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Ten suggestions for any budding PC- or Mac-based muso who wants to improve their skills
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Get a studio-quality sound in your bedroom
The beginner's guide to: MIDI controllers
What are they, and how do you choose one?
How to write a hit, part 2: structure - ABABCBB and beyond
It's time to consider your song's arrangement
How to write a hit, part 1: hooks
The first part of our songwriting guide focuses on those all important ear-worms…
Recording a guitar: 4 different setups
Find out how the professionals do it
How to make it as a sound designer
Robbie Stamp offers tips on the world of sound creation
The singer-songwriter's bedroom recording toolkit
Got a computer and some software? Here are the other bits you need
12 of the best VST/AU bass synth and instrument plugins
A dozen instruments that are dedicated to your bottom end
A brief history of sound design technology
How did we get from the sound of early man making noises by hitting things to the all-singing, all-dancing computer-based recording tools that we have at our disposal today?
What you need to make music on a computer
DAWs, plug-ins, MIDI controllers, audio interfaces and monitors explained
The beginner's guide to studio effects
From reverb to pitch correction; we run through the basics of effects processing
My favourite synths: Darren Price
Find out why he loves products from GForce, iZotope, Native Instruments, Spectrasonics and Rob Papen
My favourite synths: Eats Everything
The Bristol-based house producer tells us about a pair of his favourite instruments
How to breathe life into loops with end-bar cuts and drops
Bring feel to grooves and loops with these end-of-bar tweaks, drops and fourth beat cut outs
My favourite synths: Dubfire
Which soft synths are top banana in the studio of this techno innovator?
7 finishing touches to add to your stereo mixdown
Put the icing on the musical cake
How to create a punchy, pumping bassline
We explore the ubiquitous sidechaining technique in Ableton Live
How to produce vocals
UPDATED: The ultimate guide to recording, processing and mixing vocals
How to make Ke$ha-style pitch-warped vocals
Discover the processing and editing tricks behind the sound
