Propellerhead Reason 7 Review - The Age of Reason
Written testThe new version of Reason, code name 7, has arrived including, as always, a bunch of new features. These new features give the software some sort of completeness — 13 years after its first release?
The Top Commercial Software Guitar Amps - The Best Commercial Guitar Amp Plug-ins
LearningHow do you pack dozens of vintage amps and speaker cabinets in a 130 ft² home studio for less than $500? Just enter the wonderful virtual realm with this article about the best commercial software gu…
How To Get a Fat Guitar Sound - Guitar Doubling Basics
LearningWhen people refer to a sound as being "fat" they usually mean different realities and consequently different practices. Here is an overview of the techniques most commonly used to easily get a fat so…
Finding the Right Sound with your Active Bass Guitar - Setting the Controls of an Active Bass Guitar
LearningHere is some basic knowledge to help you get your active bass guitar under control. As you surely already noticed, an active bass has more controls than a passive one. But keep cool, AudioFanzine is …
The Top MIDI Grooves - The Best MIDI Files for Virtual Drums
LearningSo, you bought some virtual drums but none of the grooves really fit in your new song? Here you have a list of the best MIDI publishers- in no particular order of course.
How to Prepare a Mixing Session - Organizing Before Mixing Audio
LearningThe art of mixing requires technical competency as well as a good dose of creativity. However, often times such characteristics don't get along well inside our brain...
Going Further with Vocal Warm Up - Consistency and Range Transition in Vocals
LearningIt's time to retake our vocal warm-up process, which we started with 10 minutes of thoracic diaphragm and vocal folds relaxation. Our purpose this time is to go one step further and deal with one of …
Setting the Controls of a Passive Bass Guitar - Finding the right sound with your passive bass guitar
LearningEven with a very flexible amp that allows for an easy, fast and effective sound control, your audio chain always starts with your instrument and depends on your instrument settings.
Universal Audio LA-2A Classic Leveler vs Cakewalk CA-2A… - The Next Generation
Written testDuring the last Winter NAMM, Cakewalk introduced the CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier, a new compression plug-in based on the renowned Teletronix LA-2A. For their part, Universal Audio, who had previo…
Focal SM9 Review - The Mighty Giants
Written testWatch out! Last year the renowned French manufacturer famous for its mid-field monitors introduced a new monitoring system aimed at the most demanding users. Available for several months now, it was …
Taming a New Studio - How to Control a Monitoring System
LearningRegardless of whether you're mixing in a studio you don't know, just bought a new monitoring system or moved into a new flat, it's crucial for you to get used to your listening environment before sta…
The 10-minute Vocal Warm-Up - A Quick Vocal Warmup
LearningTo get the best possible vocal performance (and to avoid breaking your voice during the first song), singers should warm up, just like sportsmen do. Many different schools offer different techniques …
Automation Basics - What is Automation?
LearningMany of the features in our DAWs come from the analog world, and automation is no exception. In order to understand what it is all about, let's go back to the time when the only digital gear in a rec…
Reverb Parameters - How to Set a Reverb Processor
LearningUnless you're living in a tent in the middle of the desert, you are exposed to numerous natural reverberations every day. Our ears perceive reverberations that our brain interprets automatically to i…
Sidechain - How Does a Sidechain Work?
LearningBack in the analog area, audio effects with a sidechain circuit were rare and usually among the most expensive. So sidechain was used only in big productions to fine tune the processing of certain re…
