Audio Software

Tutorial | Jul 01, 2011 by Scott Freiman

If you thought GarageBand could only playback samples then you're in for a pleasant surprise. In GarageBand '11 it's possible to create a simple sampler instrument featuring any sounds you want!

Tutorial | Jun 30, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

In the last Reaper tutorial, we covered hardware MIDI devices, and Monitoring. In this tutorial, we'll be setting up Virtual Instruments and FX. Because we need both of these...

Tutorial | Jun 29, 2011 by Toby Pitman

I very much doubt that when Tadao Kikumoto designed Roland's TB-303 in the early 80s, he knew that he would be starting a cultural revolution! On its release in 1981...

Tip | Jun 28, 2011 by Mike Watkinson

Traditionally if you were into audio you chose Pro Tools. If you used MIDI, you reached for Logic. This DAW polarized view has no relevance with Pro Tools 9, though! Read on...

Tip | Jun 26, 2011 by Mo Volans

Sometimes the simplest processor can be the best one for the job. To demonstrate this theory I'll be covering the legendary SPL (Sound Performance Lab) Transient Designer...

Tip | Jun 25, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Clean & pristine sound is the Holy Grail of music production. But Lo-fi productions have that much more character and help your music stand out from the digital crowd.

Tutorial | Jun 23, 2011 by Mo Volans

If you were wise enough to opt for the larger '˜Studio' bundle when you purchased Logic you will probably already know that the package includes several applications. One of these extra apps is...

Tutorial | Jun 22, 2011 by Richard Lainhart

In Part 2 of this Quick Tutorial, we'll be looking at how to reproduce another synth sound from a recent pop hit...

Tutorial | Jun 21, 2011 by Mike Watkinson

The Beat Detective window in Pro Tools is a really useful collection of tools and processes, which comes onto its own when you need to '˜fix' the timing of recorded audio, especially drums.

Tip | Jun 20, 2011 by Toby Pitman

In the second part of this walk-through of Logic's Advanced Quantization features we're going to have a look at probably the most useful and powerful feature

Tip | Jun 18, 2011 by Rounik Sethi

When it comes to automating effects and instrument parameters over time, Logic gives the end user a lot of excellent choices. For example, it's possible to use Hyper Draw (Region-based automation)...

Tip | Jun 17, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

If you've been checking out the new series on Thor, you're hopefully becoming aware of how versatile this synth actually is. You're also probably learning how cool...

Tip | Jun 17, 2011 by Mo Volans

Cut and paste editing is a pretty broad subject, simply because the possibilities are almost limitless. So with this in mind, we'll just concentrate on a workflow...

Tip | Jun 17, 2011 by Richard Lainhart

In Part 1 of this Quick Tutorial, we'll be looking at how to reproduce a synth sound from a recent pop hit, The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)"...

Tutorial | Jun 16, 2011 by Mo Volans

Reason users have had access to the excellent M-Class mastering processors for a while now, but due to the lack of audio support users were limited to only mastering material that had been created...