SOUND ON SOUND
Creating your own synth patches is one way to add a unique element to your music projects. We look at how you can get started designing your own pad sounds using the VST Instruments supplied with Cubase.
We take another look at running Windows on Intel Macs and consider how Apple's latest acquisition will affect their professional video and audio software.
This month we discuss in-depth features in Waveburner and look at some of the included plug-ins that can be used to polish up a mastering project.
Sorting digital gremlins and rogue reflections is all in a day's work for the Studio SOS team...
Mixing on 'cans' is often frowned upon, but if you know what you're doing, you can get good results with only occasional checks on your monitor speakers.
Direct X plug-in support has been dropped from Steinberg's Cubase 4 sequencing software — so what do you do if you have projects that use such plug-ins and you want to upgrade to the latest Cubase? PC Musician offers some solutions, as well as rounding up the latest PC news and information.
The trend among plug-in designers is to integrate commonly used processes such as EQ and compression into a single plug-in. It saves on insert slots, but do channel strips offer any other benefits, and which ones stand out from the crowd?
Rescuing and reinforcing a weak-sounding cello are amongst this month's remedies...
Sonar 6's new 'channel strip' offers multiple routings that enable techniques such as parallel compression, frequency-conscious dynamics control and side-chaining.
Mix engineers have a huge role to play in modern record production; but what does it take to turn a collection of raw tracks into a chart-topping single? In a major new SOS series, specialist mixers will be showing us exactly how they use the tricks of their trade.
You'll soon be wondering how you ever managed without the audio editing tricks and shortcuts offered by this month's essential DP workshop.
Track Presets might not add anything to the sonic possibilities offered within Cubase 4 but Steinberg have been very keen to blow this particular marketing trumpet. So just what can Track Presets do for you?
If you're after bigger-sounding tracks, read on, as we discover plug-ins that manipulate stereo information to play tricks with your mix...
Some of the best signature sounds have been developed through experimentation with mechanical devices. We offer some inspiration...
Les Paul made some of the most innovative records of the 20th Century, but he had to invent multitrack tape recording first...
George Antheil's Ballet Mécanique is all but impossible for human musicians to play. So for his latest presentation of it, Paul D. Lehrman built an orchestra of robots...
Rescuing and reinforcing a weak-sounding cello are amongst this month's remedies...
Ever thought about releasing your own album or single? We explain the ins and outs of producing a small batch of CDs.
We look at how the new Instrument and Effects Racks in Live 6 stretch the creative possibilities for combining and controlling multiple devices and plug-ins.
We take the opportunity of a New Year issue to look back at the 12 months that saw Apple's transition to Intel processors, and to welcome in the new Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pros and Xeon-based Xserves.