Music Tech Magazine - Issue 85

FREE Ableton magazine this issue. Plus: 13 pages of pro advice on recording everything from guitars and vocals to orchestral instruments and live sets. Plus: part two of Hollin Jones' guide to setting up a studio, Logic Pro, Sonar, Cubase, Pro Tools

Publish date: 18 March 2010

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In the issue…

Features
Recording Masterclass
Every budding musician or producer will want to record live musicians at some point in their career, but what are the best ways of going about it and what are the pitfalls you must avoid? We show you how to track guitars, drums, vocalists, pianists and more…

Setting up a Studio From Scratch - Part Two
With your computer and DAW now sorted, you’ll need to move on to peripherals such as monitors, plug-ins and controllers. Hollin Jones explains all.

Ten Minute Masters
Loudness
Mastering loudness is key to a good track – but what is loudness and how do we perceive it? Grant Bridgeman turns it up.
M/S Mastering
M/S processing has been an integral part of mastering since the early days of stereo recording. Mark Cousins sums up the differences.

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Getting Started with Live 8, Using Live’s Vocoder, How to use and slice samples, Creating loops and overdubs and more.

This Month’s Workshops
Logic Pro 9
Logic’s Hyper Editor offers some highly flexible drum-programming tools as well as an innovative way of manipulating controller data. Mark Cousins gets hyperactive.
Sonar 8
Rhythm lies at the heart of almost all tracks. In the first installment of a two-part workshop, Hollin Jones gets busy making beats in Sonar 8.5.
Cubase 5
Nothing to do with dodgy 70s musicals, Time Warp is an invaluable Cubase tool when it comes to combining live and programmed parts. Tim Hallas explains why.
Ableton Live 8
Sampling and loops are big business. Here, we show you how a copy of Live and a little imagination can help you get a slice of the pie…
Pro Tools 8
Learn to use the Arrange window in Pro Tools properly and you’ll find your workflow speeding up considerably. Mike Hillier shares some pro wisdom.

Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through its paces in this issue, including Celemony’s Melodyne Editor, Korg’s Wavedrum and SV-1, NI’s Abbey Road 60s Drums, Sample Logic’s Morphestra, Audio-Technica’s AT4080/4081 and more.

ON THE DVD

Modular Synth FX
MTM’s in-house samples team has assembled a varied selection of 248 modular FX, from sci-fi warbles to electro bleeps, created in a mammoth experimental patching session.

Workflow Tips & Tricks
We’ve got a massive 70-minute excerpt of essential tips and tricks from macProVideo covering compression techniques and workflow speeders. There’s also a huge official tutorial from Toontrack showing all the functions of Superior Drummer 2.0.

Electro Madness
A complete free samples pack containing 560 analogue electro loops. With folders at 128, 135 and 140BPM, you can mix and match loops to build a monster synth arrangement.

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