Recording - November 2009 - 2

PUBLISHER: ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Thomas Hawley Brent Heintz EDITORIAL EDITOR: Lorenz Rychner ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mike Metlay WEB EDITOR: Justin Peacock MÚSICO PRO EDITOR: Fernando Curiel CONTRIBUTORS Rod Tanaka, John Rossi III, Paul Vnuk Jr., Nick Casares, Brian Tarquin, Jim Combs, Marty Peters, Greg Hurley, Marc Urselli #! # ' % TAXI METER EDITOR: Kenny Kerner ART # ## (+—can you believe that we all have one more chance to buy the complete Beatles? +? Because the remastered CDs, by all accounts in the press, were done so well that the box sets sold out temporarily in various outlets soon after the release on Sep. 9. What a ' # ! Together with the recent Beatles: Rock Band game issue we have Beatlemania all over again, involving a whole new generation, no less. ’) #' " that ' #"’' #" before The Fab Four are % % " ) %+* % . Once the Baby Boomers and other Old Fogeys, % ! %& #, all ' to brushing up on their fading Beatles prowess from &' % +, and the game-playing kiddies memorize the catalog as new material to them, by around Christmas we’ll be drowning in Liverpudlian tunes, from suburban living rooms to Whistle While You Work cubicles to Karaoke bars. '’& ## ( ! $! ' % ' %! Roland and Cakewalk came together and produced an exquisite best-of-bothworlds product, the SONAR V-Studio 700. Sophisticated hardware, massively advanced software, great sounds—all in an integrated package for music production that will make many musicians and producers so happy for years to come, they’ll use it ' +& . John Rossi III could hardly find fault with any aspect of this huge new undertaking, and I’ve rarely seen him wax so enthusiastically about anything before " + . It’s quite #! ' " . His review starts on page 16. Our Fernando Curiel brings together the beloved (real) tube amps and the many speaker/cabinet simulations available as plug-ins in DAWs (Digital Audio Workstation). He goes into great detail on what to use and how to use it, to achieve the best tones of both worlds. And if you need to crank the amp to 11, don’t think #( "’' # '—instead, ' ' —because Fernando’s method allows your neighbors and family members to sleep while you shred. So it doesn’t have to be % +’& '. He applied this method to a variety of products, recorded some of the outcomes, and lets you hear the examples on our website. This month, in Part 1, we bring you mostly the hardware side of this method, next time we’ll move on to the computer for a description of routings, tracking techniques, and specific plug-ins. It’s a #" " " " # to tonal success, a very rewarding +&' %+ #(%. Brian Tarquin has spoken to many guitar greats, and in this month’s Guitar Column he discusses getting good guitar tones, with input from Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, and Ted Nugent, three guitar heroes worth listening to "+ ! ' , simply (& . We bring you much more in this issue, so please read and '. We end with a provocative guest editorial by Marc Urselli who says that the new model of music distribution is just #! " ' '. This may seem like & %+ and %+ + %+ to some, while others may welcome the concept and feel like % #! & (". If you think #( ) "#*" '' % about sprinkling this Fade In with Beatles song titles, "' # #( " about it, #"’' #' % , I told you the Beatles were % % " ) %+* % ! Happy Recording! & PRODUCTION ART DIRECTOR: Scott Simmonds PRODUCTION MANAGER: Colin Courtney PHOTOGRAPHY: Brent Heintz PLAYBACK PLATINUM SERIES EDITOR/PRODUCER: Lorenz Rychner CIRCULATION CIRCULATION MANAGER: Tiffany Sepe ADVERTISING SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR: Brent Heintz CLASSIFIEDS MANAGER: Stephanie King ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Stephanie King EXECUTIVE OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Thomas Hawley VICE PRESIDENT: Brent Heintz Subscriptions/Address Changes: 1-800-582-8326 281-261-2581 Advertising/Classifieds/Main Office: (303) 516-9118 RECORDING MAGAZINE (ISSN 1078-8352; USPS 002-298) is published monthly, 12 times per year, by Music Maker Publications, Inc., 5408 Idylwild Trail, Boulder, CO 80301-3523. Tel: (303) 516-9118 Fax: (303) 516-9119 email: info@recordingmag.com Periodicals Postage is paid at Boulder, CO and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to RECORDING, Subscriber Services, P.O. Box 334, Stafford, TX, 77497. Tel: 1-800-582-8326 or 832-886-1126. Subscription rate: $19.95 per year. All material is subject to worldwide copyright protection, and reproduction or imitation in whole or in part is expressly forbidden without written consent from the publishers. All reasonable care is taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of the magazine, but Music Maker Publications, Inc. cannot be held legally responsible for its contents. The publishers cannot assume responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or materials. All trademarked names, whether indicated as such or not, are owned by their respective companies. Canada Post: Publications Mail Agreement #41491032. Canada Returns to be sent to Bleuchip International, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2 © Copyright 2009 Music Maker Publications, Inc. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. RECORDING NOVEMBER 2009

Recording - November 2009

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording - November 2009