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

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.

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...

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.

In Studio One, Multi Instruments are your fast track to powerful synth layers and splits.

Logic Pro has all the tools you need to make multitracked drums sound their best.

Canadian mixer and recording engineer George Seara chooses the vocal on ‘Treat You Better’, by Shawn Mendes, as a favourite sound from his catalogue.

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!

In the second episode David Mellor focuses on gain staging during recording, by balancing mic input, preamps and gain within your DAW to achieve the optimal sound level.

Paul White takes us on a sonic journey as he explores the endless possibilities of sound design using a guitar as your sound source.

David Mellor introduces us to Gain Staging in a brand new series of podcasts. In this first episode he explains the correct use of terminology and gives his three golden rules of Gain Staging.

These audio files accompany the 'Using Transient Processors' workshop in SOS June 2023 issue, and feature transient processing...