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Understanding & Solving Ground Loops
Ground Control
Suffering from mysterious hums and buzzes in your studio? This down‑to‑earth explanation will help you identify and solve the problems — or hopefully avoid them in the first place!

Sound Advice Aug 2023
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Free educational resources from TiME
Raising awareness of music technology
Technology in Music Education is an organisation that aims to offer everyone with access to free music technology resources.

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Dying To Work In Music | Part 4: Movement
Staying Healthy In The Studio
When our job involves a lot of sitting down, it’s up to us to inject some movement into our lives.

Sound Advice Jul 2023
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New Harmonics
The Art Of Audio Fermentation
We look at the processes that can add harmonic content to a sound, for subtle warmth or radical transformation.

Techniques Jul 2023
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Q. Do mics have built-in preamps?

As electret condenser mics have internal preamps, do non‑electret condensers also have built‑in preamps?

Sound Advice Jul 2023
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MIDI 2.0 specifications updated
Latest documents now available for download
After three years of meetings and prototyping, The MIDI Association and AMEI have released updated specifications that define the architectural foundations for MIDI 2.0.

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Distortion in Music Production book now available
Examines the use of distortion and colouration effects
The book explores the ways in which engineers and producers are able to use and abuse distortion and colouration in their work, examining the processes from technical, practical and musicological perspectives.

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Superbooth 2023: Korg Berlin Prototype Acoustic Synthesizer
Video Report
The Korg Berlin lab show us their intriguing prototype Acoustic Synthesizer.

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Q. How can I restore high frequencies when pitch-shifting samples down?

What’s the best technique, or combination of methods, for refreshing the high end when pitching-down samples?

Sound Advice May 2023
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The SOS Audio Test Files
The Test Tones Every Engineer Needs!
Standard test signals can be incredibly useful when configuring and aligning audio equipment — and we’ve created a set of properly calibrated test files just for you! Read on to find out how to use them and where to find them.

Techniques May 2023
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The SOS Audio Test Files | Downloads

Get your hands on these SOS Audio Test Files which accompany our SOS May 2023 workshop.

Techniques May 2023
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Ian Shepherd On Loudness & Dynamics
Practical Tips On LUFS Settings For Music Production
It’s nearly a decade since the LUFS standard for loudness measurement was defined, yet many still seem confused about what it means for music production.

Techniques Apr 2023
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AMD v Intel
CPUs On Test
What benefits have the latest crop of CPUs brought for audio users — and what might the coming year have in store for us?

Sound Advice Mar 2023
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Q. What is a ‘fully floating’ balanced output?

I’d like a clearer understanding of what a fully floating balanced output is and how I can take advantage of it....

Sound Advice Feb 2023
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Watch Now: AKG C414 The Ultimate Comparison
Latest SOS feature video now live
Take a listen to our comparison of four different models of AKG's C414 microphone during a recording session at Half-Ton Studios in Cambridge.

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Apple reveal M2 Pro & M2 Max chips
New Mac mini & MacBook Pros
Apple's latest Mac mini and MacBook Pro models are the company's fastest yet, with the new M2 Max chip offering up to 96GB of unified memory.

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Simulathe Ref by Tokyo Dawn Labs
Offers educational insight into vinyl cutting process
The Simulathe Ref plug-in features a virtual cutting lathe, and aims to provide audio engineers with an insight into the process of producing vinyl discs.

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GPU Audio announce Mac support
Innovative technology now available to Apple users
GPU Audio have announced that Mac users are now able to access their FIR Convolution Reverb, which utilises a system's GPU to carry out audio plug-in processing.

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Routledge audio engineering books offer
Free online access to four titles
Routledge are offering free online access to a bundle of four books covering acoustics, recording, sampling, and mixing until the end of January 2023.

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Micpedia website launched
Popular Microphone Data website rebranded
Micpedia is a free to use online database that has been built using technical information previously available on the popular Microphone Data website.

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Recording Secrets book updated
Content updated and new sections introduced
Focal Press have published an updated and expanded second edition of Mike Senior's best‑selling Recording Secrets For The Small Studio, which contains new sections on contact mics, software instruments, squash mics, and ensemble depth distortion.

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