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RECORDING MAGAZINE JUNE

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Reviews
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Reviewed & Revisited:
Ableton Live 9 and Push.
The newest edition of Live adds remarkable
workflow enhancements and some great new
sounds. Also: a look at the exciting new Push
instrument/controller for Live.

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REVIEWS BY MIKE METLAY

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Arturia Spark Vintage; Tone2 Saurus; Rob Papen
Blade; Modartt Pianoteq 4.5.
REVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR., MIKE METLAY, DEVON BRENT,
AND RICHARD SHORE

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REVIEWS BY JIM COMBS AND MIKE METLAY

FeatuRes
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Apogee Quartet.
This high-end interface provides exquisite sound
and flexible controllability for your Mac...
or your iPad.

BY MARC URSELLI AND GREG ARENS

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Reviewed & Revisited:
Steinberg Cubase 7.
A revamped mixing environment serves as
centerpiece for an across-the-board slate of
improvements.

BY DEVON BRENT

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Reviewed & Revisited:
MOTU Digital Performer 8.
New effects, new video support, and the
beckoning world of 64-bit audio make this DAW
a compelling new contender—for Mac, and
soon for Windows as well.

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BY YUVAL SHREM

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Ingram Engineering MPA685.
This handmade 2-channel preamplifier exudes
class in construction and sound.

BY ERIC FERGUSON

RegulaRs
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Fade In.

Reviewed & Revisited:
PreSonus Studio One 2.5.

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Talkback.

A free upgrade brings significant tweaks to
tracking, comping, session organization, and
more.

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Fast Forward.

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Readers’ Tapes.

REVIEW BY SCOTT DORSEY

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Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 18:
Headphones—Part 1.
Think we’re done with monitoring yet? Ha! Join us
as we discuss the truth and myth of what’s
happening between your ears.

REVIEW BY JIM COMBS

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Mock-Up Magic.
There’s an art and science to getting your virtual
instruments to sound like the real thing. When it
works, it’s magic.

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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Finding Fault.
Sometimes figuring out how to make your
Windows audio PC work better is as simple as truly
understanding what’s wrong with it. Sometimes.

REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

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SXSW 2013—From Guerilla To Gorilla.
New ways to promote your music abound at the
SXSW Conference in Austin, and our intrepid
reporters take you there to learn all the juicy details.

REVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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For Your Bookshelf.
Hal Leonard offers handy DAW guides for Digital
Performer and Studio One.

Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A
Classic Leveler Collection for UAD-2.
Three new software versions of one of history’s
most famed dynamics controllers... and for the
curious, we provide a refresher course on the
hardware version and compare it to the software!

Recording’s Showcase of Sounds.

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REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

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Reviewed & Revisited:
Cakewalk SONAR X2.
The pre-eminent PC sequencer steps into the
age of Windows 8 with a huge slate of refinements
and intriguing new support for multitouch displays.
REVIEW BY ALLEN GOODMAN

BY MARTY PETERS

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COVER DESIGN BY SCOTT SIMMONDS

Fade Out.
A Compression Story.
GUEST EDITORIAL BY SCOTT DORSEY

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