SOUND ON SOUND
Working on tape with the Red Hot Chili Peppers forced Ryan Hewitt to revisit old‑school mixing skills — and find ways to adapt modern techniques to the analogue domain.
Extreme close miking can be an aesthetic choice or an uncomfortable necessity. Either way, it’s important to know how to get it right.
Matt Johnson of Jamiroquai talks us through five of his favourite keyboard processing tips.
Asked to pick a favourite sound from the band’s influential catalogue, Walter Flakus dives into the track ‘Drugstore’, from 1998 album Darkest Days.
We generate MIDI from audio, and look at what’s new in Live 11.1.
We put UVI Falcon to work as a drum replacement tool.
With our routing sorted, it’s time to record some MIDI!
Steinberg’s Padshop 2 can create much more than just pad sounds! We show you how...
We show you how to get started in the brave new world of Dolby Atmos, using Logic Pro.
Geoff Swan gave up a successful studio business to become an assistant engineer — a risk which paid off with Charli XCX’s number one album, Crash.
DP's ProVerb offers an easy way to experiment with guitar amp impulse responses.
Eddie Bazil gives six sound design tips, using various plug-in filters to create unique instrument sounds and to add interest and movement to mixes.
The Smart Tool might be smarter than you knew!
We show you how to get PreSonus' Studio One DAW talking to your MIDI gear.
One of the most in‑demand studio designers in the world explains why there’s more to building a studio than getting the acoustics right. Much, much more...
Key commands can place even the most obscure Logic Pro features at your fingertips!
Poo Bear, the American two‑time Grammy Award‑nominated songwriter, producer and principal collaborator of pop megastar Justin Bieber, chooses his own favourite vocal on a track from Bieber’s Changes album.
One of the world’s leading engineers specialising in rock music, Mike Plotnikoff is renowned for his guitar sounds. The secret? Find the right amp and keep it simple.
Create your own custom GUIs in the new Combinator.
Central Cee has taken drill music to the top of the UK album charts, thanks to some very fast work from mix engineer Sean Donoghue.