Music Tech Magazine - Issue 99

Perfect your tracks with our guide to auto-tuning, how to get that authentic metal vibe, and exclusive reviews of the new Yamaha MOX8 and Arturia's Spark. PLUS: Muse producer Adrian Bushby interviewed, the latest industry news and more...

Publish date: 18 May 2011

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Features
Perfect Pitch
Working with pitch is an essential part of modern music production, whether you’re making subtle tweaks or going for the full robot effect. Hollin Jones hits the right notes.

Rock & Metal Production
Rock and metal styles tend to feature loud drums, guitars and vocals with a strong delivery, but the production starts to differ as things get more intense and technical. Liam O’Mullane takes a look at some of the best approaches – with the help of a few seasoned pros.

The MTM Interview
Adrian Bushby
A man who’s recorded countless hit records - including some by Muse, Foo Fighters and Everything Everything, among others - talks about his journey from recording to mix engineer. MTM asks him about his continued success…

Ten Minute Master
Hearing & Hearing Protection
Our hearing should be among our most valued assets when working with audio, yet what do we do to actively protect it? Grant Bridgeman is all ears.

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This Month’s Workshops
25 Tips For… EQ
Equalisation is a vital part of the mixing and mastering processes – and understanding how it works can be key to getting a great sound. Hollin Jones explains all.
Programming live-sounding drums
Want your programmed drums to sound more lifelike? Liam O’Mullane shows you how to make a realistic-sounding drum track using multi-sampled plug-ins.
Getting to grips with synthesis in Reason 5
Reason 5 features a pretty impressive selection of synths. Mo Volans widdles some virtual knobs and finds out what these instruments are capable of.
Logic Pro
More than just a virtual drum machine, Ultrabeat can also turn its hand to some unique forms of signal processing. Mark Cousins gets sidetracked.

Another selection of hardware and software is put through its paces, including Yamaha MOX8, UAD-2 Satellite QUAD, Sennheiser MK 4, Shure 91A, Shure 98A/C, Shure 181, Best Service World Percussion, Waves OneKnob Series, Arturia Spark, Telefunken Elektroakustik CU29 Copperhead, Thermionic Culture The Freebird and more…

ON THE DVD - Over 3GB of Content!

Synth Strings - 700MB
Our main exclusive samples pack this month comes from our friends at PinkNoise Studio and contains 12 multi-sampled plucked string instruments. No samples were used for the creation of this pack, just physically modelled synths including the Nord Modular G2, Revitar2 and Tassman4. The result is 12 playable instruments with patches for Kontakt and NN-XT that sound like real plucked strings but with a synth edge.

Psy Trance Kits - 110MB
Equinox Sounds have whipped up five exclusive construction kits for producing pumping psy trance from 138–144BPM. Each kit is provided with BPM/key information and contains both a full mix and a drum mix, plus individual drum parts and all the other deconstructed loop components.

Loopmasters Club Promo Pack - 214MB
Loopmasters is one of the longest-established and most highly respected samples companies around and has built up a large library of Artist Series samples packs, in which big-name producers dig through their vaults and provide signature beats, sounds and loops. This month they’ve compiled a collection of club-ready tech house, indie-electro, bassline rave, D&B and reggae loops, taken from six of their top-selling new products.

MORE: 131MB of Samples Tasters, 60 minutes of pro video tuition on mixing rock and bass mixing/send FX tips in Logic Pro, interviews with Grant Smillie (from Australian house duo TV Rock) and DJ Alex Gaudino, plus supporting files where applicable for the magazine Workshops.

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