August 2017 Magazine Contents

Accusonus’ innovative sampling instrument goes way beyond conventional slicing and dicing, to extract individual drum hits from loops.

Bringing the 099 to market took 15 years of ingenuity and application — and the result offers far more than a typical Fairchild clone.

Arturia’s first foray into the world of audio interfaces squeezes a huge amount of connectivity into a compact desktop box.

The Footprint 01 is Barefoot’s most affordable monitor yet. Does it give away much in terms of performance?

In designing the Blurst, Electro-Harmonix have essentially built a synth-style resonant, fourth-order, low-pass filter and put it into a guitar/bass pedal.

Electro-Harmonix’s Canyon is a delay/looper, but it goes the extra mile, packing a wide repertoire of delay effects into its compact pedal format.

The latest product to bear the Electrodyne name combines classic ‘70s console summing with modern connectivity for use with DAWs.

Focal’s latest speaker design isn’t just pretty — it’s the culmination of years of R&D...

This is most certainly not just another orchestral string library. Indeed, what’s perhaps most impressive with Dronar is just how far the playback engine can take its original sample source and in how many directions.

Whether you’re a professional working in post-production or a humble home studio user, there’s a version of iZotope’s RX restoration software to suit you.

Another seriously compact offering from Belgium, Logica Gater, is a combined logic and gate module.

Are Korg’s Bluetooth Nanos the ultimate mobile MIDI controllers?

There are plenty of reasons to feed MIDI data into your Eurorack; Mono-MIDI offers traditional CV and Gate outs plus arpeggiator...

Its first makeover under new ownership sees Magix’s Mac editing package team up with some powerful partners.

What matters in today’s music business is not how loud your mixes are, but how dynamic. This clever new plug-in helps you get them into the zone.

Mojave’s latest mic combines the vintage tone of Telefunken’s classic ELA-M 251 with modern, low-noise performance.

Could a mash-up of Novation’s Circuit and Bass Station II with a pinch of modular connectivity be the perfect recipe for the modern monosynth?

Boasting an array of unusual and impressive features, this British high-quality channel strip really stands out from the crowd.

Can Polyend’s MIDI-powered mechanical drummer replace the real thing?

Subtitled ‘the other film orchestra’, the focus is once again on the jazzy film and TV scores of the ’60s, epitomised by the likes of Mancini, Schifrin, Barry and Goldsmith.

Does this Polish plug-in capture the character of an American classic?

Allegedly inspired by John Cage’s interpretation of the Chinese divination text, I Ching, random voltages are generated by Chance for each digitally-generated coin toss...

ROTOR is the latest release by Barcelona-based Reactable Systems, and brings another slice of their attention-grabbing virtual modular synth to a wider audience.

In this book, Grammy Award-winning engineer Richard King reveals the nuts and bolts of his own recording, editing, and mixing methods for a wide range of classical ensembles.

Soma Laboratory’s Lyra-8 may force you to reconsider everything you think you know about synthesizers.

Serbian company Sonic Dune have augmented the classic Neve 1073 design to offer the user both practical and tonal options.

This classy all-in-one stagebox-cum-mixer combines some of Harman’s most highly regarded technology — to great success!

When it comes to virtual effects and instruments, Sugar Bytes don’t really do ‘normal’. Even Unique, on the surface a pretty conventional-looking software synth, manages to pack in a twist or two...

The latest release in the series is Twelve String Electric, which conjures the sound of late-’60s pop like almost no other instrument.

UJAM expand their virtual guitar repertoire with two new instruments.

Subtitled ‘essential tuned percussion’, this Kontakt-hosted collection of instruments offers Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Glass Marimba, Song Bells, Vibraphone and Crotales.

Re-sculpt your bass guitar recordings with DI simulation, insert effects and part doubling in Logic Pro X.

Drum recording can be challenging, even if you’re working in a professional tracking studio. Record drums at home or in a...

The Beatles’ iconic Sgt. Pepper’s album was mixed twice on its original release. So why mix it again, 50 years on?

We look at how to tame unruly instruments in Ableton Live.

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How do you go about translating one of the most iconic studio albums of all time to the stage? We speak to FOH engineer/production manager Clint Boire about the 50th-anniversary tour of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds.

We serve up a tempting menu of little-known Pro Tools tips, including some new features in 12.6.

Recording a mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment presents a unique set of challenges for our in-house engineer.

Stretch, shrink and manipulate MIDI data with Sonar’s new Transform tool.

The new Studio One v3.5 upgrade is short on gimmicks and long on real improvements. Here’s what’s new.

As well as tackling monitoring issues, this month’s Studio SOS visit sees the team making extensive modifications to a leaky vocal booth.

Adding strings to an arrangement is a great way to inject motion into your music.

Live loop triggering may not be Cubase’s raison d’être, but it can be done...

Reason has finally embraced VST support. We tell you what you need to know...

I’d like to get a mic for sound-design work. Specifically, I wish to record quiet sounds, amplify them and mangle them...

Why is it that reverb is so much more audible on good headphones than good speakers? Is it to do with the ambient noise or reflections in the room?

Star producer Ariel Rechtshaid inhabits many different musical worlds at once. No wonder he’s busy...

We are very used to computers running fixed programs such as DAWs and plug-ins to accomplish specific recording and processing...

It is time that we developed a new series of universally recognised credits that better reflect the skill and effort required to create a modern album.

This month: Julia Michaels • Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber • DJ Khaled • Future • Classic Mix: The Monkees ‘I’m A Believer' (1967).

How can you ensure that your library music hits the spot? What better way to find out than to ask the people who buy it!

When people are paying peanuts, they’ll treat you like a monkey.

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” — Corinthians 13:13

Mothballed for over three decades and reopened two years ago, Valentine is a time capsule of awe-inspiring completeness, providing us with a clear window into a great era of record-making.