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Cubase’s quantise tools aren’t just for MIDI these days: find out how to make your recorded audio parts sit in the same groove.
The unlikely result of a collaboration between two 4AD bands, the release of ‘Pump Up The Volume’ by MARRS was a great day for house music and copyright lawyers alike.
With OS 10.8 Mountain Lion nearly upon us, just when is the right time to upgrade your Mac OS — and to what version?
The first marathon of the London Olympics took place not on the track, but in the recording studio. Jake Jackson was the man charged with recording 201 national anthems...
Analogue tape is enduringly popular as an audio recording medium, but do enough people know how to use it properly any more? Bob Clearmountain’s experience suggests otherwise...
In the first of our regular Studio One workshops, we’ll be widening our perspective with M/S processing.
The second part of our string-arranging series ventures into more dramatic musical territory, and explains how to manipulate orchestral string articulations when creating MIDI arrangements.
What are the secrets to a successful soundcheck? We asked some of the biggest names in the live sound industry to share their top tips.
Thanks to Sonar 64-bit operation, the 14-year-old ReWire protocol is back in the limelight!
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Many musicians give great live performances when singing and playing guitar at the same time. So why not do it that way in the studio?
With our racks about to get even more densely populated by Rack Extensions, we may need strategies for keeping on top of the sprawl...
Use Reaper's groups, folders and matrices to organise your mix project.
Some of the new features in Pro Tools 10 aren’t immediately obvious — but they can be invaluable once you know how to use them.
Announcements in the touchscreen world of Windows 8-compatible products hint at competition for the iPad.
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Technically speaking, working with a single-track recording may not be 'mixing', but a surprising amount of useful mixing‑style finessing can still be performed.
Use Logic's 'Convert To New Sampler Track' function to mimic Recycle and make your own sampled instruments.
'Somebody That I Used To Know' is a worldwide hit that breaks every rule in the book. Artist Gotye and mix engineer François Tétaz reveal how they made it.
Find out how to harness the flexibility of DP’s user interface without being drowned in windows.