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New Sample CD/DVDs

Sample Libraries

Four hot Sample Collections get the SOS Sample Shop review treatment: • Big Fish Audio Chill • Best Service Chris Hein Horns Volume 1 • M-Audio Premium Electric Pianos • Loopmasters Soulful House Sessions

Published August 2006
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Akai MPC Live

Music Production Centre

The return of the stand-alone MPC exceeds expectations.

Published April 2017
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Preamp Post-mortem

SOS/Realpiano Preamp Comparison: Results & Analysis

When we compared eight mic preamps with very different designs and price tags, we found it hard to tell them apart. Could SOS readers do better?

Published December 2012
Selwyn Jazz big band.
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Session Notes: Selwyn Jazz Part 2

Mixing A Jazz Big Band Recording

Last month, we recounted our experiences of tracking a jazz big band on location. Now we explain what it takes to turn the raw multitracks into a nicely polished production.

Published January 2013
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Sonible Frei:raum

Intelligent Equaliser Plug-in [Windows & Mac OS]

The first product from Austrian developers Sonible aims to raise the IQ of EQ.

Published April 2016
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Ueberschall Liquid Instruments Score FX II

Liquid Soundbank for PC & Mac

Regular readers of our sample library reviews might be forgiven for thinking that Ueberschall's Score FX II is just the same...

Published September 2010
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Roland JDXi

Synthesizer

Roland’s JDXi crams an awful lot of synth into a very small box.

Published July 2015
Superbooth supremo Andreas Schneider
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Sweet Booth

We report on Superbooth 16, which brought together not only a huge number of boutique synth makers, but larger synth manufacturers including Roland, Yamaha and Korg.

Published 29/7/16
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Mix Rescue: The Travis Waltons

How Do You Develop A Mix Strategy?

The Travis Waltons: How do you develop a mix strategy for a song when you don’t understand what the artist intends?

Published November 2015
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Kerwax, Brittany

Studio File

Located in the village of Loguivy-Plougras in Britanny, Kerwax is an intriguing new take on the concept of the residential studio

Published November 2015
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Inside Track: All About That Bass

Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Kevin Kadish

Channelling their shared love of ’50s kitsch, Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor created 2014’s most talked-about hit single — and turned Trainor into a superstar overnight.

Published February 2015
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Scoring Stranger Things

Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon

Cult TV series Stranger Things has become essential viewing — and essential listening. We talk to the previously unknown composers behind its hit soundtrack.

Published March 2017
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Mixing Steven Wilson Live

Ian Bond | Hand. Cannot. Erase. World Tour

With a gruelling schedule and strict technical requirements, including surround-sound elements, Steven Wilson’s recent Hand. Cannot. Erase. world tour was nothing if not ambitious.

Published March 2017
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Acoustica Mixcraft Pro Studio 7

Music Production Software For Windows

If you’re looking for a PC music creation environment that’s affordable, powerful and easy to use, Acoustica’s Mixcraft 7 ticks all the boxes.

Published March 2016
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Synth School: Part 10

Modelling Electric Instruments

Last month, Paul Wiffen looked at how virtual synthesis can emulate analogue synths whilst going beyond their hardware-based limitation. Now he looks at its applications for imitating and exceeding older instruments such as electric piano and organ.

Published August 1998

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