June 2019 Magazine Contents

This 6HP module is specifically set up as a hi-fi, low‑noise, two‑channel (stereo) audio recorder with a basic playback facility.

Akai Pro have distilled the best of their technologies into a stand-alone clip- and scene-based performance and production workstation.

With its built-in analogue compressor, Apogee's latest USB mic aims to give you radio-ready recordings straight out of the box.

Arturia throw out the synthesizer rulebook with an instrument that dares to be different.

Sanitise dirty talk on the spot with Audionamix's effective and easy-to-use plug-in.

With its world-class mics, rugged carry case and comprehensive accessories, Audix's DP7 is a one-stop shop for drum recording.

Designed both with both podcasters and home-studio owners on tighter budgets in mind, Blue's Ember is a transformerless, fixed...

This book claims to be "the most comprehensive guide to becoming successful in the Film/TV/Media industry, as told by 65 thriving professionals in mini interviews."

If you use effects pedals, whether on stage or in the studio, running them from a high-quality power supply is essential to...

Eventide's most powerful ever Harmonizer crams half a century of effects know‑how into a unit that's elegant, easy to use and — thanks to its upgradeability — completely futureproof.

Extinct Audio's excellent BM9 ribbon mic is now joined by a stereo version, and a ruggedised edition designed for loud sources. We put them to the test.

Focal's new flagship monitor combines pioneering technology from their previous models with newly designed drivers. The result? A classy, powerful and revealing monitor worthy of any studio control room.

Taking the design of the original Minilogue and features from the Prologue, does the XD offer the ideal balance between function and price?

Listing of all SOS June 2019 articles with accompanying media files.

Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. A Psaltered Zither should make it much easier for musicians to include zither playing in their compositions...

These new controller instruments make NI's tight hardware/software integration more portable and affordable than ever before.

NUGEN Audio's SigMod VST3 plug-in is designed to be a sort of toolbox that provides an extremely flexible set of routing and...

Numerical Audio will probably be known to keen iOS recordists through developer Kai Aras' earlier apps such as RP‑1 and...

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. Pop Strings UK (6.4GB installed) is a collection of 48kHz WAV audio files — no sampler required, you just drag the WAVs into your DAW, set the song tempo and off you go.

Prism is an 12HP effect module capable of combining three distinct elements: delay, filter and decimation.

Radial's newest problem-solver could prove indispensible to gigging keyboardists.

Need percussive noise on a budget? Look no further...

Rob Papen's versatile Rack Extension vector synth has been reborn as a plug-in.

Rating: **** 5/5 Stars. This library delivers big, bad (in a good way) drum and percussion sounds designed for epic TV and film music creation.

Built to Schlappi's same exacting standards, this all-analogue module can be an oscillator, LFO, filter or waveshaper...

Steinberg's Cubasis is one of the more popular and powerful DAWs/sequencers for the iPad — and since its first release, this...

This isn't Strymon's first analogue-modelling delay pedal... but it may well be their best!

Two Notes' latest device offers serious power-amp and cabinet modelling in a convenient stompbox format.

VSL push out the boat with hall-recorded rock power drums and two top of the range grand pianos.

We look at a free MFL device that can breathe new life into tired loops.

Change the look and feel of Cakewalk to suit your workflow.

VariAudio 3's Smart Controls make possible much more than just pitch correction. Read the article and watch the videos.

If you're a magazine newsstand buyer and don't have access to the web articles, here are the 5 videos to accompany this issue's Cubase Pro techniques column.

Manon Grandjean not only recorded and mixed the chart-topping debut by UK rapper Dave — she also mastered it!

We explain how to get Ambisonics working in Logic Pro X.

Despite the bewildering array of plug-ins now available, mixing still requires you to exercise good judgement with the basics of EQ and compression.

Listen to the audio examples that accompany this month's Mix Rescue.

Multi-select menus are one of many subtle but invaluable improvements that Avid have made to the Pro Tools user interface.

We explore real-world uses for Studio One's tempo-tweaking tools.

I'm having real difficulty routing a source track to FabFilter's side-chain when using Reaper. Has anyone done this before?

I have a Roland RC‑30 looper pedal, but I want to be able to use a single microphone, set up so that I can use a foot pedal to switch the mic from the PA to the looper...

If I were ever asked to participate in the TV programme Room 101, I could find plenty of things to rant about...

Engineer Matt Wiggins has worked with everyone who's anyone — and knows that he needs to be prepared for anything!

To help you brush up on your listening skills, we examine the production of some recent hits from Lewis Capaldi, Brandi Carlile, and Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus. Our classic mix is Bobbie Gentry's 1967 country music hit.

“Garage band sessions, where the drums have been mixed on a single microphone, embody honesty and humanity.”

From Frank Sinatra to the Beach Boys, Iron Maiden to Arcade Fire, LA's famous Capitol Studios has played host to the world's greatest talents for more than 60 years. Sound On Sound visited the iconic building for an exclusive tour.

Monitors are better than they've ever been — but they're still the weakest link in most studios. We trace the technology from its roots in the 1930s, and find out whether there's a DSP revolution on the way.

Mix With The Masters celebrates its 10th year of existence in 2019, and its 100th one-week seminar.

Ever wondered how plug-in companies recreate classic outboard gear in your DAW? We take a peek into Softube's modelling lab to find out.