EQ Magazine - July 2008 - (Page 2) JULY 08 CONTENTS AUTUMN DE WILDE 16 TECHNIQUES 26 28 30 32 34 38 42 GUITAR TRAX High-Volume Recording with Sunn0))) BASS MANAGEMENT Taming the Wild Upright Bass KEY ISSUES One-Handed Synth Tricks DRUM HEADS Tracking Destroyer’s Groove Lunacy VOCAL CORDS Turning Dreary Vocals into Pop Star Performances, Part 1 MIX BUS Making String Samples More Musical CHEAT SHEET Recording Electric Guitar 52 REVIEWS 48 50 52 EDAX AUDIO LABS VTP-100 M-AUDIO PROFIRE 2626 TAPE SIMULATORS: McDSP AC-2, TriTone Digital ColorTone Pro, Voxengo TapeBus, PSP Audioware MixSaturator2, DUY DaD Tape, VirSyn VTape, Digidesign Reel Tape Saturation, Crane Song Phoenix, URS Strip Pro, Massey Tape-Head, Cakewalk FX2 Tape Sim, Jeroen Breebaart Ferox, Digital Fish Phones THD SOUNDS: Sony Afterhours EDM, Nine Volt Audio Textural Rex, Big Fish Audio Garage Breaks FEATURES 16 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Death Cab for Cutie guitarist and indie rock producer extraordinaire Chris Walla tells how he recorded the band’s highly experimental new release Narrow Stairs. SPECIAL SOFTWARE SHOWDOWN! TAPE SIMULATOR SHOOTOUT We test the hottest tape emulators and tell you how to use them to inject vintage vibe—and more—into modern mixes. 62 52 POWER APP ALLEY 44 46 PROPELLERHEAD REASON 4 SONY ACID PRO 6 DEPARTMENTS PUNCH IN 8 LOUIS XIV, FOUR TET AND STEVE REID, CAN YOUR RECORD GO GOLD IN THE DIGITAL AGE? 4 6 14 72 TALK BOX SOUNDING BOARD TOOL BOX ROOM WITH A VU: INFRASONIC SOUND RECORDING COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CA
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