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Pro Tools & Melodyne Essential Melodyne Essential now comes bundled with Pro Tools 2020.11, so let's 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first piece of in‑house audio hardware for roughly a decade and a return to a type of product many believed Avid were no longer active in.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 been covered in some detail in these pages by Sam Inglis and I won’t add anything, apart from t...

Write For Sound On Sound! About two-thirds of SOS is written by freelance authors, and we’re always on the lookout for new writers. Most of our freelancers are not professional journalists. They’re engineers, producers, musicians and music technology obsessives. People like you, in fact. So, if you’ve always dreamed of seeing your words in print, get in touch! There are three main types of article within SOS: Reviews, Workshops and Features. Reviews We review music and recording software and hardware, synthesizers, keyboards, live sound equipment and some guitar gear. Typically, manufac...

What Do Mastering Engineers Actually Do? VIDEO Video of What Do Mastering Engineers Actually Do? Mastering is a job that is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. Can it really turn lead into musical gold? Or is it just a waste of money?  To complement Sound On Sound's recent in-depth series of tutorials, in this video Editor In Chief Sam Inglis explains why mastering engineers are necessary, what they can do for us, and whether we can really replace them with plug-ins! And here's the series of video tutorials that Sam refers to: Mastering Essentials: The SOS Techniques Guide New for...

Scope Labs Periscope With its built‑in compressor set to ‘smash’, the Periscope earns its place in more sessions than you’d think. Scope Labs’ Periscope looks like an eyeball lodged in a piece of Victorian plumbing, and comes in a replica treasure chest lined with shocking pink satin. If there was an SOS Award for Most Steampunk Studio Item, this would sweep the field. It also gets a special commendation for having the only spec sheet that’s ever made me laugh out loud. The metal hemisphere at the business end actually houses not an eyeball but an ear, in the shape of a miniat...

Synchro Arts VocAlign Ultra After a major overhaul, is Synchro Arts’ VocAlign still an essential part of the vocal producer’s toolkit? The raison d’être of Synchro Arts’ VocAlign is simple: to match timing between vocal recordings. Originally, it was an offline Pro Tools plug‑in targeted at post‑production tasks such as ADR (automated dialogue replacement). Over the years, it’s been made available in other formats, and is widely used for sung vocals as well as instrumental sources. Its makers now estimate that 80 percent of VocAlign users are music producers. Synchro Arts also...