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Recording's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide.

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Keith McMillen Instruments QuNexus.
This USB keyboard controller is small enough to
fit in any laptop bag, flexible enough to work
with everything from MIDI to software to old
modular synthesizers, and boasts a playing surface
unlike anything else in the world.

An even dozen products for that recording musician
in your life, all with real reviews so you know what
you're getting! Check out the latest from Apogee,
Blue, Eventide, Gefen, Icon, iZotope, Radial
Engineering, Royer Labs, Sonnox, and Old Jersey
Music Labs.

REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

REVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR. AND MIKE METLAY

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Music To Your Ears!
2013 was a banner year for headphones and in-ear
monitors, from affordable models for recreational
listening to ultra-high-end professional designs.
Whether you want a cool gift or a headphone your
studio can rely on-or both-you'll want to read
these reviews on phones from Reid and Heath
Acoustics, AIAIAI, CAD Audio, Myth Labs, and Shure.

interviews
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The band's new album Delta Machine has an
experimental bent. Here's how a team of creative
musicians and engineers produced a cool single,
all while under time pressure and dodging obstacles
left and right.

REVIEWS BY MIKE METLAY

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KRK ROKIT Powered RP5 G3 Monitors.
The entry-level ROKIT Series takes another leap
forward in affordable sonic clarity, and we take
an exclusive first listen.

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REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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Fast Fashion: Remixing Depeche Mode's
"Should Be Higher".

BY ERIC ALEXANDRAKIS

Features
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Bock Audio IFET Condenser Microphone.

Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 24:
Compression-Part 3.
Our look at dynamics processing-and the
Recording Fundamentals monthly series itself-
wraps up with a discussion of the critical issue of
the Loudness Wars.

A unique mic with an "Instrument/Vocal" switch
that engages two different sets of electronics for
different applications. Is it truly two mics in one?
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

BY ERIC FERGUSON

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Sony Creative Software Audio Master
Suite: Sound Forge 11 and
SpectraLayers Pro 2.

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We all know that bass response in small rooms is
a problem, and that there are several ways to
attack it. But what works best under which
circumstances?

The venerable audio editor benefits from a
significantly streamlined workflow, and the
upstart audio repair/manipulation program comes
into its own with audio treatment features that
seem like black magic.

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REVIEWS BY DARWIN GROSSE

Taming The Low Frequencies-
Helmholtz Resonators vs. Bass Traps.

BY BRUCE BLACK

regulars

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Recording's Showcase of Sounds:
8Dio 8Dioboe.

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Fade In.

A novel approach to the sampling process produces
a solo woodwind virtual instrument that is exquisitely
expressive and playable.

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Talkback.

BY GARY ESKOW

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Readers' Tapes.
By Marty Peters

60

PreSonus RC 500 Solid State Channel
Strip.
A new solid-state preamp design combines with
a well-respected compressor and eq to form a
compact, great-sounding signal chain for the
upwardly mobile personal studio.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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COVER DESIGN BY SCOTT SIMMONDS

Fade Out.
Is "Quitting Your Day Job" Really The Point?
GUEST EDITORIAL BY JOHN MCVEY

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