EQ Magazine - January 2009 - (Page 2) JANUARY 09 CONTENTS 22 TECHNIQUES 32 GUITAR TRAX Prog Guitar Production with Porcupine Tree and Magenta BASS MANAGEMENT Owen Biddle of The Roots on Getting Serious Low End KEY ISSUES Saving with Sys-Ex DRUM HEADS Damon Che’s Explosive Drum Tracking Tricks VOCAL CORDS Antony Hegarty and the Simple Approach MIX BUS Avoiding Messy Mixes 34 FEATURES 16 BOB DYLAN A candid look at how the granddaddy of folk-rock works the studio. BONUS! How Chris Shaw tracked Dylan’s Grammy-winning song “Someday Baby” + Dylan vs. modern recording technology. THE KILLERS For their newest release, Day & Age, disco-rock kings The Killers dive in head-first by building a new private studio and flying in producer/remixer extraordinaire Stuart Price. “LITE” SOFTWARE ROUNDUP Budget-minded musicians take note: Lite software has now come of age and delivers serious value. Includes eight reviews. 36 38 42 44 22 GEARHEAD 52 “LITE” SOFTWARE: Apple Logic Express, Ableton Live 7 LE, Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack, Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio 7 XL, Steinberg Wavelab 6 Studio & Wavelab Essential 6, BIAS Peak LE 6, Native Instruments Guitar Rig XE & Session, Waves GTR Solo GADGETS & GOODIES: Warwick Hellborg Preamp, Genz Benz STL 3.0-8T SOUNDS: Propellerhead Software: Reason Electric Bass, Sony: Bhangra Breaks, Big Fish Audio: Bone Crushing Drums 52 62 64 DEPARTMENTS 4 6 8 ERIK WEISS 46 72 TALK BOX SOUNDING BOARD PUNCH IN: Daedelus, Matthew Herbert, Menahan Street Band CHEAT SHEET: IK Multimedia Amplitube family ROOM WITH A VU: Central Command Studios, North Hollywood, CA POWER APP ALLEY 48 50 MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA APPLE MAC OS X Cover photo by Torey Mundkowsky
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