SOUND ON SOUND
Under the hood of this affordable new Alesis compact mixer lurks an 18-in/two-out audio interface. Is it too good to be true?
• Chandler EMI TG Mastering Pack Formats: Mac & PC TDM & RTAS • SIR2 Formats: PC VST • Tritone Digital ColorTone-Pro Formats: Mac AU, RTAS, VST; PC RTAS, VST • Leslie Sanford Cobalt Formats: PC VST SSL X-EQ Formats: Mac/PC Duende
In a departure from the norm, we take Mix Rescue on location and get back into the swing of mixing on hardware!
If you've ever spent hours mixing only to be confronted with a wall of mud, you might need to think harder about how to use reverb and delay in your mixes — and some simple tricks can yield dramatic results.
Part preamp, part summing mixer, all tube: can the Fat Track provide all the 'analogue warmth' your studio needs?
We pass on the hard-won wisdom of 50 top producers in the essential Sound On Sound guide to recording kick and snare drums, the backbone of modern music.
The up-and-coming Two Spot Gobi are great on stage. Can we give their live recording the same spirit?
We find out how much you can do in the mix when the recordings aren't up to scratch — and how much you can't!
We help a home recordist on a budget to add that elusive polish to his jazz-trio recordings.