ISSUE 299 OCTOBER 2021

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BUILD YOUR OWN

RECORDING STUDIO

Everything you need to know about creating space for music making p16

18 HOW TO BUILD A STUDIO The complete guide to creating a music space

28 ACOUSTICS IN DEPTH We go in deep into this most important of subjects 33 BEDROOM VOCAL RECORDING How to make perfect vocal recordings in your home

/15 Questions with … a Bristolian ensemble and South American superstars

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ENSEMBLE Pete Cunningham from the

Bristolian collective who blend styles and tech for a unique sound 94 BOMBA ESTÉREO Simon Mejía from Columbian megastars Bomba Estéreo has a unique studio perspective we could all learn a little something from…

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/experts 42 SONGWRITING

Dave Clews offers up another ‘leading’ tutorial

44 SYNTH

MASTERCLASS Dave Gale creates the perkiest of sounds on Zebra

46 VOCAL GUIDE

A brand new series on best practice vocal production

54 BACK TO BASICS:

EQ AND DYNAMICS A new series of tutorials in which we visit some of the fundamentals of music production

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Reviews 66 TRACKTION

WAVEFORM PRO 688 ARTURIA FX

COLLECTION 2 708 OT TOM

HOLKENBORG PERCUSSION 728 XILS LAB KAOX 738 TOONTRACK EZ

CINEMATIC PADS 748 AUDIO

IMPERIA SOLO 768 SAMPLE REVIEWS 788 6 BEST

GUITAR PLUGINS

Interview

48 SANDUNES Sandunes’ Sanaya Ardeshir is enjoying an upward momentum that has bought her sound to the attention of everyone from Ableton to Warp, Bonobo to Red Bull…

Essentials

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