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January 2021 Contents

Reviews

Features

10 First Look! Ableton Live 11

14 Session Log: The Angelheaded
Hipster, Part 1: Drums

Pick a lane, link up, and follow the leader in the
latest version of this popular DAW

50 Arturia: KeyStep Pro 37-key

REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE

Controller & Sequencer

20 API: 312 Mic Preamp

If you missed out on the limited edition 50th
Anniversary API 312, we have some great news!
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

A well-connected step sequence command
center with MIDI, CV, USB, touch-sensitive
Slimkeys and more
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

22 Toontrack: Eddie Kramer's Legacy
of Rock SDX Expansion for Superior
Drummer 3

52 SPL: Crescendo duo Dual-Channel
Microphone Preamplifier
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

54 Plugin Outlet: sonible smart:verb

26 Austrian

Carving out custom spaces just got smarter

Audio: Hi-X50
Professional On-Ear
Headphones

REVIEW BY BILL STUNT

60 Death By Audio:

Fast, accurate and darn
near indestructible headphones, fresh from Austria

Rooms Stereo Reverberator

Scope the freaky spaces in this unique stereo
stompbox

REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

36 Plugin Outlet:

70 Plugin Outlet: BABY Audio

Nugen Audio Paragon Reverb

Convolution spaces resynthesized for algorithmic
flexibility and creativity
REVIEW BY BILL STUNT

Parallel Aggressor

With settings called Spank and Heat, there's
nothing subtle about the audio from this BABY
REVIEW BY BILL STUNT

38 Steinberg: Backbone Drum
Re-synthesizer

Decompose, recompose, refresh and resynthesize
(there's that word again) your sounds with this unique
sample instrument-and it's not just for drums...

40 PreSonus: DP-7 Complete Drum

Interviews

28 Adventures in the Art of

Symbiotic Collaboration:
In the Studio with Bright Eyes

The classic silver rhythm computer, reborn
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

42 Roland: TR-06 Drumatix and

TR-606 Software Rhythm Composer

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RECORDING January 2021

Hornsby: It's the new year, and it's
never too late!

In 2021, at age sixty, Carl plans to release seven albums filled with 72 songs that were composed and
recorded over the past three years-a generous
helping of New Year inspiration for 2021!
AN INTERVIEW WITH CARL BALDASSARRE

56 Inside the Box with Joe Albano:
This month, Joe begins year two of his Inside the
Box column with a comprehensive look at drum
replacement techniques, and the plugins and
programs that make it easier than you might think.

Regulars

Bright Eyes is comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike
Mogis and Nate Walcott. They embody the true
spirit of collaboration. In the studio, no sound is
too sacred, and every idea is on the table. Conor,
Mike and Nate give us a candid, behind-the-scenes
look at Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once
Was, highlighting the band's brilliant new sounds
after more than a decade of relative silence

Seven mics with a penchant for percussion, at a
prodigious price

44 Inside the Studio with Mark

Drum Replacement

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE

BY MARC URSELLI

Find out what 120v technology can do in a
microphone preamp

The legendary trap sounds of Bonham, Watts
and Mitchell, right in your DAW 

Microphone Set

Welcome to the launch of a brand new yearlong
deep dive into the recording of Angelheaded Hipster:
The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex, a 26-track double
album of T. Rex classics interpreted by Nick Cave,
Kesha, Joan Jett, U2, Elton John, Father John Misty,
Marc Almond, Gavin Friday, Todd Rundgren and
many others. Engineer Marc Urselli walks us through
the process, beginning this month with the drums.

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4 Fade In
8 Fast Forward
62 Readers' Tracks
BY MARTY PETERS

71 Advertiser Index
72 Fade Out: Stay safe,
and keep it clean!

GUEST EDITORIAL BY SCOTT DORSEY
COVER PHOTO: DARK HORSE INSTITUTE IN FRANKLIN,
TN TAKEN BY DAVID BLASCOE

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