May 2017 Magazine Contents

Antares’ efforts to apply their pitch-correction technology to guitar products continues, with this versatile pedal-format processor.

While we have a large number of DAW/sequencers to choose from in the desktop world, mobile music producers are perhaps less well served. Enter AEMS...

Bastl Instruments’ Microgranny 2 monophonic granular sampler gets rebuilt into Eurorack form...

Bitwig Studio 2 blurs the lines between sequencer, synthesizer and DAW, with an advanced and very flexible modulation system.

Chandler’s unique mic and preamp combo boasts a kinship with some of the most prestigious names in recording: Abbey Road Studios and EMI.

Now on its third version, the latest Nord Piano is the best one yet.

We’ve seen plenty of revivals of Roland classics, but Cyclone Analogic’s recreations are not the usual trio.

DSP technology now allows pedal manufacturers to create studio-quality reverbs that evoke the spirit of classic springs, plates, concert halls and caverns... but EarthQuaker Devices’ Transmisser takes a somewhat different direction.

What’s new in Focusrite’s updated multi-channel mic preamp?

Can this robust 1U rackmount recorder and audio interface — which features 24 onboard mic preamps — be all things to all engineers?

JZ’s microphones are known for combining quality sound with a stylish aesthetic, and this latest model is no exception!

Combining aspects of two classics from the golden age of hardware design, this compressor is really rather special.

Mackie’s HR824 set a benchmark for project studio monitoring when it was first released two decades ago — and now the concept has been made even more accessible.

Timphonia is fairly conventional, focusing on the kind of timpani instruments that are typically used by classical orchestras. Nevertheless, the library does include some quite experimental patches...

Novation’s ambitious new synthesizer brings together the best of analogue and digital.

With thousands of styles, songs and sounds on tap, Band In A Box 2017 can supply everything from inspiration to finished tracks.

When we looked at Pioneer’s flagship monitor last year, we were hugely impressed. Does its smaller sibling have the same charm?

Pioneer’s DJ-inspired performance sampler is the start of something new.

Rather than offer a straightforward overdrive pedal, the Regency Pre-Drive combines a clean signal level booster with a separate, more restrained drive section.

As the title suggests, all the sound sources are guitar-based, but their treatment here is very much aimed at providing a further palette of pad, ambience and soundscape-style sounds...

Sonokinetic have been carving out a niche for themselves in phrase-based orchestral libraries, and with their latest offering, Maximo, that niche just got a whole lot bigger!

The Oscitron is more than just an oscillator; it includes a selection of 15 varied filters, a phaser, a pitch-quantiser and a wave crusher.

Bringing together the samples from their previous three Thunder libraries, X3M adds some 6GB of new sample content and adds a new Kontakt front-end...

Tablet-controlled mixers are nothing new — but some engineers are still wary of mixing without physical faders. Enter the DigiLive...

Since being acquired by Music Group, TC Electronic’s engineers have continued to add to their pedal line, and the three on review here are all based on traditional analogue circuitry.

Tech 21 have turned their focus to recreating, in pedal format, that part of a vintage console’s signal path that was often pressed into service for the direct recording of both guitars and basses back in the day.

This latest Expansion for Toontrack’s EZdrummer was recorded by Steve Albini in his Electrical Audio studio and, through the kit pieces and the tunings used, offers something of his signature sound in bottled form.

Slicing audio samples based upon transient detection is a well-established technology, however, VirSyn have added two very interesting further twists that up the ante considerably in creative terms...

We show you how to use Live’s delays as a replacement for reverb and as an effect in their own right.

Cubase 9 makes side-chain audio inputs possible for VST 3 instruments, the first being Retrologue 2.

The unique sound world created by Future and engineer Seth Firkins has brought the Atlanta rapper record-breaking success.

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Disappointed with the commercial mix of his band’s track, Barnabas Koch sought the help of our tame engineer...

How much preparation is required before a recording session, and when should it all begin? We asked some top producers to share their wisdom.

Pro Tools users have requested five feature additions above all others. But can you work around their absence?

Here’s how to ensure your Reaper projects will still be accessible a year from now — or even a decade.

Inspired by Norman Petty and Sam Phillips, studio owner Dean Amos has lovingly built a perfect recreation of a 1950s recording environment — right down to the dimensions of the pegboard!

The sessions for Divide saw singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran exploring the possibilities of home recording for the first time, courtesy of engineer Joe Rubel.

With Selection-based Processing in Logic Pro 10.3, adding effects to audio clips is now easier than ever.

Find out how Sonar’s enhanced Matrix View can help speed up your workflow.

I’m currently setting up a small home studio for songwriting and demos and I’d like to use split-input monitoring, so I don’t have to worry about latency...

I think I understand what crosstalk is, but I don‘t know how it sounds. I can’t find a proper explanation of how mixes sound with and without it. Also, is crosstalk in plug-ins something to look out for, or is it a myth?

Opinion seems divided as to whether rented software is a good idea, but what about renting hardware?

Valuable lessons from a media composer...

This month: Starley • Flume • Gnash • La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) • Classic Mix: Domenico Modugno ‘Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)’

Production music is rarely glamorous, but it can be very lucrative. In the first of a major new series, we explain how to get your foot in the door.

Pretentious hairy people have influenced the world of art in more ways than you might expect.

What’s in a name? A lot — if you play your cards right.

The English county of Wiltshire is home to many sites of historical importance, including the stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury. Less ancient, but of much larger significance to the global recording community, is Real World Studios.