SOUND ON SOUND
Distortion can be a surprisingly useful mix effect, if you know what you're doing. Mike Senior reveals several common applications, and explains how to get the best results in practice.
Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Dom Morley chats with Sam Inglis about the art and craft of recording and mixing vocals.
Everything you need to know to get your DAW talking to your modular system via your audio interface.
We explore Avid's Pro Multiband Splitter plug‑in.
Reason has two completely different systems for configuring MIDI sources. We unpick some of the confusion around this to find the best ways to sequence and play Reason from external devices.
The free and open-source Jamulus app lets you play along with other musicians over the Internet in real time. We guide you through it.
Here's how to prevent those pesky esses from ruining your tracks!
Haim's latest album was made with a mix of old-school and modern techniques and equipment.
Future-proof your projects. We examine the archival options for users of Cubase Elements, Artist or Pro.
The latest version of DP includes some powerful timing & tempo-manipulation tools.
Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.
Lady Gaga's latest album was two years in the making, and marked a return to her electronic roots.
Time-alignment can help solve problems in multi-mic recordings — but it can also introduce new problems!
Studio One's Music Editor is more than just a piano roll.
Any synth can be coaxed into producing vintage-sounding patches...
Multiband compressors offer unique advantages over their broadband cousins — but they also present some perilous pitfalls for the unwary.
Pro Tools 2020.5 brings some handy options for project sharing, plus enhanced EUCON integration.
Hit the ground running with our guide to Akai's celebrated Music Production Centre.
Your DAW makes it easy to fake old-school doubling techniques, and gives you much more control than producers had in days gone by. We show you how...
Cubase Pro's Spectral Comparison EQ makes it easy to figure out why things sound too different or too similar!