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Recording:
The Magazine For The Recording Musician

Latest Edition
Summer is hotter than ever at RECORDING, and our August issue touches on a very hot subject: Plug-ins and support software for your DAW. We take a look at how you can extend the power and capability of your DAW in a variety of ways.


Not all content libraries are created equal. Many different manufacturers seek to control the quality of their content and how users access it by making it available through special player engines... in this issue we'll introduce the major players and lay out some of the differences between them.

If you're working with session musicians or trying to compose for a large group on your own, notation software is vital, and a lot of sweat and effort can be saved if you can hear what your compositions sound like before folks play them. In this issue, we walk through a composition using Avid Sibelius and its internal sounds, and touch on how one composer moves his work from Makemusic Finale to Steinberg Cubase.

And then there are plug-in reviews! There are new takes on beloved old classics, like Universal Audio's improved 1176 plug-in for the UAD-2 DSP card and Softube's emulations of hardware from Summit Audio, Tonelux, and Trident. And there are new ideas from the appealingly sensible (the united-we-stand ethos of the Plug-in Alliance) to the totally radical (the seemingly impossible UNVEIL from Zynaptiq... a plug-in that claims to remove reverb from recorded tracks!).

If you're looking beyond plug-ins and software, we've a lot to offer in this issue for you too. AEA's newest preamp is taken for a test run, along with a powerful audio interface from PreSonus, a fresh look at a beloved ribbon mic, and the promise of the Peavey MuseBox, which puts the world of plug-ins into the hands of musicians who don't trust computers on stage (or, maybe, anywhere else).

Bruce Kaphan gives us a peek into his latest recording project, Recording Fundamentals continues exploring music production and those involved in the process, Scott Dorsey gets serious about terminology, and much more. In or out of the box, there's something fun and enlightening to be had for just about everyone in the August RECORDING!

Read More at Recording Magazine August Issue

Description
Recording magazine began with a straightforward mission statement:

"Recording will carry out in-depth reviews of new equipment as soon as it comes onto the market, interview the engineers and producers who influence the way music is made today, and explain any new technology as it is introduced in an easy-to-understand and logical way.” –Inaugural Issue, October 1987

Recording magazine offers a fascinating and useful blend of topical articles, how-to columns, tough yet balanced reviews, interviews, news, DIY guides, critiques of readers’ recordings, and much more.Read More at Recording Magazine Website

Where to Find It and Borrowing Time

Recording is a magazine which means it can be found in the front of the LRC. Magazines are organized alphabetically, so Recording can be found in the rack in front of Bookstack 1 - about halfway down. Recording Magazine can be checked out by students for 5 days - or swing by the LRC to flip through its pages anytime!