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Ableton Live: Using Effects Everything you need to know about effects in Live. Live includes a broad selection of audio effects along with myriad presets to get you started. In this workshop, we’ll show how to insert, combine and modulate effects in both Session and Arrangement views. Screen 1: Channel EQ processes the synth clip only. Clip automation turns it on or off for each clip, and modulation in the synth clip affects the EQ’s High band.When you want an audio effect to process a si...

We check out a modern take on Manley’s classic valve compressor.

Martin Garrix: Superstar DJ Photo: Louis van Baar Martin Garrix’s extraordinary career has seen him graduate from bedroom producer to international star, label owner and proprietor of one of the world’s most advanced Dolby Atmos studios. He tells us how it happened. The Martin Garrix story — his rapid progression from a small Dutch attic bedroom studio to worldwide fame when he was still only 17 — is a compelling one. Garrix broke through in 2013 with the track ‘Animals’, whic...

Zoom H8 Zoom’s modular approach makes this unique portable recorder far more versatile than others. Believe it or not, Zoom have now been in business for 37 years, and the technology and expertise built up in the company over that time is readily evident in its current extensive range of audio interfaces, LiveTrak digital mixer/multitrack combos, sophisticated professional F‑series field recorders, and semi‑professional H‑series handy recorders. It’s the latest addition to the H‑ser...

Output Frontier Output’s affordable new speakers were made with the help of one of the most prestigious brands in studio monitoring. When I first glimpsed the prototype of these speakers at the 2020 NAMM show in January last year, they were very much an unexpected addition to the Output range, as the company’s line‑up otherwise consists of software and studio furniture. In designing these monitors, Output enlisted the help of Barefoot Sound, the US company behind a distinguished range o...

Little Labs LL2A Ever wondered what a ‘four‑quadrant analogue multiplier compressor’ might sound like? Neither had we — but it turns out to be something a bit special! Californian manufacturers Little Labs have acquired a great reputation for their range of elegantly, and often unusually, designed products which address all manner of everyday studio requirements. The latest addition to their range is a deceptively simple compressor‑limiter called the LL2A. Before I move on I s...

Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 7 Steinberg’s clever use of AI has made spectral editing and unmixing more accessible than ever. Over recent years, spectral editing has proven itself as a powerful, albeit somewhat specialised, tool for tasks such as audio restoration, creative sound design, vocal/instrument isolation and forensic audio analysis. SpectaLayers has been a big part of this, from its inception under Sony in 2012, a transition to MAGIX and, eventually, into the well‑respected hand...

Recording Drum Kits With Only Two Mics Five Miking Techniques The Glyn Johns technique, with two cardioid mics, one pointing down at the snare, the other ‘firing’ across the floor tom towards the snare. While experimenting with ‘minimal’ drum‑miking setups during a recent lockdown, the author found them really inspiring and captured some great drum sounds. So is it time you re-evaluated the decisions you make when recording a kit? The history of record‑making is littered ...

Inside Track: Steps ‘What The Future Holds’ Secrets Of The Mix Engineer: Pete Hofmann Steps. As if being in charge of the largest studio group in the world wasn’t enough, Miloco director Pete Hofmann also found time to mix the latest album from the UK’s biggest dance‑pop group, Steps. “I wear lots of different hats,” explains Pete Hofmann. “I am one of the owners of Miloco, the largest studio group in the world. I’m Operations Director of the group and I oversee both ...