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‘Your mix sucks’, but this Waves-powered book could help you fix it
Producer/engineer Marc Mozart guides you through the process
Auburn Sounds goes back to the binaural boardroom and releases the Panagement 2 plugin
More power for the stereo positioning processor
Hands-on demo: Can IK Multimedia's Uno Drum perform against its nearest rivals?
Touch-based drum machine put to the test
Puremagnetik’s Zerone plugin looks deep inside your sounds and breaks them apart
An audio particle splitter
HANDS-ON MIDI – Get more from your controllers with Computer Music issue 273, out now
Plus an exclusive gain-rider plugin, Metrik in the studio, Massive X guide + review, free FM sample pack and loads more
You can now pre-order Behringer’s RD-8 drum machine: just don’t call it an 808
$299/£299/€299 gets you an analogue emulation of Roland’s classic TR beatbox
Blast from the past: Ensoniq VFX series
Released during the glory days of the preset-powered ROMpler, Ensoniq’s VFX series emphasised synthesis over prefab patches
Latest tuition
How to play a C major scale on a MIDI keyboard
For your first tentative steps into keyboard mastery, you'll want to stick to just the white notes…
How to use EQ when you're mastering: discover the tricks the pros use
Get the fundamentals of mastering EQ down with our easy-to-follow tutorial
How to layer acoustic and electronic kick drums for a perfect hybrid sound
Learn the technique of combining separate kicks to create one great one
How to synthesize a house kick using Sonic Academy Kick 2
Design your own bass drum in exquisite detail using this amazing plugin
The easy guide to music theory: how to construct and use the melodic minor scale
Discover the jazzy cousin of the natural and harmonic minor scales
How to create a kick/gliding bass combo using Native Instruments TRK-01
Program the fundamentals of an urban groove with NI’s self-contained Reaktor Player instrument
