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Logic: Using Auto Sampler Heres how to make the most of Logic’s Auto Sampler. Logic’s Auto Sampler utilises the technology Apple acquired from Redmatica, a small company that produced some amazingly sophisticated tools for automatically creating and looping samples. Not all of the original Redmatica’s features have made it into Auto Sampler though; one memorable feature not included is the ability to hook up an external synth, then have Auto Sampler step through automatically to the nex...

4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator 4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator: 26HP, +12V 185mA, ‑12V 30mA. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late, great, Douglas Adams: the Spherical Wavetable Navigator (henceforth SWN) is deep, really deep... It seems the words most commonly heard in 4MS R&D meetings could be ‘...and it could do this as well’. The SWN is a fairly big 26HP six‑voice module capable of creating slowly morphing drones, polyphonic melodies, evolving sequences and a vast range of ri...

Auddict Angel Strings Vol 1 & Vol 2 Sample Libraries Auddict’s innovative orchestral strings library marks the legacy of a top London studio. Back in July 2017 I reviewed the thunderous Drums Of The Deep library issued by the young London‑based company Auddict. Since then this productive outfit has released a host of orchestral‑flavoured sample collections along with the intriguing PercX instrument, which impressed SOS reviewer John Walden in May 2020. Outside of the sample libra...

BDE, or Big Distortion Engine for long, is the second plug‑in from producer and engineer Jordan Swift.

Erica Synths Syntrx The Syntrx is not a clone, but its inspiration is clear. Can it recapture the spirit of the legendary EMS Synthi? It’s a fact — the EMS VCS 3 and its portable cousin the Synthi AKS are among the most revered synthesizers ever built. Released at the tail end of the 1960s, the Synthi was quickly adopted by progressive musicians like Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Jean‑Michel Jarre, Hawkwind and Tangerine Dream. Its unconventional interface and distinctive pin‑matrix patch...

Auddict’s innovative orchestral strings library marks the legacy of a top London studio.

We look at how to improve our workflow with the magic use of key commands, also known as hot‑keys or keyboard shortcuts.

Multitrack Recording In Reason Reason is more than capable of traditional multitrack recording. So here we consider how you might run a full tracking project. As Reason is not my only DAW I tend to think of it as a virtual studio for creating music in the box. However, Reason is more than capable of traditional multitrack recording. Back in SOS March 2017 issue we explored ways to record a guitar in Reason. This time, let’s take this much further and consider how you might run a full trackin...

Pro Tools & Melodyne Essential Melodyne Essential now comes bundled with Pro Tools 2020.11, so lets explore what it offers. After what seemed like a long period of what I’d describe as ‘tweaks’ from Avid, November 2020 was a month of satisfyingly significant developments. There was of course the release of Pro Tools | Carbon, Avid’s first piece of in‑house audio hardware for roughly a decade and a return to a type of product many believed Avid were no longer active in. Carbon has...

Earthworks Icon Pro Earthworks throw their hat into the podcasting ring, with the chic and refined Icon Pro. Lockdown has seen a boom in podcast consumption and production, and microphone brands of all hues have responded by releasing new models aimed at online content creators. Some have simply rebranded OEM mics as their own, others have taken their existing models and swapped XLR connectivity for a USB port, and a few have come up with brand‑new designs to appeal to vloggers, streamers ...