Breathing Life Into Synthesis Tutorial
Synthesis technology has progressed rapidly over the last decade, and as computing power increases exponentially, we are seeing synthesisers that offer incredible sound design and performance possibilities. Yet, More...
Building Custom Synth Sounds Tutorial
W hether it’s the trashy sound of punk, the fierce performance of a tribal drummer, the sheer intensity of death metal or the discordant tones explored in classical music, a factor common to them all is aggression, More...
Harmonics, Timbre and Recording Tutorial
Notice how two contrasting types of distortion – one a guitar amp, the other tape saturation- produce different harmonic profiles, in particular, the tape distortion has a bias toward odd harmonica From More...
Inter-Sample Peaks Tutorial
Inter-sample peaks are created as part of the D/A conversion process, whereby a reconstruction filter creates signal levels that exceed 0dBFS The phenomenon of inter-sample peaks is one that seems to scare and More...
Surround Sound Monitoring Tutorial
Whereas Dolby stereo offered only four channels of surround, the current 5.1 Dolby Digital format uses a full six channels for the various speakers Believe it or not, surround sound has been with us for a great More...
Mastering Equalisation Tutorial
If you’re after analogue character, Ozone’s Harmonic Exciter can add tube or tape saturation, accentuate harmonics or bring punch and sparkle to a project T he EQ section of a recording desk is More...
Vector Synthesis Tutorial
The Antimoog’s distinctive X – Y pad merges concepts of both vectors synthesis and wavetable oscillators, with the Path feature working as the vector envelope. Subtractive synthesis may still be flavour More...
Control For Live Performance Tutorial
As in so many other areas of music production, live performance is now much more of a mixed discipline than it was just a decade ago. Of course, there are still plenty of bands with the conventional line-up of More...
Audio Metering Tutorial
A stereo vectorscope coupled with a correlation meter provides an overview of a stereo signal and its phase characteristics. Like many components of the modern-day studio, audio metering has seen some significant More...
Sample String Articulations Tutorial
S ampled strings have come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years, with the size of a typical library growing at an almost exponential rate. In just the last year we’ve seen several defining libraries More...
