September 2018 Magazine Contents

Billed as “three filters you’ll actually use”, Arturia’s plug‑in trilogy is modelled on the filter sections found in three...

This ‘trainable’ convolution-based device promises to make your piezo-pickup signal sound like your own miked-up instrument.

This little module combines quiet, clean electronics with a characterful bucket-brigade delay line.

Eduardo Tarilonte’s libraries always guarantee something special and unusual. Focusing heavily on instruments of ethnic origins and the past, they’re a goldmine for anyone scoring for movies, games or any music that needs a touch of magic.

Electro-Harmonix’s Oceans 11 reverb pedal offer you the classic Hall, Plate and Spring options, plus modulated reverbs, pitch-shifted reverb, reverb/delay, reverse reverb, a Shimmer patch, and an infinite reverb mode...

Elektron’s latest compact groove station takes a welcome new look at FM.

Focal’s newest Shape-series speaker boasts a host of unusual design features — which combine to make an unusually good monitor!

Gothic Instruments have been wasting no time in adding to their list of sound modules for Dronar. At the time of writing, the release of Metal & Glass represents the eighth module within the series.

We paired up HH’s premium Tessen-X speakers with two active 18-inch subwoofers — and tried them out at an outdoor festival.

IK Multimedia have launched a collection of Leslie cabinet emulations, designed in collaboration with Hammond USA and Suzuki...

Is the Kordbot a chord generator? An arpeggiator? A MIDI controller? It’s all three...

Lewitt’s new mid-priced mic is a classy and versatile affair that acquits itself well on a wide range of sources.

Don’t be misled by the colourful panel and eccentric name — the Moog Grandmother is a serious and capable synthesizer.

MOTU’s 828 series has been a valuable studio workhorse for nearly two decades, and the latest is the best one yet.

Output’s new subscription-only instrument offers creative loop manipulation and an ever-expanding library of sounds.

This large hammered dulcimer library runs on the full version of Kontakt 4.2.4 and higher (though not on the free Kontakt player), occupies 2.6GB of disk space and costs less than 50 quid.

Strymon’s effect pedals are revered and rumours of Eurorack versions generated a degree of anticipation. The first module released is Magneto, an echo machine based on tape simulation, with four playback heads, phrase sampling, looping and a lush spring reverb.

Envy is a pitch and modulation plug‑in designed to apply the characteristics of one sound to another.

Along with classic sci-fi films like War Of The Worlds (1953) and Forbidden Planet (1956), the Star Wars film franchise (1977...

This stereo effects processor uses a cartridge system to provide a growing number of new effect algorithms and is Tiptop Audio’s 2018 update to a very successful digital Eurorack module first released back in 2009.

To create Dream Machine, EZKeys engineers Mikael Stenberg and Viktor Hansson combined samples of a Fender Rhodes Mark 7 with those of a Schiedmayer Celeste, having discovered that the two instruments complimented each other extremely well.

Don’t have a great-sounding room? Can’t turn your amp up to get the sounds you want? Want to turn down your speaker without sacrificing your tube amp’s tonality? Maybe this changes everything...

This enhancer plug‑in can target specific parts of the audio spectrum, presenting a user interface that operates much like a five‑band, boost‑only parametric equaliser...

Drop Kick uses a small pickup/mic underneath that amplifies the acoustic sound when you tap your foot on the ‘pedal’...

By allowing for complex arrangements and the use of audio, MIDI hardware and software plug-ins and instruments, ZenAudio’s unique software platform breaks the boundaries of loop performance.

Zoom’s original F8 impressed us enormously — and now they’ve made it even better!

A new ‘magic mastering’ plug-in from Zynaptiq promises to improve almost any mix, with minimal user input.

There’s more to Cakewalk’s automation than just moving faders!

When building Macros gets tough, the tough get going with Cubase’s Project Logical Editor.

Digital Performer’s Chunks window makes it easy to reorder, build, and recombine musical material.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z topped charts worldwide with their album Everything Is Love. Stu White was the engineer who made it possible.

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A little planning can help you get up and running quickly with mix projects transferred from other DAWs.

You can do so much more with noise gates and expanders than nix unwanted noise...

How to connect multi-channel gate sequencers like Lectric Panda’s CVPT to any instrument or plug-in in Reason.

Use Step FX in Logic Pro X to add rhythmic interest to synth and keyboard parts.

Studio One v4 makes it easy to transfer material between Songs, and even to or from other DAWs. Let's explore how...

I have a question regarding the Grace Design m201 mic preamp, and specifically its Mid-Sides matrix rotary switch, which...

Do you know where I can find a schematic for the TL Audio 5001 mic preamp?

In the review of LUFS Meter in June 2018 [you can read the review here:www...

Success as a songwriter didn’t fulfil Niles Hollowell-Dhar, so he reinvented himself as KSHMR to conquer the world of EDM.

Do you have studio issues that we might be able to help with and that could be realistically tackled in a day? Please get in touch...

Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: Portugal The Man, Lost Frequencies & Zonderling, Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, Jay-Z and Run-DMC.

Over the last few years, while so many musicians are bemoaning the death of their own CD sales and the singular lack of income...

Does AI threaten to put us all out of our jobs — or will it simply make us better at doing them? We talked to the developers leading the AI revolution in music.

Hyde Street Studios are under near-constant threat, but their owner’s enthusiasm and tenacity are prevailing.

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordan Hamlin leads us on a tour of MØXE, taking in some ingenious and hand-made acoustic treatment, and she explains the design and ethos behind this unique, residential recording facility outside of Nashville, TN.

This central Berlin studio was founded in 1985 by musician, engineer and producer Klaus Knapp, who also worked at the famous Hansa Studios at the time...