Audio Software

Tip | Mar 27, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

With current drum plug-ins, sample-based MIDI instruments and virtual studios, it's very, very easy to emulate having a real drummer. This is especially cool when you're the lone guy with a laptop. Re

Tip | Mar 26, 2011 by Mo Volans

Delay is one of the most useful spatial effects at our disposal but often the effect can sound a little generic in nature. To add an extra edge to your delays you can combine different processes and e

Tutorial | Mar 24, 2011 by Mo Volans

If you are not familiar with buss processing it is simply a technique that involves processing an entire group (or buss) of instruments at once. This could be two guitars, fifteen drum parts or an ent

Tutorial | Mar 15, 2011 by Tobias Escher

When you have finished a piece in Sibelius, chances are high that you will want to create a recording of some sorts of it, either for yourself or for others to listen to. In this tutorial I will show

Tutorial | Mar 11, 2011 by Mo Volans

It's highly likely that everyone reading this uses reverb in their mixes and it's also almost certain that you all have a studio quality reverb processor bundled with your favorite DAW software. Altho

Tutorial | Mar 06, 2011 by Andrew Turner

Musicians have documented their compositions on sheet music for possibly thousands of years. In the age that we live in, I feel that the format best suited to modern sheet music is JavaScript. Honestl

Tip | Feb 20, 2011 by Mo Volans

There are some basic processes that remain firmly in the "jargon category" to some beginners. Although Normalization is available as a feature in just about every DAW (and Audio Editing software) some

Tutorial | Feb 17, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

In some of the recent Hip-Hop tracks I've heard, specifically Waka Flocka Flame, I've been seriously impressed with the hi-hat programming that has been taking place. Instead of regular 8 beats, and 1

Tutorial | Feb 13, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

It's almost that most 'loving' time of the year, and as musicians, we are uniquely poised to make the most of Valentine's day! Why? Because nothing woos the heart of a man, woman, or small animal like

Tutorial | Feb 12, 2011 by G.W. Childs IV

Have you just purchased a new DAW software package like Logic Pro, Reason, etc? Have you had a DAW package for a while, and feel like your workflow could be a little quicker? In this quick tip, I'm go

Tip | Feb 07, 2011 by Mo Volans

When putting together melody laden projects arpeggiators can be an indispensable tool. Before you get stuck into your first arpeggiated patterns it's worth becoming familiar with the basic modes and t

Tip | Feb 04, 2011 by Mo Volans

If you are new to Cubase and are just getting the hang of production you may be slightly overwhelmed by the myriad of plug-ins you are presented with. Cubase now bundles an impressive array of process

Tip | Feb 03, 2011 by Victor Mason

The Compressor: a wonderful device that makes our music "POP", sound full and bring up that detail, open up that track from behind the door. The compressor is one of the most talked about, most used,

Tip | Jan 24, 2011 by Mo Volans

When it comes to processing your sounds there are literally endless lists of plug-ins to choose from. With all this choice it's quite likely that you've overlooked one key device in your collection, t

Tutorial | Jan 20, 2011 by Andrew Turner

The technologies that have powered electronic music have come a long way.  Since the first Moog synthesizers appeared on the scene, musicians have been wanting to plug instruments together to make th