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September 2020 Contents

Reviews

38 Plugin Outlet: NUGEN Producer

ISO-PUCK 76

Analyze, equalize, stereoize, manage, master,
and check your tracks with this comprehensive
plugin suite.

Bundle

10 Once Over: IsoAcoustics
When you need to isolate the big boys, this is the
PUCK for you!
BY PAUL VNUK JR.

10 Once Over: Sennheiser Anniversary
Edition HD 25 Headphones

One ear off, one ear on, thumping and yellow,
what better way to celebrate 75 years!

BY BILL STUNT

40 Daking Audio: Comp II Stereo
VCA Compressor

Dial in great sounding, transparent, versatile compression with ease on this two-channel compressor.
BY PAUL VNUK JR.

BY PAUL VNUK JR.

48 Plugin Outlet: UVI Drum Replacer

Machine learning, five layers of tonal separation, an
eight-layer drag 'n' drop drum sampler and more,
combine in this modern drum replacement tool.

12 Arturia: Keylab Essential 88

BY DAVID BLASCOE

Tickle the ivories and tap the pads on this
affordable 88-key controller.

50 PreSonus: Quantum 2626

BY JOHN CZERWINSKI

Latency? What latency? This twenty-six channel
Thunderbolt 3 interface clocks in at less than 1ms.

14 Solid Stage Logic: SiX Desktop

BY ALEX HAWLEY

Mixer

Hey honey, I shrunk the SSL!
Review by Alex Hawley

56 SPL: Mercury Mastering DA

24 Reviewed and Revisited:

Come meet the world's first digital-to-analog
audio converter built on 120v rails.

Converter

Logic Pro X 10.5 (And Novation
Launchpad X with Logic)

BY JUSTIN PERKINS

Sample, loop, step, and drag 'n' drop in the latest
update of the popular Apple DAW.
Also see how the updated Novation Launchpad
X integrates with Logic Pro X 10.5.
REVIEW BY JOE ALBANO

58 Demeter Amplification: RV-1D
Real Spring Reverb

Two channels of high quality, custom spring
reverb for the studio.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

28 Genelec: The Ones 8351B

One of 'The Ones' gets significant upgrades, and
GLM hits version 4.0.

68 Reviewed and Revisited: Harrison
Mixbus 32C Version 6

Mix your tracks with analog flavor and flare.

42 Mixing Josephine Beaver's Prime
Time and tracking big bands with Al
Schmitt

For over 60 years, Al Schmitt has lent his hands,
ears and expertise to sessions ranging from
classic big band greats, to the psychedelic 60s,
to 70s pop perfection and beyond. In this interview,
Al offers tips on tracking big band sessions then
and now, remixing Josephine Beaver's
Prime Time, and working on his signature
Decades drum library for Toontrack.
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

Features

32 Inside the Box with Joe Albano:
Virtual Channel Strips

Channel strips from many classic recording
consoles of the 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond have
been painstakingly modeled in plugin form. This
month, Joe rounds up choice emulations of SSL,
Neve, API, Trident, EMI, Helios and more.
BY JOE ALBANO

52 Inside the Studio with Mark
Hornsby: The One Hour Mix

Think you can mix a song in one hour? Mark
Hornsby thinks you can, and this month he
shows you how, minute by minute.
BY MARK HORNSBY

Regulars
4 Fade In

BY JAMES LINDENSCHMIDT

8 Fast Forward

Audio KH-Comp 1

Interviews

60 Readers' Tracks

BY BILL STUNT

from a Half Century
Jeff Larson and Gerry Beckley

71 Advertiser Index

BY ALEX HAWLEY

30 Plugin Outlet: Black Rooster

18 America: Demos and Sessions

The classic sound, versatile feature set, and
modern sensibilities in this compressor are
something to crow about.

36 Novation: Launchkey 49 MK3

A sleek modern look, and an equally sleek modern
user experience await in version three of this
popular keyboard controller line.
BY DAVID BLASCOE

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RECORDING September 2020

Learn how reissue producer Jeff Larson cleaned
up, mixed, compiled and even crafted a brand
new song for the new 7CD/1 DVD America Half
Century Box Set. We also talk to America's Gerry
Beckley about the evolution of his home studio-
from 1972 to today.
INTERVIEWS BY PAUL VNUK JR.

BY MARTY PETERS

72 Fade Out: Mix Fu: Learn, Practice,
Forget

GUEST EDITORIAL BY AARON TRUMM
COVER PHOTO OF ALEX HAWLEY AT COUPE STUDIOS
TAKEN BY LAUREN HAWLEY

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