
Musical Tricks To Transform Your Tracks
Even a basic understanding of chords, melody and harmony can help your dodgy demo become a polished production...

Even a basic understanding of chords, melody and harmony can help your dodgy demo become a polished production...

Cure those conflicting frequencies and create some space with Logic’s Match EQ.

We show you how to document your projects, sets and custom devices with Live’s Lessons facility.

Paul Simon’s album So Beautiful Or So What is a dazzling return to form — and a return to working with production legend Phil Ramone.
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This month, how to use software synths and samplers effectively in your DP projects.

Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has proved to be one of his most popular and enduring works. The man at the controls, David Hentschel, tells us how it came to be.


Our tireless Editor In Chief tackles some studio acoustics problems while on holiday in Turkey, with a budget of precisely nothing!

Use Sonar X1 to slow down your drum loops drastically — and retain fidelity!


Avoid information overload with these advanced techniques for using Reaper’s mixer.

The ‘cloud’ is great for backing up Pro Tools projects — if you know what to upload. We look at a service that can do it automatically.

Is it time to let the Internet into your studio? PC Notes thinks it might be...


We explore some of the most common causes of mix failure we’ve tackled in our monthly Mix Rescue column. Banish these demons and you’re most of the way to a devilishly good mix! Here are ten reasons why your mixes don’t work — and what you can do about it!
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From wave sequencing to gated pads and basses — it can all be done with Logic’s ES2 synth!

There’s more to Live’s Vocoder than meets the ear: it can generate all manner of unexpected effects.