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Take control of your mixes with VCAs.

Logic’s drum instruments offer powerful ways of laying down percussion and more...

Binaural recordings are an easy and effective way to capture immersive audio.

Audio files to accompany our Cubase workshop.

We look at how to improve our workflow with the magic use of key commands, also known as hot‑keys or keyboard shortcuts.

Reason is more than capable of traditional multitrack recording. So here we consider how you might run a full tracking project.

Choose a mic with the optimum polar pattern for the job, and you’re halfway to capturing a great recording.

From sketches to final mixes, engineer Jonathan Low spent 2020 overseeing Taylor Swift’s hit lockdown albums folklore and evermore.

Melodyne Essential now comes bundled with Pro Tools 2020.11, so let's explore what it offers.

In Auto Sampler, the main features behind the automatic creation of sample sets are presented in a very intuitive fashion and work extremely well...

Recording an instrument you’ve not encountered before can seem daunting. Here’s a rule of thumb that guarantees a decent result every time.

We explore four ways to make the most of Cubase 11’s new multiband Squasher plug‑in.

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 explore Bus and Group compression.

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.