Is this the way I’m supposed to be?

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CREATIVE

Columnist Frank Perri goes on vacation, revisits his New Year resolutions and finds them wanting. So out with the old and in with the new, well just one resolution, which one will come as a surprise ...
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Rob Palladino interviews Matt Thomas of The Joy Formidable

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ARTIST INTERVIEW

Our own resident drummer Rob Palladino interviews another drummer, Matt Thomas from the Welsh alternative power trio The Joy Formidable. Dummers talking drums, and drums, and more drums. A real joy indeed!
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Using the Pro Tools Workspace

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DAW WORKSHOP

When working on projects requiring heavy use of samples, we all need a way to find & trial samples before bringing them into our projects. On a Mac you can always fall back on Finder, but on a PC Windows Explorer doesn't offer the same easy preview functions. In both cases however, Pro Tools' 'Workspace' is here to make your workflow easier.
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Album Review : “Bush Live”

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ALBUM REVIEW & COMPETITION

Bush have always kind of passed me by for some reason. They’ve been on my personal periphery for donkey’s years but have released some decent material in that time. They were around in the nineties when I was plying my trade in the same indie/alt/rock arena as these guys. I knew of them, but I never became acquainted with them. Still...
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Album Review : Dio : Dream Evil

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ALBUM REVIEW

Bloody hell fire, this takes me back a bit. Let’s not do half measures here. I was a metal kid in the late 70s/early 80s. While virtually living at Hammersmith Odeon and the old Marquee Club, I saw band after band after band. You name ‘em, I probably saw ‘em. Rush, AC/DC, Blue Oyster Cult, Motorhead, Saxon, Def Leppard, and many more. I hung out at Flyover Records just over the...
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Album Review : The Joy Formidable : Wolf’s Law

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NEW ALBUM REVIEW

It’s not often that I come across new music in whatever form and scream “WOW!” at the top of my voice. Not that it happened with Welsh power/alternative trio The Joy Formidable either. My reaction was more of a silent jaw-drop than anything else.
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Arturia advances history-making Minimoog™ to iPad

NEW PRODUCT

Music software and hardware company Arturia is proud to announce availability of iMini, an authentic recreation of the all-time classic Minimoog™ monosynth for Apple’s all-conquering iPad, iMini is based on the TAE® (True Analog Emulation) synthesis technology found in Arturia’s award-winning Mini...
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DPA Microphones feature the d:facto™ II Vocal Mic at NAB 2013

NEW PRODUCT

DPA Microphones will introduce the d:facto™ II Vocal Microphoneat NAB 2013 (Booth C3036). With a true studio sound that’s perfect for live music broadcasting, this latest addition to the d:facto line offers an extraordinarily natural sound with high separation and extreme SPL...
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DiGiCo gets intimate with Gary Barlow

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gary Barlow’s recent solo tour was of a more intimate nature than those he undertakes with his fellow band members, but the quality of the audio is no less important than it is for Take That’s stadium shows. The requisite equipment inventory...
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Soundcraft to Launch Si Expression Store Tour 2013

AUDIO TOUR

Soundcraft today announced the launch of its “Si Expression Store Tour 2013,” which will bring its 73-foot demo truck to Guitar Center stores nationwide to demonstrate the new Soundcraft Si Expression digital consoles. The Si Expression models feature the company’s newest DSP,...
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The Who Reign O’er Quadrophenia

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Who’s 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia—which sets the tale of teen Jimmy Cooper amidst the global sociocultural upheaval and psychological angst of the times and the rivalry between Britain’s mods and rockers—has been reprised in a multimedia display on the band’s latest...
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DAW WORKSHOP

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Using Pro Tools 10′s AudioSuite

With modern computers, we're almost all used to putting processing plugins onto our audio as a mixer insert; without our computer starting to struggle. However some types of processing can't be pulled off live. This is where Pro Tools' 'AudioSuite' system comes in. AudioSuite allows you to commit a plugins effect...

PRODUCT REVIEW

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Tre Sheppard reviews the Arturia Wulitzer V

About six months ago, I was sent a copy of the Arturia Wurlitzer V to check out and review… It’s been an interesting six-month period as I’ve been insanely busy producing and mixing projects for a variety of bands, mostly in the modern rock and pop genres. I often use vintage sounds in...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Behringer X32 road test : we’ve had some feedback!

Behringer X32 road test : we’ve had some feedback!

After my review of the Behringer X32 was published, Behringer got in touch, rather promptly, and we've engaged in a conversation about the X32, its components and my opinion of it. An interesting exchange of letters!

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