Music Tech Magazine - Issue 82

Expert tips & tricks to boost your productivity in the studio, resonance and filters explained in part 2 of our in-depth look at synthesis, and how to create monster bass lines in software. Plus: Record, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, SynthEdit and Cubase

Publish date: 17 December 2009

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In the issue…

Features
Working Smarter
Making the most of your studio time means knowing more than just your way around an instrument or a mixing desk. Hollin Jones offers up pro tips and tricks to maximise your productivity.

Inside Synthesis Part 2
Part two of our excursion into synthesis takes a look at filters and resonance, both of which are fundamental elements of synthesized sound. Dave Gibson is your guide.

Virtual Bass
Bass is a crucial element of almost all music, but what if you’re not a bass player? Hollin Jones shows you how do virtually anything with software bass.

Ten Minute Masters
Location Recording
Recording sound outside the studio can be a challenge in itself – recording sound for film presents a whole host of different issues. Grant Bridgeman goes on location.
Quantize
Quantizing has become an essential part of MIDI and audio sequencing – and it’s vital for solving a range of timing issues. Mark Cousins polishes his performance.

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This Month’s Workshops
Logic Pro 9
Logic’s Convert Regions to New Sampler Track feature heralds a new level of creative freedom between the Arrange area and the EXS24.
Cubase 5
Cubase is an excellent production tool, but sometimes you will need to transfer projects to another system for mixing or other tasks. Hollin Jones gets moving.
Record
Setting up your DAW for recording can be a tedious business, but by using templates you can dramatically speed up your workflow. We show you how.
Ableton Live 8
Banging beats are the cornerstone of any great track and they can be created in many different ways. We show you how they work in Live.
SynthEdit 1.1
A plug-in that’s visually unappealing or difficult to use isn’t going to make friends in the studio. Daz Disley shows you how to make them look as good as they sound.

Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through its paces in this issue, including PreSonus' new Studio One DAW, CME’s Gpp3, Focusrite’s OctoPre MkII, the Peluso R14, Adam’s S2X monitors and more…

ON THE DVD

Found Sounds
This month you’ll find part 1 of our exclusive found-sounds drum kit with kicks, toms and FX created using a large collection of items including footballs, pots, metal grates and even a cat litter tray!

Deep Electro Constuction Kits
Equinox Sounds has provided four construction kits at 110 and 115BPM with full mixes and individual drum hits, bass, FX and synth elements.
(16-bit/44.1kHz ACID WAV, Apple Loops)
www.equinoxsounds.com

Cubase 5 101
Get stuck into Cubase 5 with 55 minutes of pro tips from MacProVideo including transport controls, locators, the metronome, tools, snap function, zooming and an in-depth look at the mixer. There’s also a taster from the interactive Virtual Music School, which features videos, exercises and ear-training mp3s.
www.macprovideo.com
www.virtualmusicschool.org

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