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This month: Grace • Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust Choir • Jamie Lawson • Elvis Presley & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Classic Mix: The Prodigy ‘Breathe’ (1997)
Bored of the same old chord sequences? In this short series, we explore some simple ways to spice up your piano chords.
The Woodleys: our engineer treats a modern band to a vintage sound.
This orchestral compilation focuses on full-range, multi-instrument ensembles, enabling you to play complete orchestral sections without having to laboriously program their individual components.
When Ornette Coleman died last year, a planned celebration of his 85th birthday turned into an epic tribute album. Either way, no-one wanted a “jazz guy” to mix it...
In my experience, many SOS readers are, at least at some level, fairly technically minded and have an interest in how the technology they use works, especially in ‘classic’ instruments and devices. This book is designed to go a long way towards satisfying that ‘inner geek’ in all of us.
Bitwig Studio is the long‑awaited first release from Berlin‑based Bitwig, a company formed in 2009 by four former...
Transforming Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back into an impressive live experience required an orchestra, a team of top engineers and just the right selection of gear.
The success of Disney's Frozen underlines the importance of music in film, whether it be as songs or soundtracks.
Heavyocity’s latest contender delivers a winning one-two combination.
Jazz Colors features 20 jazz-flavoured construction kits comprising over 3GB of sample data, spread across some 1400 samples.
Tracks from Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Dr. Dre and our Classic Mix, Lionel Richie 'Hello'
Cubase 9 Pro’s Frequency EQ plug-in can do everything from gentle tone shaping to delicate mid-sides surgery.
Why ‘review’ a record company? Well, I believe that Opus 3 are unique in offering quarter-inch tape copies of their analogue tape masters.
We continue our investigation into Reason’s ReGroove Mixer.
Cubase has all the tools required to add a human feel to your programmed acoustic drum parts.
Keep these five commandments in mind, and avert Pro Tools disasters!
Cakewalk’s programmers seem to be constantly pedalling the upgrade cycle! We find out what’s new and exciting in the latest Sonar X2...
Successful library music writers are efficient, productive and reliable as well as musical — all skills you can develop too.
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?