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Acoustica releases Mixcraft 7.7 with one-click publishing features
Acoustica is pleased to announce the release of Mixcraft 7.7 and Mixcraft Pro Studio 7.7, an...
LANDR and Cakewalk Partner to Give SONAR Users a Fully Integrated Mastering Experience
Cakewalk, dedicated to powerful and thoughtfully designed software for modern musicians,...
REVIEW: SONAR Platinum by Cakewalk
Sonar Platinum by Cakewalk – pricing options include full purchase (appx $500) or select the membership model ($49/mo) PROS: Flexible pricing options, plenty of virtual instruments and options,...
How to Properly Incorporate Presets Into Your Recording Sessions
In Defense of Presets And How to Incorporate Them Into Your Studio Sessions A TIME & PLACE FOR EVERYTHING Life is too full to do everything, all the time. Ultimately, even within music, you’ll...
20 MIDI Tips To Improve Your Tracks Now
MIDI limiting. No hardware needed—add a constant value to MIDI velocities to create limiting (Fig. 1). After limiting, if needed subtract a constant to set the ceiling. Sometimes DAWs beat MIDI. The...
PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW Review
PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW Review PROS: Affordable. Easy transition from other DAWs. No subscription needed. Mac & PC compatible. CONS: None. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEf7lTY9TBA Home...
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio In the May issue of Performer, I wrote about analog tape machine plug-ins. This month we’re going to focus on plug ins for home studio owners. A...
Why You Need a Control Surface For Your Home Studio
Do You Need a Control Surface for Your Home Studio? In the good old days of analog recording, when something needed adjustment on the mix you reached out for a fader or knob and not the mouse....
How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio
How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio WHAT IS A DAW? A fancy haircut, 23,000 Twitter followers and national television exposure are less crucial to an artist’s success than customizing an...
Exposing The Top 5 Myths of Home Recording
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT HAVING A HOME STUDIO “If only we could record whenever we wanted, didn't have to pay outrageous studio fees and we could try all our ideas without someone holding us...
8 Bits of Advice From A Home Recording Veteran
Lessons Learned & Advice From A Home Recording Veteran FIND A MENTOR (WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT) The Internet is so rich with archival footage and interviews that researching an artist that...
Best Practices: How Not To Get Overwhelmed By Gear When Outfitting A Home Studio
Don’t Let Gear Overwhelm Your Home Studio How To Make Meaningful Music On Your Own I’ve spent the greater part of a decade putting together a home studio. It’s been a labor of love and a test of...