November 2017 Magazine Contents

Ancient Era Persia focuses on the Middle East, expanding on developer Eduardo Tarilonte’s earlier Desert Winds collection, and includes all four of the wind instruments contained in that library.

Audio Damage have started to take a pretty serious interest in iOS, porting a number of their desktop plug-ins to the mobile platform.

We’ve reviewed a number of ‘blue box’ Cloudlifter ‘mic activators’ before, and we’ve...

Creating genuine and controllable guitar feedback has always presented a challenge, and few pedal or plug-in designers have...

For 20 years or so the A110 has been the company's basic voltage-controlled oscillator. Aware that there were more possibilities for VCO modules, Doepfer have very helpfully now released three new versions. Here, we take a quick look at the new A110-2.

Drawmer’s latest monitor controller puts the same impressive audio quality as their MC2.1 into a new desktop format.

Expressive E’s Touché is a hardware controller like no other.

The Strum Buddy is a miniature solid-state guitar amp with built-in speaker.

When compromise isn’t an option, Fohhn’s new high-tech PA speaker will deliver the goods — for those who can afford it...

The LS6 combines old-school BBC-style monitor design with modern driver technology to deliver a very classy loudspeaker indeed.

Harrison’s MixBus promises the sound and user experience of a large-format console, at approximately one-thousandth the price!

Heavyocity take a fresh approach to orchestral strings with their Novo instrument.

With its 15-inch woofer and flexible on-board DSP, HH’s new powered PA speaker offers a lot of bang for your buck!

There are plenty of Kontakt-based virtual instruments using sound engines that blend multiple samples. Luftrum’s take on this approach is Lunaris, which offers the user a source of pad sounds.

M-Audio’s Hammer 88 is a fully weighted 88-note keyboard with a very attractive price tag.

Have you ever craved the ability to use software plug-ins or MaxMSP patches on stage — without the bother of a computer?

Moog’s bovine bass synth just keeps getting better.

Pioneer’s new groovebox is a Dave Smith synth in DJ’s clothing.

Radikal Technologies, best known for the Spectralis 2 synth/sampler/sequencer, have entered Eurorack with a distinctive...

Small company Rakit are making a big noise with their new drum synth.

A major update to Rob Papen’s unique reverb plug-in gives it even more creative sound-design potential.

Electro City is a follow-up to Sample Logic’s Rhythmology. It uses the same Kontakt-based front end to provide loop...

Samplecraze have recently refocused their web site around a host of producer and sound-design video tutorials, with Samplecraze’s founder (and SOS contributor) Eddie Bazil at the helm.

Ever dreamed of having a robotic studio assistant? Polish company ShroomTech have made that dream a reality...

Sonokinetic turn their usual high standards towards something more sinister...

More keenly priced than many Sound Devices products, the MixPre-3 nonetheless offers exceptional sound quality and functionality.

This stylish Russian-made microphone certainly looks the business — but can it compete with the classics?

There are countless 500-series mic preamps, equalisers, dynamics processors, reverbs, and even delays, bitcrushers and A-D...

The StompLight takes the leg-work out of stage lighting — by putting the controls at your feet!

Townsend Labs’ Sphere L22 boldly goes where no mic emulation system has gone before!

Keeping the BBC’s flagship classical music show at the top of its game requires serious engineering skill — and the ability to cope with the unexpected!

Vocal perfection means timing correction — and Cubase’s AudioWarp gives you the tools you need.

Getting the tonality of your mix right is one of the most challenging aspects of home mastering. Thankfully, ‘profiling EQ’ plug-ins can help.

The success of Kesha’s ‘Praying’ justified the lengths that Jon Castelli went to to get the perfect mix — eventually!

Pair Track Stacks with Smart Controls to create unique layered instruments in Logic!

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Cappellino is one of Nashville’s most respected engineers. In this second video, we go behind the scenes and gain unprecedented access to a vocal recording and comping session with singer Heather Bond. Pick up useful tips for speeding through vocal recording while achieving a great result and find out how Neal puts together the perfect take.

Bring a new dimension to your Pro Tools mixes by integrating outboard hardware.

We examine the creative possibilities of Re-slicing audio in Ableton Live.

Create custom kits with Sonar’s Session Drummer 3.

Pro7ect 2017: producer Ian Wallman describes a unique collaborative project in an unusual space!

Take advantage of Studio One’s versatile modulation features to make your synth parts more expressive.

Creative woodwind writing is the orchestral arranger’s secret weapon.

Why do people recommend a condenser microphone over a dynamic? I know it’s an idiot question, but I’m new to...

I have a very high quality D-A converter that boasts particularly low clock-jitter figures, so I thought it would be an ideal candidate to serve as a master clock — yet it doesn’t have a word-clock output socket!

Getting your music online has never been easier, though making any money from it might be more of a challenge. However, the...

German producer Zedd has become a star by bringing musicality to electronic dance music.

Will non-AI mixing become the new vintage?

Brush up on your listening skills, as we deconstruct some tracks from a production and arrangement perspective.

There’s a lot of money to be made writing music for movie trailers — so you have to be good. Have you got what it takes?

Berlin has become a major hub for the creative industries in recent years, and its importance extends far beyond German or...

The joy of working in an abstract medium is that everyone will find their own meaning in your music.

The field of game audio is in the process of levelling up...