February 2010 Magazine Contents

The subtitle of this library — The Michael Ripoll Project — calls to mind progressive rock outfit the Alan Parsons Project,...

If you demand brutal and revealing precision from your monitors, read on...

The Nord C2 takes the Hammond, Farfisa and Vox emulations of its C1 predecessor and plunges headlong into the Baroque with a very impressive pipe organ.

Empirical Labs, purveyors of some of the most versatile compressors around, apply their dynamics expertise to a mic preamp.

Hell-bent on achieving truly demonic distortion, we put Evol Audios oddball processor through its paces.

This new download library from celebrated electronic sound designer Ian Boddy is one of his new Waveforms series, and features...

The inventive spirit of one of the industrys true individuals, Stephen St. Croix, lives on in Intelligent Devices unique effects plug-ins.

MakeMusics popular notation package strides forward into a new decade, adding a host of useful features.

Ableton Lives devices offer powerful tools for mangling sounds in live performance. But what if you could mangle the devices themselves?

Pianoteq tackles the virtual piano problem in megabytes rather than gigabytes, and offers flexibility that its multisampling competitors cant match.

Its got a bigger sample library and some whizzy new features, but what Kontakt 4 really wants to do is make your life easier...

• Elysia Mpressor • GSI VB3 • PSP Old Timer

SE aim to deliver a complete vocal recording package for the project studio on a budget — do they deliver?

As you'll have gathered from the name, the instruments in Soniccouture's latest offering derive their sound from the resonant...

Sonys heavyweight audio production package celebrates reaching double figures with the addition of DAW-style event editing and CD compilation.

Drumcores come a long way, and version 3 makes it easier than ever to use pro drummer performances on your tracks.

Ueberschall seem to be on a bit of a streak when it comes to Electro libraries: hot on the heels of the Elastik‑based Club...

Ensemble Pro opens up VSLs hosting technology to third-party instruments and allows 32-bit and 64-bit Mac and Windows systems to communicate over a network, spreading the software instrument load.

Analogue warmth seems to be the Holy Grail in these digital days. But what is it, why does it hold such appeal, and how can you use it to enhance your recordings?

Automation in Pro Tools goes way beyond the usual volume, pan and mute controls. We look at what else you can automate, and what's changed in Pro Tools 8.

10 concise tips to achieving a better bass sound in your mixes.

Last month, we introduced Cubases VST Expression facility. Now its time to build your own multi-articulation instrument.

Joan Jett's heartfelt reworking of the Arrows I Love Rock & Roll became an international hit in 1982 and turned her career around. Glen Kolotkin tells us how it happened.

This accompanies the Cubase Technique VST Expression workshop for SOS February 2010 (...

DP7s new guitar plug-ins offer a fresh set of tones, and a contrasting approach to third-party alternatives.

There are sure to be times when you need to export multitrack Logic files to other platforms. We explain the options.

Find that elusive synth preset when you cant remember its name, generate music from your own images, and catch up with the latest PC news bites.

Some of the musical iPhone apps now available are much more useful than their tiny prices suggest...

We go hip-hop this month, as we aim for a Dr Dre-style sound with Preslin Davis' track 'Side Effects', and highlight the importance of artist-engineer dialogue.

These audio files accompany the Mix Rescue article that featured in SOS January 2010.

Build sophisticated multi-tap and modulated delay treatments using Reasons flexible devices.

Britains biggest name in mixing, Mark Spike Stent has achieved international success in almost every genre. With Muses latest album, The Resistance, he was dealing with rock at its most epic.

Recording a solo performer requires a different approach from recording a band, and different ways of using Sonar.

This month, we tame a strange space, record a sitar and dispense a little wisdom on EQ, compression and reverb, as we sort out Dominik Johnsons home studio.

I'm working on a song and have all the parts nailed, but I think the outro chorus is lacking something, so I've decided to try...

I've been reading about how you have to be quite precise in matching the distance from source to mic when multi‑miking guitar...

I'm a synth guy getting more and more into recording and mixing my own tunes. One thing that stumps me is the issue of '...

If I buy a sample library, I usually drop its contents into the 'Sample Library' folder on my hard drive, but that's ended up...

As frontman with Queens Of The Stone Age, Josh Homme is arguably the biggest name in rock music. So how would he tackle a move into the producers chair with British indie superstars Arctic Monkeys?

Lost In Sound

Atila Neves

Atila Neves has a PhD in particle physics, and would thus seem...

Editor-in-Chief Paul White ponders where 2010's new tools will lead us...

Music technology forums: the case against.

It doesnt do to get too precious about audio quality. In fact, sometimes a bit of lossy compression might be just what your music needs.