SOUND ON SOUND
Dynamics processing is a core mixing technique, but it’s often misunderstood. We explain how to make a compressor do what you want it to!
New York‑based engineer and producer Andrew Maury, when asked to pick a favourite sound that he’s worked on, nominates the drum mix he created for Lewis Del Mar's ‘Loud(y)’.
There’s more to Reason’s new Mimic creative sampler than meets the eye...
We explore how Cubase’s multiband tools can help you master your own mixes [includes Audio Examples].
Rod Wave’s chart‑topping album Soulfly was not only recorded in hotel rooms, but mixed and mastered on the road too. Travis Harrington was the engineer who made it work.
Automation helps you realise your creative vision by baking in those movements, changes and layering that you couldn’t manage to pull off in your performance. It also lets you resuscitate a dying mix and breathe new life into your tracks.
Paul White looks back over the history of the echo effect, from tape loops through to plug-ins, and explores how modern echo effects can be used as sound design tools.
These audio examples accompany the Mix Rescue feature in Sound On Sound October 2021.
Here the audio files that accompany the SOS October 2021 Cubase workshop.
Introduce some creative weirdness with MIDI inversion.
Manipulate the timing of MIDI and audio with Studio One’s Tempo Track.
Chopped‑up loops are at the heart of many genres of music. There’s never been a better time to get hands‑on with sliced samples.
Landquist reveals how he got his favourite sound on A‑ha’s ‘Lifelines’, the 2002 title track to the Norwegian synth‑popsters’ seventh studio album.
We explore Logic Pro’s bounce and export options.
We show you how to take full control of your stereo image with Cubase’s powerful bundled plug‑in suite.
Italian band Måneskin were unlikely winners of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, but even that couldn’t prepare them for what came next. Mix engineer Alessandro Marcantoni tells the story of their viral single ‘Beggin’.
There are times when a mix engineer needs to do more than just mixing — even if that takes you out of your comfort zone!
Many classic electric guitar sounds have been captured using just one microphone. So when and why might you use more?
Successful songwriters and producers explain how to adapt your skills to the massive Far Eastern market.
In this episode, Eddie Bazil offers tips for creating a signature sound using sound design techniques and offers a range of suggestions on how drums can be processed.