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I have someone coming into my studio to do some recording and I'm looking for a way to achieve a 12‑string guitar sound for...
My PC is a few years old now, but I'm keen to try out some recent soft synths and other audio applications. However, I'm not...
Since we first reviewed Cockos' shareware Reaper multitrack recording package, it has undergone hundreds of improvements — but the bargain asking price has barely changed.
More and more sample libraries now ship as self‑contained instruments, courtesy of Native Instruments' Kontakt Player engine,...
The first of a new column spotlighting innovators and leading edge appliance of musical technology.
Sounding Off becomes Sounding On, with a positive stance on the use of technology in musical creativity. No, really!
Multi-gigabyte drum instruments are of limited use if you don't have the time or skills to program realistic MIDI performances. Can SoundTrek's Drummer plug-in fill the gap?
Sonar 8 introduced Beatscape, a new Cakewalk instrument designed specifically for the groovily inclined. We dig behind the interface for some tips and tricks you won't find in the documentation.
Steinberg's CC121 controller is, as you might expect, designed to work seamlessly with their DAW software — so is this the perfect companion to Cubase and Nuendo?
We go old-school in this month's Studio SOS, as we visit a hardware-only studio and help John Cowburn to inject a Motown vibe into his mixes.
Composing for an animated series presents a different set of challenges to scoring for film or conventional TV. We look at what it takes to be a cartoon composer...
Modular processing systems are growing in popularity. This contender from American makers Tonelux puts the emphasis firmly on quality.
Ian Boddy has been involved in the experimental electronic music scene for 25 years, and SOS readers will doubtless be...
Roland's Fantom workstation reaches its fourth generation with the 'G' series. So just how great is the Fantom family's great-grandchild?
Tickets for the inaugural Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards, which will take place on the 12th February 2009 at the...
Production duo Coldcut (and purveyors of the Ninja Tune label) have collaborated with Loopmasters to create Sound...
German loudspeaker manufacturers Adam Audio, whose A5 active monitors (pictured) were covered in SOS December...
Although it looks the same on the outside, version 6.3 of Altiverb is very much a different beast under the hood. As...
The Internet division of the Berklee College of Music, Berkleemusic.com, have announced that a new on-line course that...
A new version of the popular MicroKorg miniature synthesizer has been launched. Called the MicroKorg XL, you may be...