum Parts article.
I used to record in a very 'old school' way; as 'hot' as possible without clipping, and always watching the meters like a hawk...
Today's multi-gigabyte drum libraries include some fantastic sounds and groove presets — but they haven't taken all of the work out of creating a great drum part.
Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne is still rocking in his sixties. The musical powerhouse behind his latest hit album Scream is producer, engineer, songwriter and instrumentalist Kevin Churko.
JoeMeek's GBQ pedal combines distortion with their three-band sweep Meequalizer EQ, and runs from an included external power...
Learning how to extract MIDI data from Kontakt will allow our scripts to respond to different user actions in different ways, and even to control entire Kontakt Multis at once.
Korgs latest keyboard blurs the boundaries between their affordable Micro range and their pro workstations.
In SOS mag's 25th anniversary year, it's nice to see a manufacturer naming their product in our honour. Seriously, though... Korg aim to break the mould with this pocket-sized stereo recorder, which offers overdubbing with no specified track-count limitation.
Nashville heavy-hitter Paul Worley was so impressed by Lady Antebellum that he gave up his high-profile job at Warner Bros to produce them. With Clarke Schleicher at the desk, the gamble paid off in style.
While today's recording technology is far more affordable than it was when I started out, those early systems at least had the advantage of simplicity.
We look at how Live handles control surfaces, and offer some tips for configuring and using them.
If you ever intend to make music to complement visuals, youll need to know the basics of working with video content in Logic Pro.
In SOUND ON SOUND September 2010s printed magazine (and digital editions), we introduced some innovative methods of recording and processing impulse responses. But if you know how to use a program like MATLAB, you can even generate them from scratch.
No matter how brilliant your music is, TV and film producers will never license it if they cant find it...
Acoustica's affordable DAW has acquired some significant new features, including video support, score editing and a fully fledged mixer. But has it retained its trademark ease of use?
Singer-songwriter Joe Murphy has been crafting tunes for a few years, but had hit a wall when it came to fine-tuning the arrangement and mix of ‘Casting Shadows’. This month, we embellish some repetitive drums by adding percussion, and get busy with the send effects.
These audio files accompany the Mix Rescue article.
An electric guitar's tone is complex, but something that contributes to it is the electrical loading on the pickups. Guitars...
Given the title, there are no prizes for guessing that the recordings for this sample library were made in Nashville (well,...
Hot on the heels of the impressive Genesis cardioid valve mic, MXL have unveiled their flagship multi-pattern model, the Revelation. Does it live up to its name?