January 2019 Magazine Contents

We put ADAM's debut headphones to the test.

This compact yet powerful console puts Allen & Heath's touring-grade processing into a much more affordable package.

Buzz update a characterful concept to create a compressor that's capable of both vintage and modern sounds.

Does EastWest's new collection of impulse responses take reverb to the final frontier?

Thankfully Bassline is not a TB‑303 clone: its acidic pedigree is very much its own.

Eventide have finally landed in the sweet‑smelling meadows of Euroland with the Euro DDL, the beating heart of an Eventide digital delay in Eurorack format.

The SOS editors take you through their favourite hardware and software of the last 12 months.

From treated trombones to tweaked-out trumpets, Heavyocity's Forzo provides a 21st Century take on virtual brass.

IK Multimedia's UNO packs a surprisingly capable analogue monosynth into an attractively priced and eminently portable box.

This pedal puts Line 6's flagship Helix processing in a compact stompbox.

Offering polyphonic pitch tracking without needing a special pickup, this versatile pedal lets guitarists enter the world of synthesis.

It's hard to imagine any modular system not benefiting from a dash of randomness; Marbles offers three streams of triggers/gates and four voltages...

Oeksound's Spiff represents a new take on transient processing, which opens up some intriguing possibilities in mixing and mastering.

This is a reverb pedal which most definitely falls into the 'not as we know it' category — the Dark Star is really a tool for...

Can a single DAW really perform well on laptop, tablet and mobile phone?

With their usual idiosyncratic approach to audio, OTO Machines have created a processor that will surprise and delight.

Solo Violin A contains the simplest of instruments: an effective legato violin patch.

If action and thriller soundtracks are your thing, then Red Room Audio’s Saga Acoustic Trailer Percussion might well appeal....

This handy gadget aims to take all the hard work out of tuning your stringed instruments.

Rode's computer recording package offers top value for amateur and professional alike.

Xosphere 2 is based around four sound processors, complemented by an X/Y pad that allows the user to fluidly modulate between them in real time.

Tremotron can emulate an amplifier’s tremolo effect but it also has the unusual ability to run two tremolos at a time to create more rhythmic modulations.

This four-stage analogue phase-shifter pedal delivers the kind of chewy swirl that we all know and love...

This EZdrummer expansion pack blends processed and synthetic sounds with orchestral percussion and vintage drum machines...

Yamaha's seriously capable MODX is a Montage for the masses.

The LiveTrak L‑12 ticked a lot of boxes for a lot of people. Could the L‑20 tick the rest?

Find out how to prepare your Instrument Rack for performance in Live.

TTS‑1 is over 14 years old, still on version 1.00 and comes bundled free with BandLab. Yet to dismiss it would be a mistake, because the TTS‑1 has a number of really useful mobile-friendly features.

How to set up a multiband mastering project template in Cubase.

The success of Greta Van Fleet reflects not only the enduring appeal of heavy rock but the timeless virtues of classic recording techniques!

Logic's Legacy plug-ins offer some great music-making tools — you just need to know where to look...

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Unfinished business: our engineer reworks a track he produced several years ago, and finds he'd left himself with plenty more to do!

The latest Pro Tools release gives subscribers a wealth of
 new plug-ins to enjoy.

The latest juicy Reason 10.2 update serves up a generous scoop of workflow smoothers.

GSI Studios is an artist-run facility in Manhattan and one that takes piano recording very seriously. Watch our video and learn how Head Engineer Josh Giunta lifts the lid on his process for capturing the optimum piano sound...

Getting a big‑sounding drum recording in a small space is never easy — but it can be done...

Audio & Video Files to accompany this month's Session Notes article.

Studio One's ability to make many plug-ins work as one can save you a lot of time and effort.

What should I do if my home studio's window is located at a mirror point?

What is the best tape to use for sticking to mixers and writing down what each channel is being used for?

Catherine Marks trained in one of the world's most demanding professions — then gave it all up to make tea in a studio...

How does the manufacturer of a DAW, plug-in or app go about setting a pricefor that software?

Prog-rock wunderkind Steven Wilson is using his studio skills to give legendary rock albums a new lease of life.

We examine the production of some recent hits from: Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B • Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels • Drake and a Classic Mix: Bryan Adams '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' (1991).

"I have resisted the explosion in modular, monosynths, polysynths and gizmos... because of the lack of focus they inflict."

Drum & bass phenomenon Wilkinson tells us how his live show evolved from a simple DJ setup to a seven-piece band.