SOUND ON SOUND
Organise your plug‑in folder with VST Plug‑in Manager.
For musicians and producers that struggle to finish tracks, Eddie Bazil explains the benefits of creating musical snippets and gives us some examples as to how we can tap into different moods, and use sound design techniques to create something unique.
Audio examples to accompany our November 2024 Cubase workshop.
Songwriter and producer Charlie Handsome has drawn on his huge array of influences to reinvent modern country music with Morgan Wallen and Post Malone.
We breathe some new life into the Mai Tai synth, with some creative patches for you to explore.
Since forming in 2002, Irish instrumental outfit God Is An Astronaut have developed a unique sound that incorporates ambient electronica, post‑rock guitars, cinematic soundscapes and captivating melodies.
Widely credited with not just inventing techno but also coining the name, Juan Atkins tells the story of his genre-defining record, ‘No UFOs’.
There’s nothing more dispiriting than opening a session only to see the Missing Files error. We show you how to find your audio again!
Want to get the lo‑fi vibe using Cubase’s stock plug‑ins? Here’s how.
We explore a clever set of donationware scripts that transform the popular Reaper DAW software into a source‑destination editing powerhouse.
Organising your Pro Tools sessions will help you work faster and more efficiently.
We’ve updated our set of free audio test files!
Mid‑Sides processing is your gateway to creative manipulation of stereo sources.
New in Live 12, Ableton’s Meld synthesizer is far more complex than you might think.
Can an old container really be turned into a viable music production space?
Daniel Moyler is a London‑based mixing and recording engineer who when asked to dissect a favourite sound, focuses on the drum sound from ‘Crowbar’ by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes.
Why choose between rock and pop — when, like Andrew Watt, you can excel at both?
Create a complete musical cue from just a single sample with HALion Sonic’s spectral synth engine.
These audio examples accompany our October 2024 issue workshop.
Pedals are not just for guitars. Here Paul White connects his extensive pedal collection to a modular synth system, effectively using the pedals as additional modules and suggesting some creative ways of setting them up.