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NI’s Maschine makes a perfect partner for Ableton Live.

Jeff Bhasker doesn’t usually mix his own productions or work with indie-rock bands. With Fun, he did both — and created a worldwide hit.

With 44 million TV viewers and a 10,000-strong live audience, the Grammys are one show that you really don’t want to screw up...

Find out how to build a natural-sounding acoustic drum kit in Cubase’s Groove Agent One.

With the advent of Lion and Mountain Lion, the way we save and manage documents is changing. But what does this mean for studio musicians?

All it took to make a star of Carly Rae Jepsen was one memorable song — and, in Dave Ogilvie, a mix engineer who understood how to make it stand out.

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In a departure from the usual home-studio make-overs, this month we answer an SOS call from the historic Radio Caroline!

Assigning logical key shortcuts in Studio One could seriously speed up your work rate...

Soaring, anthemic descants and quicksilver runs are the meat and potatoes of old-school string arranging. But they may not be enough to save the day when disaster strikes…

Instrument definitions make life easier when using hardware instruments or effects with Sonar.

Pausing by the buffet, we check out what Propellerhead have brought to the Rack Extension party.

In the second of this two-part series on drum editing in Reaper, we use SWS Extensions to fill gaps and stretch time.

Learn how to use Pro Tools’ Digibase Browsers and all your audio files will be at your fingertips.

With a release date for Windows 8 finally announced, should musicians take advantage of upgrade offers?

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Avoid all the low-frequency pitfalls and learn to achieve the perfect foundation for any mix, with our bass-mixing masterclass...

Use Logic’s stock plug-ins to decongest the middle of your mix.

Unlock the potential of overlooked but useful Live effects devices.

Imagine mixing the world’s biggest bands in front of an audience of millions — with no soundcheck. It’s all in a day’s work for BBC in-house engineers.