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Recording an instrument you’ve not encountered before can seem daunting. Here’s a rule of thumb that guarantees a decent result every time.
In this show Paul White guides you through seven reverb treatments, from simple to complex, and demonstrates how combining reverb with other commonly available plug-ins can produce creative textures and ambience in your music.
In this episode, Mathieu Gendreau shares 6 advanced top tips to help you mix drums like a pro.
Audio files on this page accompany our February 2021 Cubase workshop.
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We show how to insert, combine and modulate effects in both Session and Arrangement views within Ableton Live.
While experimenting with ‘minimal’ drum‑miking setups during a recent lockdown, the author found them really inspiring and captured some great drum sounds. So is it time you re-evaluated the decisions you make when recording a kit?
We explore Remix FX, which brings together many of the real‑time audio processing tools available in Logic under a new streamlined single interface.
The Show Page is designed for live performance, and combines the roles of virtual instrument host, mixer and backing‑track player.
We explore Bus and Group compression.
Could a poorly set‑up guitar be compromising your recordings?
Cubase offers everything that you need to design engaging effects risers and impacts.
As if being in charge of the largest studio group in the world wasn’t enough, Miloco director Pete Hofmann also found time to mix the latest album from the UK’s biggest dance‑pop group, Steps.
In DP 10.1, MOTU significantly expanded Bounce‑to‑Disk with the addition of real‑time, multi‑output, and track‑by‑track bouncing.
In this final episode of the SOS Mastering Essentials series, Ian Shepherd reveals the best specification and file formats for submitting your masters — both online, and for CD and vinyl.
LCR (Left-Centre-Right) panning isn’t so much a technique as a mindset that can lead you to more satisfying mixes.
Bruce Springsteen’s latest album was an international hit last year, but the console it was mixed on was made a quarter of a century ago. Mixing legend Bob Clearmountain was at the controls.
We explore Ableton Link, record arm options and other new features from the 2020.9 update.
We explore a couple of ways to add analogue warmth with the Reason Mixer.
It’s not always obvious in Logic Pro X how to go about incorporating hardware into your workflow; we show you how.