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The art of mastering is a complex and dynamic discipline. No two tracks are the same and different songs may require completely different mastering approaches; it’s extremely important to train your ear and understand the tools available to you, so you can tackle any sonic situation!

The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kinds

Effective, impactful mixing takes tons of time and practice. You have to train your ears and thoroughly familiarize yourself with the mixing plugins and tools available to you if you want to improve the sonic quality of your tracks!

FL Studio 12 has no shortage of complex, powerful stock instruments. With your purchase of this DAW, you’ll gain access to several high-level synths that can achieve amazing results if you know how to use them.

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Third Edition explains the physical and perceptual processes that are involved in sound reproduction and demonstrates how to use the processes to create high-quality listening experiences in stereo and multichannel formats.

Immersive Sound: The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio provides a comprehensive guide to multi-channel sound. With contributions from leading recording engineers, researchers, and industry experts, Immersive Sound includes an in-depth description of the physics and psychoacoustics of spatial audio as well as practical applications. Chapters include the history of 3D sound, binaural reproduction over headphones and loudspeakers, stereo, surround sound, height channels, object-based audio, soundfield (ambisonics), wavefield synthesis, and multi-channel mixing techniques. Knowledge of the development, theory, and practice of spatial and multi-channel sound is essential to those advancing the research and applications in the rapidly evolving fields of 3D sound recording, augmented and virtual reality, gaming, film sound, music production, and post-production.

In this course you will discover the application and creative use of multiband processing using Live 10’s native multiband dynamics device and mid side processing. These techniques are applicable to any genre of electronic music and are guaranteed to improve the quality of your sounds and your overall mix.

Bitwig’s Phase-4 utilizes phase distortion and phase modulation synthesis to shape sound in very unique ways. Learn how to get the most out of this four-oscillator synth in this in-depth course by Bitwig Certified Professional, Thavius Beck

Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Scott Henderson, and Oz Noy are just a few examples of top notch guitarists who are widely respected for jazzing up their blues improvisations with jazz phrasing and tonalities. On the other end of the scale, most students of blues guitar struggle when it comes to jazzing up their blues lines because they haven’t yet been exposed to jazz harmonies and melodic approaches.

Industry pro engineers, mixers and producers Bob Horn and Erik Reichers return with their second episode of Mix Review! Watch as they take a recordist’s non-pro mix and import it side by side into their DAW, and show you in-detail, how they would approach the mix in real-time, from start to finish. Get priceless tips and see where the improvements can be made and how to make them, creating a true professional, radio ready mix.

Annie Mac favourite and house music virtuoso, Vangelis Kostoxenakis drops an amazing course on Sonic Academy this week building his track ‘Zip It’ from scratch. Hailing from the southside of Athens, Greece VK is a machine when it comes to production. With an expansive career in the business, and has developed a deep musical background through various styles releasing unconventional but club friendly tracks on today’s top labels such as Kling Klong, Suara, Snatch!, Stereo Productions and Toolroom. He can also be found regularly sitting atop of the traxsource and Beatport charts.

Welcome to Tech Tips Volume 35, an all new set of tips in both the updated Logic Pro X and Ableton 10 to help get the most from your DAW. In these ten videos, Rory from Hyper Production looks at various tips and tricks which include creating cool bass lines from scratch, helping different elements from percussion to lead and pad sounds cut through the mix with compression and EQ matching, creating your own audio rack to help give your sounds a more random, human feel, and syncing a sidechain release to your tempo.

Imagine some of those iconic cinematic scenes without the music. The scintillating establishing scenes of Blade Runner’s futuristic Los Angeles, Elliot and E.T. soaring past the full moon on their flying bicycle or Luke Skywalker staring up at the twin suns of Tatooine. In our cover feature this month, we present the complete guide to the process from a professional standpoint, with industry advice and even step-by-step guides to try some of the unique creative processes yourself. In addition to our main feature, we also speak with in-demand composer Junkie XL about his work on top-tier blockbusters and commemorate the 20th anniversary of Air’s Moon Safari in this month’s Recording Spotlight. Our expanded tutorial section now (once again!) covers Pro Tools, as well as our usual range of reviews, tips and the second part of our Essential Guide To Plug-In Effects. We hope you enjoy the issue…

Mastering a track is a fine art that requires plenty of patience and practice. It’s extremely important that you understand your DAW and the tools at your disposal if you want to master effectively.

Output Exhale is unique, powerful, and innovative. It’s a vocal engine instrument for Kontakt with tons of customizable parameters and hundreds of vocal loops, slices, and one shots that are uniquely processed. It’s safe to say that Exhale is one of the most impressive instruments we’ve ever seen.