SOUND ON SOUND
This month we consider the return of Power PC processor technology to Apple, and also investigate how adding Apple's RAID card to the latest Mac Pro can improve audio performance.
We covered the basics of score production last month; now it's time to learn more about presentation, with the aim of creating scores that really look the part.
Here are the URL links to the audio examples that accompany and enhance the July 2008 Cubase Notes article.
Here are the URL links to the audio examples that accompany and enhance the July 2008 Guitar Technology article on getting BIG sounds from small amps.
Armed with a subversive view of society and a command of catchy synth-pop, Devo burst into the charts in 1980 with weird classic 'Whip It'. Producer Robert Margouleff talks de-evolution...
Links to Audio files mentioned within JUNE 2008's Mix Rescue article.
A dead live room, a live control room and faulty monitors... sounds like a job for the Studio SOS team!
If you want real musicians playing your composition but have no idea how scores should be presented for them, you can still make playable Logic parts with our simple guide.
OneRepublic's route to the top has been tortuous, and their massive hit 'Stop & Stare' was actually recorded more than three years ago. Engineer and mixer Joe Zook recalls the sessions.
A walk through the process of composing and processing a drum track highlights how to use various Sonar features and useful shortcuts - some of which you may not have come across before.
For newsstand readers without subscriber access, here is a list of the Audio file links that accompany the essential Sound On Sound guide to recording kick and snare drums.
The up-and-coming Two Spot Gobi are great on stage. Can we give their live recording the same spirit?
We dive deeper than the presets to discover what you can do with Cubase 4's most complex bundled soft synth.
The current top-end Mac Pro offers so much power that some audio software is playing catch-up just to be able to make use of it all. But how much power? We run some tests to find out.
We pass on the hard-won wisdom of 50 top producers in the essential Sound On Sound guide to recording kick and snare drums, the backbone of modern music.
Links to the Mystic Synth audio examples that accompany June 2008's Cubase Notes.
Clicks or pops in your audio? The cause may be hardware devices taking more than their share of interrupt time. Now there's a utility that checks for this, and a PC Notes survey amassing results that could help you track down the source of your problems.
The partnership between Blondie and producer Mike Chapman created a perfect pop record - and catapulted the group from the underground to mainstream chart success.
DP offers an excellent environment for working with the little pieces of 'ear candy', such as filtered drops, beat-mangled breaks and reversed audio phrases, that can make such an impact in pop and electronica production. We look at some of the techniques involved.
Like many DAW manufacturers, Digidesign offer their own convolution plug-in as an add-on for Pro Tools. We explain how to get the best from TL Space.