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STUDIO ACOUSTICS – 58 Solutions, Tricks & FAQ | with Beat 10/24
Booming bass, hissing highs and tiring mixing – such sound problems are often due to poor acoustics. In our main feature we show you how to get the most common acoustic problems in your desktop or home studio under control. Optimize your room acoustics and find the ideal monitor solution not only for your workflow, but also for your sound. Whether you‘re a beginner or a professional, we‘ll help you set up your studio perfectly. No more half-truths about acoustics – here are the facts!
Hands-on: Plan you studio acousticss – including budget planer as free download
Long before you actually start treating and optimizing a room or studio, you usually have basic questions about costs, materials, or simply the „how“ and „why“. Here you will find all the answers to the most frequently asked questions about studio acoustics, answered by the expert Lukas Rimbach from GIK Acoustics and the Beat editorial team.
FREE: Cableguys TimeShaper 3 – Pitch & stutter wonderbox
Tone2 UltraSpace combines a flexible reverb effect and an equally versatile multitap delay, complemented by gating and ducking options. The plug-in masters dense, epic reverb effects and realistic room simulations as well as rolling echoes, ducking delays, gated reverbs and even chorus and flanger-like effects. Have fun experimenting!
Stress test: Arturia AstroLab – stage keyboard with 34 synths
With AstroLab, Arturia wants to bring its own V-Collection from the DAW to the stage. Designed as a stage keyboard, you have direct access to 34 instruments, from pianos to vintage synthesizers and samplers to modern digital synthesis, even without a computer. Sequencers and loopers complete the performance keyboard, and over 1,300 presets with appropriately assigned macro controls ensure immediate playing fun.
Discovered: Jon Hopkins – To know is not to know
Jon Hopkins‘ new album „Ritual“ is hypnotic, mesmerising, and utterly beguiling 41-minute, one-track trip. Hopkins refuses to reduce its meaning to platitudes or catchphrases. There are many answers in our interview – but no explanations.
54 drum kits & 93 JoMoX Alpha Base instruments for Zampler, Speedrum & MPCs
At first glance, the Alpha Base is just a groovebox, but at second glance it‘s an 11-fold multitimbral drum synth with sampling. In any case, it‘s a living legend and anyone who has had the chance to play this luxury gear extensively knows about its depth – and its killer kicks! It goes without saying that we recorded them all, along with basses, drums, metallic percussion sounds and instant Techno chords.
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