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 | Too Much Information : In a world where bling is king, amassing
more stuff than your neighbor is
the surest path to celebrity. But do
more tracks ensure more-better
recordings? Layering sounds is a
time-honored | | | Presonus Studio One Pro: Set up a hardware control surface for more expressive control : OBJECTIVE: Control various parameters within Studio One Pro using a hardware control surface.
BACKGROUND: Studio One Pro’s “Control Link” protocol makes it easy to define controllers on a control | | | Omnidirectional Bliss : An omnidirectional microphone
“hears” sound from every direction,
so it wouldn’t seem like the best
choice for capturing clear, clean, and
isolated vocals in the studio, and only
a lunatic would | | | Big Booms In Small Places : Recording huge drum sounds in a
home studio is something like The
Ultimate Struggle. You typically don’t
have fabulous microphones, and the
recording space is usually your dining
room, living | | | Taming The Wild Leslie Cabinet : A guitar pushing a Leslie cabinet to
its full-tilt-boogie max is an experience
to behold. The sound appears
to emanate from multiple locations,
slathering a searing solo with a delicious
| | | Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4: Warp and process drum loops in new, original ways : OBJECTIVE: Take advantage of Guitar Rig 4’s features to modify drum loops—expressively—in real time.
BACKGROUND: Guitar Rig’s “Pre” Tape Deck feature makes it easy to load drum loops, which you can | | | Nylon String : Guitar Perfection : Assuming you want perfect, of course.
Part of what makes the nylon
string guitar such an interesting
instrument is that it has a rich vocabulary
of artifacts, from fret buzzes to
slides to | | | Steinberg Cubase 5 : Use External Hardware As A VST Plug-in : OBJECTIVE: Add hardware processing to Cubase’s virtual environment.
BACKGROUND: You’re not restricted to using virtual plug-ins within Cubase; you can also integrate external hardware devices,
like | | | Propellerhead Record : Make Groovy MIDI Sequences With The ReGroove Mixer : OBJECTIVE: Turn stiff MIDI parts into music that grooves and swings.
BACKGROUND: The ReGroove mixer is a powerful tool for adding humanization and expressiveness to MIDI parts. It has two
options: | | | 4 Common Pre-Mastering Mistakes : Prepping your final mixes for a professional
mastering session may be
somewhat confusing if you’re used to
mastering your tracks yourself (a
process where you’re the boss and
anything goes), or | | | Microphone Selection : Every vocalist is different. Way different.
There are the kind that make you
cry—either because they sing like
angels, or because they’re so awful
that their caterwauling makes your
cerebral | | | Super-Quick EQ Fixes : Recording drums in personal environments
such as rehearsal spaces,
garages, and living rooms can be a
bitch. Big-studio engineers often
have marvelously tuned acoustic
areas and cabinets full of | | | Supercharge Your Daw! : You’ve created default templates,
devised a perfect set of keyboard
shortcuts, and—gasp!—even read the
manual in order to take advantage of
all those cool DAW features you
wouldn’t know about | | | Cakewalk Sonar 8.5-Record more spontaneously with the new Matrix View : OBJECTIVE: Create loop-based music and rhythm tracks in a non-linear, more performance-oriented fashion that
encourages improvisation.
BACKGROUND: Sonar 8.5’s Matrix View integrates with the Track | | | Digidesign Pro Tools 8-Use the new compositing features in version 8 to create the perfect take : OBJECTIVE: Record multiple takes of an audio track, then assemble the best bits from each take into a final, composite track.
BACKGROUND: Pro Tools 8 (HD, LE, or M-Powered) includes a much simpler | | | More |
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