Music Tech Magazine - Issue 60

Creative uses for distortion, spicing up your live laptop sets, making your own hip hop samples and Ten Minute Masters on contact mics and middle-and-side recording. Logic Pro 8, Cubase 4.1, Ableton Live 7 and Pro Tools 7 Workshops.

Publish date: 21 February 2008

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In the issue…

The Art of Distortion
Rather than being something to avoid at all costs, could distortion actually be the secret weapon of professional audio production? Mark Cousins goes into the red…

Laptops Live!
Keeping your sets fresh and exciting is a lot easier if you know how and when to improvise. Merrick Angle lets his creative juices flow…

Create Your Own Hip Hop Samples
For most people, the days of sampling old records for commercial releases are over – but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make great hip hop. Hollin Jones explains…

Ten Minute Masters
Contact microphones: Structure-borne noise and recording don’t often go hand-in-hand, but there is a kind of mic that takes advantage of it. Grant Bridgeman makes contact…
Middle-and-side mic’ing: Another variation on stereo recording or a whole new approach to audio production? We get caught in the middle…

This Month’s Workshops
Reason 4
If you find your Reason tracks lacking punch, fear not: the MClass effects are here to help you achieve a more professional sound. Hollin Jones explains all…
Logic Pro 8
Match EQ is easily Logic’s most powerful equalization tool, suitable for a range of applications in both mixing and mastering. Mark Cousins meets his Match…
Ableton Live 7
When using Live 7 for live performance it pays to be prepared, not just with the audio material you use, but also with the way it is routed. Mo Volans shows you the way…
Pro Tools 7.4
The release of Pro Tools 7.4 has brought about a whole new way of dealing with audio in the Edit window. Mike Hillier introduces Elastic Time…

Reviews

Among the latest hardware and software releases we check out this month are TL Audio Fat Track, PreSonus FireStudio Project, Superlux R102, Inta Audio X4S, IK Multimedia SampleMoog, Sonnox Transient Modulator and more…

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ON THE DVD

Thunder Storm

Discover the sonic potential of Reason 4’s mighty new synth with this month’s collection of sounds courtesy of PinkNoise Studio.

Pro Tools Tips & Tricks
Groovebox Music’s Pro Tools Tips and Tricks collections lead you through important aspects of the software under the tutelage of engineer, songwriter and producer Kenny Gioia. Subjects covered include scratching, ping pong delay, working with click tracks and the Beat Detective module.

All the latest demos…
db Audioware Flying Haggis, de la Mancha Octav8r, Drumagog, IK Multimedia SampleMoog, iZotope Trash, STSoft STSideComp and much more…

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