Music Tech Magazine - Issue 49

How to create your own synth sounds and build your own bass traps. What Microsoft's Vista operating system offers the recording musician. Logic Pro 7, Reason 3.0 and Cubase 4 Workshops. All the latest product reviews.

Publish date: 15 March 2007

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In the issue…

Creative Synthesis
Go beyond your synth’s presets and learn some of the techniques you’ll need to know to start creating your own unique sounds. Mark Cousins shows you how.

Build A Bass Trap For Less Than £50
If you’re encountering problems with the bass end of your mixes, you might need to sort out your studio’s acoustics. Petra Jones takes the DIY approach and explains how a studio-quality bass trap can be constructed for as little as £50.

Microsoft Vista For Musicians
With the release of Microsoft’s new operating system comes a raft of issues pertinent to the recording musician. Hollin Jones lifts the lid on the new OS.

Ten Minute Masters
1-Bit Recording: Bit depths have been steadily increasing for the past 10 years or more, but now 1-bit recording has reared its head. Grant Bridgeman explores the benefits of progress…
Audio Editing: Unless you’re a one-take wonder, audio editing will be an inevitable part of your recording process. Mark Cousins gets his scissors out…

This Month’s Workshops
Cubase 4
Producing music in surround isn’t a practice that’s restricted to high-end studios. Armed with Cubase 4 and the right speakers, Hollin Jones explains how you too can get in on the act.
Logic Pro 7
Effectively managing your EXS24 files will not only improve your system’s efficiency, but also your creativity. Mark Cousins delves into his hard drive…
Reason 3.0
You don’t need to be a virtuoso player to program great bass lines in Reason. With a little help from the Matrix, we show you how…

Reviews
Among the latest hardware and software releases we check out this month are Audio Ease Altiverb 6, Apogee Ensemble, Image-Line FL Studio 7, PreSonus FireStudio, Line 6 GearBox Plug-In Gold Bundle, Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini, Sony Oxford Oxford EQ and more…

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ON THE DVD

Waldorf Q Collection
This collection of royalty-free and exclusive string sounds offers an intriguing insight into many of the diverse and ground-breaking synths that provided string-section emulations in the 80s and 90s. Supplied in .WAV, NN-XT and Kontakt formats, the individual samples can be layered and looped to create pads, leads and original hybrid concoctions for use in a wide variety of genres.

Electronic Kits
Building your own beats requires quality kit samples – and that’s what you get with this collection from MPC-Samples and Samplecraze. Comprising individual kit elements as well as claps and snaps in .WAV format, the set also includes thumb bass lines for use with AKAI MPC samplers.

All the latest demos…
Native Instruments PRO-53, WaveMachine Labs Drumagog, Image-Line FL Studio 7, Arturia minimoog V, Waves Mercury Bundle and more…

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