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We root out a little-known hard-disk hog and tell you why musicians shouldn't rush to upgrade to iOS 7.

The sound designer may use many of the same basic skills and tools as the recording musician, but the role requires you to think rather differently...

Use Sonar X2's bundled tools to master your mix.

Join us as we explore the unexpected creative possibilities of Reason 7's effects.

Freed from the limitations of working within a web browser, the new iLok License Manager also offers a much improved user interface.

Shut Down, Sleep or Hibernate — which is the most efficient for the PC musician?

Make modern electronic beats with Logic's Drummer.

Track grouping is one of Live's most powerful tools for managing your tracks in both Session and Arrangement view.

A simple song and an outrageous video turned Robin Thicke from a star to a superstar — with the aid of master mixer Tony Maserati.

Cubase's StepDesigner offers a surprising amount of creative potential.

When the Clash entered the studio for the first time they were determined not to sacrifice their punk principles, and the fates — not to mention a sympathetic engineer and a negligent record company — were on their side...

A new program makes it possible to use your favourite 32-bit plug-ins in any 64-bit DAW.

Reason has plenty of tricks up its sleeve for adding character and warmth to a mix.

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Sonar's R-Mix VST plug-in is a DAW-optimised version of Roland's R-Mix software, which isolates audio based on frequency range and stereo positioning

Forthcoming Intel CPUs offer a quieter life and more power to PC musicians.

Discover Reaper's powerful Screensets feature for faster editing.

How do you make a mix gel when some of the tracks arrive already drenched in effects? That's just one of the challenges our mix engineer takes on this month.

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Simple and sophisticated sampling are both on offer with Live's Simpler and Sampler instruments.