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Creating and Manipulating Drum Loops
A little sample manipulation and processing can help create your perfect drum loop. We wield the scissors and the paste pot...
Drum tracks form the...
Sample editing
The manipulation of audio samples is an integral part of the music process. We describe the essential functions you'll find in most audio editors...
Producing a Hit Song – A Step-by-Step Tutorial
If it's near Christmas, you might want to read this first.
This Tutorial was written using Steinberg’s Cubasis VST, the forerunner of Cubase SE 3....
12 Top Tips on how to get that Pro Sound
Mixing with the best
EQ
1) If you have a loose, muddy bass sound the best thing to do is to record it again properly....
Can you mix on headphones? 4 solid reasons why you should!
Headphones or monitors? The question used to divide much of the mixing community – and probably still does – but recent developments in music-listening...
Computer Music – Getting Started!
All You Need Is A Computer!
Life can be so unfair. Just because you can't sing or play an instrument, why can't you be a...
Interview: George Perks, Producer at The Crypt Studio
Nestled away in the leafy splendour of North London's crouch end lies 'The Crypt': a beautiful studio housed inside a converted stone church. It is here that George...
Interview: David Booth, The Recording Booth
For the second of our series of interviews with leading industry professionals we're speaking to someone who offers something a little extra to everyone...
Guide to creating the perfect mix revamped and released for FREE
Several years ago we wrote a guide that we felt answered the questions people who were new to the world of mixing might have....
Audio Restoration – a master class
Steve Rosenthal gives an audio restoration master class
In the latest instalment of the Gear Club podcast four-time Grammy Award winner Steve Rosenthal shares a whole...
