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May 2015 Magazine Contents

SOS (UK Edition) May 2015
Reviews: Sonarworks Reference 3 (Cover), Warm Audio EQP-WA, Soyuz SU-017, Amphion One15 & One18, Moog Theremini, Korg MS20M & SQ1, Akai MPX16.
Techniques: Arranging For Brass, Mix Rescue, Spotlight.
Features: Inside Track: Bob Dylan, James Bay: Recording Choas and The Calm, Lee Scratch Perry and Daniel Boyle.

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    ADL 1700 Liquid Mu

    Valve Limiter

    Anthony Demaria’s limiter is based on a classic Bill Putnam valve design — but does it live up to its illustrious heritage?

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    ADL 1700 Liquid Mu | Media

    Valve Limiter

    Audio files to accompany the article.

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    Akai MPX16

    Sample Recorder & Player

    Akai’s MPX16 has more pads and functions than its MPX8 predecessor, but remains just as reasonably priced.

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    Alto Professional Live 802

    Compact Mixer

    Few small-format desks cram as many features into a portable package as this new model from Alto.

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    Amphion One15 & One18

    Passive Nearfield Monitors

    Finnish company Amphion may be little-known, but they are certainly no strangers to the principles of good speaker design.

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    Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt

    Thunderbolt Audio Interface For Mac

    The Ensemble Thunderbolt isn’t just an update — Apogee have completely redesigned it, and the results are impressive.

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    Big Fish Audio Guitar Sessions: Pop Songwriting Guitars

    Multi-format

    Guitar Sessions features 25 construction kits containing all the guitar performances you need to construct a full-song arrangement.

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    Cakewalk Sonar Platinum

    Music Production Software For Windows

    Cakewalk are the first major DAW developer to move to a monthly payment model. And Sonar ‘membership’ provides plenty of goodies.

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    CEDAR Studio 6

    Restoration Plug-ins For Mac OS & Windows

    With the VST protocol now supported, more people than ever can use CEDAR’s industry-standard restoration tools.

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    Electro-Harmonix C9 Organ Machine

    Guitar Effects Pedal

    If you read my review of the Electro–Harmonix B9 Organ Machine effects pedal, their C9 will look very familiar but this latest pedal offers different sounds.

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    Fohhn XS22

    Active Subwoofer

    With their latest compact subwoofer, Fohhn prove that good things really do come in small packages.

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    Genelec 8320A & 8330A APM

    Active Monitors & Room Calibration Kit

    The latest monitors in Genelec’s 8 series come in new APM packs, with room analysis and correction tools. We put them to the test.

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    Korg MS20M & SQ1

    Analogue Synthesizer & Sequencer

    The Korg MS20 rides again... again! The latest version takes the form of an expanded desktop module with accompanying sequencer.

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    Laney IRT–X

    Guitar & PA Speaker

    Though billed as a guitar–amp extension cabinet, this crafty speaker could come in handy in a huge range of situations.

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    Latch Lake MicKing 1100

    Microphone Stand

    Mic stands are an essential bit of gear that few people spend enough time thinking about. Really well–engineered stands are frustratingly rare, though.

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    Lavry LK-1 & LK-Solo

    Latency-free Cue Mixers

    In the post-console world, some of us lack facilities we used to take for granted. These ‘Latency Killers’ aim to plug one of the gaps.

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    Moog Theremini

    Theremin

    The Theremini’s pitch-quantisation and price tag make it the most accessible Theremin instrument yet.

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    MusicLab RealRick

    Virtual Guitar Instrument

    MusicLab have turned their guitar-modelling attentions to the legendary Rickenbacker.

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    NI Session Horns Pro

    Sample Library

    Native Instruments’ Session Horns Pro combines high-quality samples with some useful arrangement tools.

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    Oli Larkin Virtual CZ

    Software Synthesizer

    Despite enormous popularity in the 1980s, Casio’s CZ range has never been made into a soft synth, until now.

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    Playback

    Readers' Music Reviewed

    This month we comment on albums by Nick Molyneux, Peter Appleyard and Paul Thomas Butterfield.

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    PreSonus Notion 5

    Notation Software For Mac OS & Windows

    With development accelerating under new ownership, Notion continues to challenge the established names in the music notation market.

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    Recording Secrets For The Small Studio

    Book Review

    With over 400 pages and 12 chapters, author Mike Senior covers both the technical concepts and practical techniques necessary for capturing musical performances of all kinds.

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    Room Correction Software

    Spotlight

    No control room is acoustically perfect, but the right correction system can help to deliver more accurate monitoring.

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    Sample Magic Vinyl & Tape Melodic Shots

    Multi-format

    Sample Magic have plundered their back catalogue and bounced everything they selected from it onto tape and vinyl!

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    Sample Shop | Media

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    These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the May 2015 issue.

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    Sonarworks Reference 3

    Headphone Calibration Plug-in [Mac OS/Windows]

    Can Sonarworks’ calibration plug-in help to make mixing on headphones less of a compromise?

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    Soundiron Olympus Elements

    Kontakt Instrument

    Vocal choirs can be very powerful and emotive, but most of us do not have the resources to use a real one in our compositions so Olympus Elements is an affordable alternative.

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    Soyuz SU–017

    Valve Capacitor Microphone

    A marriage of East and West, this stunning new mic from Russian makers Soyuz sounds just as classy as it looks.

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    Suite Spot Studios Cleaver

    Audio-file Utility

    I discovered this very handy software, created by the makers of AA Translator almost by accident after searching for a way of batch–interleaving pairs of mono WAV files.

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    Ueberschall Indie Rock 3

    Elastik

    More collections of drums, guitars and basses in the Indie genre.

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    Warm Audio EQP-WA

    Valve Equaliser

    No-one has come near to producing a convincing copy of a Pultec EQP-1A at a wallet-friendly price. Until now!

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    Xaudia Mount-A-Mic

    Microphone Mount

    Study photos of recording sessions from the ‘60s and ‘70s, and you’ll often look in vain for a microphone shockmount.

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    Yamaha DBR12 & DBR15

    Active PA Speakers

    We put the largest models in Yamaha’s new DBR range to the test at a real-world gig, where they proved more than equal to the task.

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Techniques

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    Al Schmitt: Recording Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night

    Inside Track: Secrets Of A Mix Engineer

    Bob Dylan’s album of Sinatra covers is an unlikely triumph. So good, in fact, that it didn’t need mixing!

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    Joined–up Thinking

    Reaper Tips & Techniques

    How to join split stereo files together.

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    Media Content - May

    Audio files to accompany the relevant articles.

    This page contains a directory of all media pages that hold the associated media for May 2015

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    Mix Rescue: Bruks

    Russian pop/rock band Bruks

    When a mix project takes you out of your comfort zone, it’s vital to know that you can trust what you’re hearing.

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    Mix Rescue: Bruks | Media

    Hear For Yourself

    Audio files to accompany the article.

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    Modular Living

    Ableton Live Tips & Techniques

    We investigate a new modular Live instrument.

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    Pro Tools Time-Correction Functions

    Pro Tools Tips & Techniques

    For the most effective time correction in Pro Tools, you need to choose your weapon carefully...

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    Rise Of The Machine

    Logic Tips & Techniques

    Get to grips with Logic 10.1’s new beat-making facilities and Drum Machine Designer instrument.

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    Strike A Chord

    Cubase Tips & Techniques

    Stuck in a songwriting rut? Cubase’s Chord Pads and Chord Assistant can help you out.

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    The Low Down

    Studio One Tips & Techniques

    We continue our catalogue of crafty Studio One techniques for better bass sounds.

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    Top Brass: Part 1

    Arranging For Brass

    This new four-part series explains all you need to know about creating brass arrangements for a range of genres.

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