Music Tech Magazine - Issue 74

50 pro recording techniques to help you make the most of your sessions, an in-depth look at the new features in Cubase 5, plus Ten Minute Masters on oversampling and reverb. Live 7, NI B4 II, Logic Pro 8 and Reason 4 Workshops.

Publish date: 16 April 2009

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In the issue…

Features
Top 50 Recording Tips
Before you can mix or master a piece of music, you first need to capture the raw performance in your DAW. Mark Cousins serves up 50 tips and tricks that will help you make the most of your recording sessions.

Cubase 5 User Guide
Cubase has been regularly updated since its first, most significant, re-write, which saw legacy code ditched in favour of newer technologies to keep pace not only with the competition, but also with the constantly changing face of the computer market. Hollin Jones charts the changes.

Ten Minute Masters
The Anatomy of Reverb
For more than 50 years, reverb has been an intrinsic part of the record-making process, from the early days of springs and echo plates through to today’s convolution-based plug-ins. We explore the different types of reverb and their roles in music.
Oversampling
With sample rate formats steadily on the increase, what is the benefit of further oversampling our audio? Grant Bridgeman looks at the multiples.

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This Month’s Workshops
Ableton Live 8
Making your music rhythmically interesting by injecting a little of the human touch is a sure-fire way of engaging the listener. Jon Margulies explains how it’s done.
Logic Pro 8
Logic’s humble Noise Gate is a source of a number of unique and unusual dynamic processing techniques. Mark Cousins joins the sidechain gang.
NI B4 II
A great Hammond sound can bring a touch of vintage warmth to any track, and Native Instruments’ B4 II is perfect for the job. Hollin Jones goes back in time.
Reason 4
After clips and notes, it’s time to get to grips with automation – and it’s just as much fun to work with. Hollin Jones gets moving..

Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through their paces in this issue, including Korg’s latest V-Piano, Waves' Tony Maserati Collection, Use Audio’s Plugiator, Auto-Tune efx, KRK’s Ergo, SE’s 2200T and the D82 Sonic Maximizer from BBE.

ON THE DVD

530 Drum Loops
Phat Beat Productions has compiled over 530 acoustic and electronic beats for us in Reason ReFill and SAGE Xpander formats. The ReFill pack loads the beats directly into Reason’s REX player; the SAGE Xpander loads into Spectrasonic’s Stylus RMX.
www.phatbeatproductions.com

Orange SE
PinkNoise Studio has supplied us with 1.5GB of warm, detuned analogue pad sounds taken from the company’s Orange 2 synth library. These multi-samples feature the ultra-rich filters of the Waldorf XT virtual analogue synth. 24bit/44.1kHz WAV files can be found alongside sample instruments for SoundFont, Kontakt 2, Reason NN-XT and EXS24.
www.pinknoisestudio.com

Samples Tasters Pack
We’ve teamed up with Loopmasters, Zero-G and Big Fish Audio plus their distributor Time+Space to bring you a taste of the sample packs from the Mini Reviews section. There’s deep tech house and glitchy beats for electronic music lovers, plus high-energy drums for cinematic productions.
www.timespace.com

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