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Music Tech Focus is better than ever, with more of the tutorials and
tips that help you get the most out of your software, and no more
reviews (just some handy round-ups).This issue features:
- 18 Live 8 Workshops covering The Bridge, Looper, automation, drum sounds and devices, live performance, extreme effects, recording and much more…
- Interviews with King Britt, Francesco Tristano, Phon.o and Kutmasta Kurt
- 75 Power User Tips
- Controller, tuition, monitor and mic round-ups
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Music Tech Focus: Mixing 2012
This Synthesis 2012 issue includes:
- 11 Software Synthesis Tutorials: Arturia, Cubase 5, Logic Pro 9, Massive, Reason 5, Razor, FM8 and more…
- 25-page Recreating Classic Synths: Minimoog Voyager XL, Prophet-5, Wavestation, CS-80, Jupiter 9, OB-X…
- In-depth Features: Breathing life into synthesis, Harnessing the Power of Additive Synthesis…
- The Latest & Best Synth Reviews: Jupiter 8, Kurzweil PC3LE7, Ultranova, Nord Stage 2 HA76,Motif XF…
- Packed DVD: over two hours of pro video tutorials, 150MB of 24-bitsybth loops and demos of the top synth software.
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Music Tech Focus: Mixing 2012
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In the second of our Music Tech Focus series
dedicated specifically to Mixing, we present you with 132 pages full of
workshop tips, masterclasses and features brimming with mixing advice
that you simply can’t find anywhere else. On top of that, we’ve collated
a whole host of reviews of mixing hardware and software from the pages
of Music Tech Magazine. So delve in, set your brain to ‘absorb’ and get your tracks mixed in just the way you like them!Buy now for £8.99 UK, £11 Europe or £14 USA and World including Post & Packaging
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MTF Mixing 2012 is on sale now in WH Smiths in the UK, Barnes & Noble USA and throughout the worldMixing 2012 features:
132 pages of pro mixing tips and tricks
The art of reverb Creating a sense of depth and perspective to your mix
Software mixing workshops for Live, Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase and more
Masterclasses, in-depth features, walkthroughs, product reviews, hardware round-ups and interviews with industry legends
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and royalty-free samples for you to use in your tracks. Plus over three
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Music Tech Focus: Native Instruments 2012
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Once again, Native Instruments stays well ahead of the pack and in this issue of Music Tech Focus we celebrate all that it has to offer, with a look behind the scenes at the company, Workshops for many of the company’s software products, reviews of the latest gear and a whole lot more. If you love NI software and hardware then this magazine is an absolute must. Let us help you take kontrol.
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- 132 pages of pure Native Instuments
- Every new release reviewed
- Native Instruments past, present and future
- The ultimate guide to Maschine
- 17 essential workshops and 25 pages of product tests
- FREE DVD with 3GB of software demos, two hours of video tutorials, over 300MB of promotional videos and audio examples, plus 800MB of royalty-free sample loops and Kontakt instruments. Plus all the files you need to follow the Workshops.
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Music Tech Focus: Mastering volume 3
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The dark art of mastering your audio tracks just got a whole lot clearer with the launch of the third volume in a series of Mastering specials from Music Tech Focus magazine. Taking you through the entire mastering process this 132-page extravaganza will show you how to maximise loudness, give your tracks real sparkle and absolute clarity. If you want your music to rival the punchiness of commercial releases then Music Tech Focus, Mastering Volume 3 is an absolute must. Miss it and forever languish in a world of audio haziness.
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Featuring:
132 pages of pro mastering tips and tricks
50 reviews of all the latest hardware and software mastering tools
Step by step guides to Mastering in Reason and Record, Mastering in Sonar X1 Producer, Choosing the right limiter
Mastering on a budget - Top quality mastering without breaking the bank
FREE DVD with over 3 hours of pro video tuition - mastering with waves, ozone and t-racks, logic, cubase and pro tools and much more!
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Music Tech Focus: Plug-ins
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In this latest issue of Music Tech Focus, we’ve got 132-pages packed full of the very best plug-ins out there today. Whether you’re after those that are available free of cost or you’re willing to invest thousands in your choice of software, there’s something in here for you. And then, when you’re done deciding, we’ll give you the inside track on using some of the most popular and powerful plug-ins we have featured. This really is an issue you won’t want to miss. Pre-order your copy online now for just £8.99! In this latest issue of Music Tech Focus, we’ve got 132-pages packed full of the very best plug-ins out there today. Whether you’re after those that are available free of cost or you’re willing to invest thousands in your choice of software, there’s something in here for you. And then, when you’re done deciding, we’ll give you the inside track on using some of the most popular and powerful plug-ins we have featured. This really is an issue you won’t want to miss.
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Featuring:
132 pages of essential plug-in know how
Plug-in workshops - Getting stared with Guitar Rig 4 Go, working with loops in Cubase 5, Sound design in Absynth 5 and Maschine 1.6
Plug-in reviews - Waves studios classics, iZotope RX2, Arturia Brass 2.0 and IK Multimedia Ampli Tube 3
Features - Pick of the best plug-ins, Plug in round up, Extreme production and pick of the plug-ins
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- 12 Workshops
- 29 plug-ins fully reviewed
- The best free and bought plug-ins available
- Getting more from your DAW
- Extreme effects
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Music Tech Focus: Recording
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This is arguably where it all starts: with the recording. Tracking your instruments, vocals and effects is the most important aspect of the music creation process. In this latest issue of Music Tech Focus, we’ve got 132-pages packed full of recroding advice from our collection of writers who are all studio professionals - artists, engineers and producers. If you also venture beyond the studio, there’s stuff in here for you too with features on recording live gigs and on location recording as well as a piece on recording for TV and movie soundtracks.Buy now for £9 UK, £11 Europe or £14 USA and World including Post & Packaging
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Featuring:
- Recording guitars, drums, vocals, strings and more
- Advanced recording tips
- Recording with your DAW
- Processing your recordings
- Mobile recording
- 132-Pages of Pure Recording
- 11 Hardware reviews including Audio-Technica AT4080 & AT4081, Apogee ONE and Olympus LS-5
- 3 Essential Recording Workshops Recording Guitar in Cubase 5, Recording Samples in Live 8 and Resolving latency issues in Pro Tools 8
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MusicTech Logic Pro 9 v2
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A year ago we released Volume One of our Music Tech Focus dedicated to Logic Pro 9 (and the Studio suite of applications). But a mere 132 pages is not enough to do this DAW justice. And so, all new for 2011, we’ve collated and created another selection of essential Workshops, Walkthroughs, features and round-ups that will help you get even more out of your favourite DAW.
- All new tutorials and features for 2011
- 9 Logic Walkthroughs including Synthesisers, Equalisers and filters, programming drums and an introduction to mastering
- Interviews with Thievery Corporation, Emika and Mason
- 12 Logic Workshops including converting regions, The Hype Editor and Sidechanging in Sculpture
- FREE DVD including 3 hours of video tutorials
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MusicTech Mixing
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The latest issue of Music Tech Focus offers you 132 pages with the very best features on mixing and remixing, together with expert-written workshops and reviews of the very best hardware and software you’ll use through the mixing process. Whether you’re a newcomer to the Mixing process or a hardened pro, we’re sure you will find this issue of Music Tech Focus invaluable.This issue features:
- Mixing in Depth
- Production in the Mix
- Remixing from scratch
- Fix your Mix
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Music Tech Masterclass Vol.3
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This massive 212-page compendium of the very best software coverage from Music Tech magazine features 40 tutorials for your favourite DAWs including Logic, Ableton Live, Reason, Cubase, Pro Tools and more plus reviews of the year’s best software releases and a host of features that examine audio production and editing using Mac and PC-based software.This issue features:
- Pick of the Plug-ins
- Mastering with Software
- Audio Analysis
- Creative Sidechaining
- Virtual Bass
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Music Tech Focus: Propellerhead Reason 5
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The brand new Reason 5 and Record 1.5 edition of Music Tech Focus is on-sale now in WH Smiths throughout the UK and to buy direct from us online. This issue is also available across Europe, in USA/Canada from 11 November, and Australia/World from 25 November.This issue features:
- 17 Reason & Record Workshops
- Reason 5 reviewed
- What’s new in Reason 5
- Record 1.5 new features
- Pro user interviews
- DVD packed with Rex files and Refills, video tutorials and samples
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Cubase 5 is on sale now!
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Version 5 of the Cubase software is a seriously powerful music production tool, with dozens of workshops and walkthroughs, plus features that will introduce you to Cubase, help you to explore the features of the newly-released version 5.5 and much, much more. All this plus a DVD packed with workshop files, samples and over three hours of video tuition.
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
- What’s new in 5.5
- 17 Cubase 5 workshops
- Cubase 5 reviewed and rated
- Meet innovative power users
- An introduction to using Cubase 5
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Synthesis
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Kicking off with an introduction to synthesis, the issue also explores advanced synthesis concepts and techniques, helping you to develop well beyond your synth’s presets. With 11 synthesis workshops, 16 reviews of the very best hardware and software synthesizers and a whole lot more, this is the definitive guide to synthesis in all of its forms.
This 132 page special includes:
- 11 synthesis tutorials including: Synthesis in Sonar, creative sound design, built-in instruments and interface design
- 16 hardware and soft synths reviewed including: Roland Gala SH-01, Native Instruments Absynth 5 and Best Service Titan
- FREE DVD including 3 hours of video tutorials
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Music Tech Focus: Mastering Volume 2
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The brand-new Mastering Volume 2 edition of Music Tech Focus is on sale now in WH Smith UK (Borders & Barnes and Noble USA late April, Europe early April and Rest of World in early May)This 132-page special features mastering with all the major DAWs & plug-ins, 15 mastering workshops, monitoring essentials and the world’s best mastering engineers interviewed.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Music Tech Focus: Logic pro 9
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Music Tech Focus: Logic Pro 9 is on sale now in the UK and Europe (USA early March, Australia and World mid-March). This 132-page special edition is all new for 2010 and features:
- 16 Logic Pro 9 Workshops including Mastering the EVOC 20, Editing Vocals, Converting regions, Pedalboard effects and Flex Time
- 5 Logic Pro 8 Workshops covering Quantizing, Channel EQ, Creative gate effects, Creating your own IR files and Using reverb
- Getting Started with Logic Pro 9 and Logic for Guitarists
- Pro user interviews with John ‘00’ Fleming, Tom Stephan, Dino Psaras and Ripperton
- Free DVD with 4 hours of video tutorials, 569 Apple Loops and 102 EXS24 and ES2 patches
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Music Tech Focus: Native Instruments is on sale priced £8.99 in WH Smith in the UK and usual European stockists, in Barnes & Noble and Borders in the USA from early March, and Australia/World mid March or buy online (£9 UK, £11 Europe, £14 Rest of World - inc Post & Packaging), subscribe and save 26%, call 0844 856 0642 (+44 1795 414877 outside UK) or email mtmfocus@servicehelpline.co.uk
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Music Tech Focus: Sonar 8
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The brand-new Sonar 8 edition of Music Tech Focus is on sale now in WH Smith UK (Borders & Barnes & Noble USA early January, Europe 15 December, Rest of World and Barnes & Noble Australia and late January).
This 132-page special features 17 Sonar 8 workshops covering Beatscape, Z3TA, Step Sequencer 2.0, VS-700, Media Browser, working with video and vocals, Session Drummer 3 and more; four Sonar 7 workshops; What’s New in Sonar 8.5; Getting Started in Sonar; Controller and Peripheral Reviews and more.
PLUS - there’s a packed DVD full of video tutorials, loops, demos and tutorial resources.
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Music Tech Focus: Ableton Live 8
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The brand-new Ableton Live 8 edition of Music Tech Focus is on sale now (WH Smith UK, Borders & Barnes & Noble USA, Barnes & Noble Australia and usual stockists Worldwide).
This 132-page special features 67 pages of all-new Live 8 workshops, top-name interviews, pro user guides, features and more - none of this content appeared in our 2008 Live edition.
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Music Tech Masterclass
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This special edition Masterclass features 212-pages of workshops, walkthroughs and reviews in a unique collection.* 34 Workshops covering Logic, Live, Cubase, Pro Tools, Reason, Sonar and Record
* 30 reviews including Live 8, Logic Pro 9, Cubase 5. Sibelius 6, Pro Tools 8, The Grand 3, Vienna Imperial, Sonar 8, Drum Core 3, and Synth Squad
* 8 Features on Using Record, Cubase 5, Stereo enhancement PLUS Masterclasses on Mixdown and DAWs
* Free DVD with all the resources you need for the workshops and walkthroughs
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Music Tech Focus: Native Instruments
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Music Tech Focus: Native Instruments is on sale now in the UK (Europe mid-August, USA early September, Australia and World mid-September). This 132-page special edition magazine and DVD concentrates purely on NI software and hardware and features:
- 10 Native Instruments workshops covering Maschine, Absynth 4, Guitar Rig 3, FM8, Kore 2, Battery 3, Reaktor 5, Kontakt 3, B4 II, Massive and Traktor Pro
- 7 Production Technique features on Kontakt 3, Maschine, Guitar Rig 3, Kore 2, Ensembles and Absyth
- 13 NI software and controller reviews
- The Story of Native Instruments
- Pro user interviews
- Free DVD with the full Guitar Rig Go software, a wide range of NI demos, 120 minutes of video tutorials, and all the workshop resources
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