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Navigate busy sessions with ease using Pro Tools’ new Markers system.

A few tweaks to your MIDI data can make software piano parts much more realistic — and much easier to mix.

We continue our crash course in editing and mixing drums.

Create drum machine‑style grooves in a flash with Cubase’s Beat Designer.

Stephen Street has worked with the Smiths, Blur, the Cranberries, the Pretenders, Babyshambles and Kaiser Chiefs, and here he details his favourite sound from Blur's 'Song 2'.

Recorded completely at home, Jyoti Mishra’s irresistibly catchy hit single ‘Your Woman’ inspired a generation of bedroom producers.

DP’s extensive Bounce options make exporting stems a breeze.

The success of Noel Gallagher’s Council Skies owes much to his resident engineer Callum Marinho, who not only tracked but mixed the album.

Drum mics can occupy a lot of channels in your DAW, and they can quickly multiply as you experiment with different processing — so it pays to impose some discipline!

We explore how Studio One’s Snap, Grid and Quantize settings interact.

With Angels & Queens, LA’s Gabriels have produced one of the most adventurous albums of the year.

In this third episode David continues looking at preamps, outlines the use of VU meters, and explains the benefits of balancing a track prior to mixing.

These audio files accompany the Cubase Chorder workshop in SOS July 2023.

These audio files accompany the Faking A String Section In Your DAW workshop in SOS July 2023 issue.

Still wary of subscriptions? Avid’s new PlayCell sample player might change your mind...

David Kosten’s first commercial Atmos project was an immersive mix of one of the greatest albums of all time. No pressure...

We explain how to create MIDI string arrangements that don’t sound like MIDI string arrangements!

Today’s TikTok‑driven music market demands authenticity, as Atlanta mixer Jacob Morris found when he mixed David Kushner’s ‘Daylight’.

We look at the processes that can add harmonic content to a sound, for subtle warmth or radical transformation.

Want lo‑fi style chord progressions? You need look no further than Cubase’s Chorder MIDI plug‑in.