SOUND ON SOUND
Is music really more likely to sell if it's louder? We come up with some hard evidence and some surprising answers.
When mixing, it doesn't hurt to double-check what you're hearing with judicious use of Logic's visual metering toolbox.
Mid/Side processing is a clever technique which once learned will probably find its way into your mixes.
Mumford & Sons have dragged acoustic music out of the folk clubs and straight to the top of the charts, with a sound sculpted by producer Markus Dravs and mix engineer Ruadhri Cushnan.
Drum replacement is now a routine production job in genres ranging from pop and indie to high-tempo metal, and even live sound.
Drawing automation data in Steinberg Cubase has creative applications that transcend simple level and pan tweaking.
'Take On Me' was a huge hit, but its birth was a difficult one, taking three years, three versions and a pioneering video to finally give A-ha their first chart success.
Are your videos looking a little flat? Make light work for you and you'll soon be creating depth and mood in even budget productions.
Today's multitrack software packages give us endless flexibility to manipulate the audio we've recorded, but the possibilities can be confusing to begin with. We introduce the tools of the audio editor's trade...
Our Mix Rescue expert dips his toe in the Studio SOS waters this month, as he visit's a reader's studio, sorts out his monitoring, and takes him through strategies to improve his mixing.
Discover how to tackle Reason's over-sized gorilla of a drum instrument.
Get your audio applications talking to each other with Reaper's ReaRoute.
Elastic Audio in Pro Tools can do more than time-stretching: it can also be your route to some killer pitch-based mixing techniques.
You may be surprised at the data-transfer capabilities of your USB ports. Here's how to find out what you're dealing with...
These audio files accompany the Mix Rescue article that featured in SOS February 2011.
Taking on a new genre is a great way to test your mixing skills, as we found out when we took on this goth track by The Hiram Key...
Ever thought of asking 'real' musicians to play your arrangements? Then get to grips with Logic's Score editor.
It's thermal underwear time as we look at the vagaries of track freezing in Live.