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RECORDING January 2023 Contents
Reviews
10 Roland SPD-SX
PRO Sampling Pad
Improvements abound
in this updated pro
sampling pad
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
20 Soundware Showcase:
Toontrack Hitmaker SDX
Six drum kits and a host of electronic drums
that helped define the sound of the 80s and beyond
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
24 PreSonus Studio One Version 6
The request lines are open in this latest DAW
update
REVIEW BY BILL STUNT
34 LEWITT
BEATKIT PRO
A 7-piece
drum mic kit
tailored for peak
percussive performance
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
38 Soundware Showcase:
Spitfire Audio Abbey Road Orchestra:
Low Percussion
Expressive orchestral thunder from one of the
most famed studios in the world
REVIEW BY JOHN CZERWINSKI
44 sE Electronics T2
Sharpen your recordings with the sound of
Titanium
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
46 Solid State Logic SSL CONNEX
What can you do with a four-sided multimode
USB microphone?
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY
48 API 3122V
Flexible features and metering up the game of
this famous preamp
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
56 Plugin Outlet:
Strymon BigSky Plugin
A boutique reverb pedal reborn as a plugin
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
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6 RECORDING January 2023
14 Session Log with Marc Urselli:
Trasfrontera Japan, taiko drums, Kaoru
Watanabe and Anna Sato
Welcome to year three of Session Log. Marc
Urselli kicks off the new year with another
installment of the Trasfrontera series of live
in-studio concert recordings. He makes his way
to Japan for these sessions, and we learn how
to record taiko and traditional drums which are a
significant part of Japanese history and culture.
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28 Hugh Padgham:
Behind the Gates of the Hitmaker
Hugh Padgham is a GRAMMY Award-winning
audio engineer and producer whose sonic stamp
has graced the albums of Sting, Phil Collins,
Peter Gabriel, Genesis, XTC, Paul McCartney,
Public Image Ltd, The Police, Binker & Moses
and the list goes on. Best known for classic 80s
and 90s drum production, Hugh recently lent
his talents and tones to the Hitmaker SDX from
Toontrack. Editor Paul Vnuk Jr. talks one-on-one
with Hugh about the above and more.
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
Features
58 Panda Audio Future Impact v3
Deep programmability, ultra-stable tracking and
a software editor make for a stellar stompbox
synthesizer
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY
60 EFNOTE 3X & EFNOTE 7
You think you know electronic drums... hold
my sticks
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
Interviews
50 Inside the Studio with Mark
Hornsby: Steve Gadd
Since 1968 Steve Gadd has logged countless
hours in the studio playing on classics grooves
that are etched into our musical DNA-Paul
Simon's " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, " Steely
Dan's " Aja, " Rickie Lee Jones' " Chuck E.'s in
Love " all bear the mark of Steve's signature
stickwork. Mark sits down with Steve to
discuss his ongoing career as one of the
world's most in-demand session drummers.
Regulars
4 Fade In
8 Fast Forward
64 Readers' Tracks
70 Ad Index
72 Fade Out: New (Year's)
Studio Resolutions
New Year's studio resolutions you might
actually keep
GUEST EDITORIAL BY AARON J. TRUMM
40 Studio 101 with Joe Albano:
An Intro to Drum Recording
Join us as we get back to basics. New for
2023, Joe Albano launches a fresh round of
RECORDING's Studio 101 focused on each issue's
topic du jour. This month's class is in session with
a beginner-focused primer on drum recording.
COVER PHOTO
BY BILL ZULES
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