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IN THE ISSUE



Features
DAW Masterclass
Getting to know your DAW better will not only help you make music more effectively, it can also spark your creativity. Mark Cousins and Hollin Jones show you around in this 13-page special feature.

Ten Minute Masters
Step Sequencers
Despite having only a few notes at their disposal, step sequencers are still an essential tool for electronic music production. We explain why.

Condenser Microphones
Condenser microphones are a popular choice within the studio, but what difference does the capsule design make? Grant Bridgeman goes beneath the grille.

This Month’s Workshops
Cubase 5
Your loops are the right pitch and length, but how should you manage their groove, swing and feel? Hollin Jones shows you how to take control.
Ableton Live 8
Looping is central to making music in Ableton Live, and the latest version boasts a brand-new warping engine.
Logic Pro 8
Logic’s reverb plug-ins are essential tools for three-dimensional mixing and can generate a number of interesting spatial effects. Mark Cousins finds his space.
Reason 4
Reason might be primarily a studio composition tool, but it’s more than adequately equipped for onstage performance, too…

Reviews
Another selection of hardware and software is put through their paces in this issue, including AKAI’s APC40, the Novation SL MkII, ART’s M-Two and M-Three microphones, Arsenal Audio’s MP-R20 & MP-R24, the AAS Strum Electric GS-1 and Lexicon’s FW810S IONIX.

ON THE DVD



Moog Voyager
Our friends at PinkNoise Studio have kindly made a collection of exclusive analogue Voyager sounds for use in your productions. The pack comes in 16-bit/44.1kHz and high-quality 24-bit/96kHz WAV files alongside patches for Kontakt and NN-XT.
www.pinknoisestudio.com

PrimeLoops Sound Packs
PrimeLoops has provided a compilation taken from its latest packs, including drum’n’bass, future house and glitch-hop beats, plus some percussion and orchestral loops. (16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
www.primeloops.com

Logic Pro & GarageBand Video Tutorials
Groove 3 has contributed 50 minutes of essential Logic tips this month, including chapters on zooming, creating markers and templates, plus a top ten list of shortcuts. We’ve also got over 40 minutes of MacProVideo’s new GarageBand 09 101 tutorials, which take you through setting up audio and MIDI, creating a song and various methods of recording audio.
www.groove3.com
www.macprovideo.com