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Review | Oct 21, 2015 by Toby Pitman

Spitfire Audio's Symphonic Strings Vol. 1 and 2 hit all the right notes with their exploration of lesser sampled orchestral music articulations. Toby Pitman finds out if Volume 3 deserves an encore.

Tutorial | Oct 21, 2015 by G.W. Childs IV

Buying brand new gear is lovely, but uncovering a gem from used, vintage music hardware can be even more satisfying. Here's 7 tips to help you evaluate good gear from lemons saving you money & time!

News | Oct 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Pioneer DJ RMX-1000 is now available for iPad! Not only can you process your tracks in iTunes with RMX-1000 effects, but you can do so to your own music thanks to Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support.

News | Oct 21, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Comprising 17 plugins, many of which are authentic re-creations of legendary hardware, Eventide tell us sounds from Anthology X have been heard on countless hit records. Excited? We are...

News | Oct 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

There's over 1,700 hours of music production video courses in the Ask.Audio Academy & more being added every week. It makes it the ultimate resource for all producers looking to amp up their skills.

Tutorial | Oct 20, 2015 by Joe Albano

Shaping the tone and sound of an instrument can be achieved using EQ plugins. But, there are potential pitfalls waiting round every mixing corner. Here's 6 EQing mistakes to avoid during mix down.

News | Oct 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Zerodebug announced today that in honor of touchAble's fifth birthday, it is offering 5 days of special deals and discount on its IOS controller app dedicated to Ableton Live. Celebration time!

Tutorial | Oct 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

GarageBand is more powerful than many producers give it credit for. Maybe because it’s free with every Mac? Here’s how to record different takes in one session and then comp them for perfect results.

News | Oct 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

IK Multimedia's new iRig Mic Lav mobile lavalier mirophone is out. And IK tells us you can chain two together, monitor them all on you mobile device. IK Multimedia's press release has more info.

News | Oct 20, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Navi Retlav  Studios have released a new experimental impulse responses library suitable for use in any convolution reverb unit available as Wav and ReFill.

Review | Oct 19, 2015 by Matt Vanacoro

If you'd like a studio condenser microphone with a raft of interchangeable capsules for a multitude of possible sounds when recording, then Blue Mic's Bottle Rocket Mic Locker might be for you.

Tutorial | Oct 19, 2015 by Darren Burgos

Logic Pro X's Alchemy is a powerful synth in its own right. But, with its ability to re-generate user loaded audio samples and to spectrally synthesis images Alchemy becomes something truly unique.

News | Oct 19, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Ableton Live. Probably the people’s fave DAW for electronic music production & performance. It’s lean, easy to use and powerful. But, maybe it's a good time for a new GUI? Vlad Shagov thinks so.

Tutorial | Oct 19, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

In this excellent video tutorial on displacement, from the full music theory rhythm explored course, Jordan Rudess shows how it works and how to use both accents and chords to good effect.

News | Oct 18, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

What do you get when you put 18 of the hottest modular synthesizer makers under one roof in Brooklyn on an October weekend? A synth fair called Machines In Music. Here's a video of the event.