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Saturday was Dynamic Range Day – part of a campaign to help fight the trend of making music recordings as loud as possible. Being louder might seem like a good idea, but there is a high price to pay…

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Many people perceive art as an expression of the human soul, a revelation of our unique humanness. However, one modern composer – Emily Howell – has generated a great deal of controversy and thrown these beliefs into question, partly because her compositions are actually quite good…

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This year’s RPM album by Canabrism will be based on an XKCD cartoon – at least partially. I used a program that can convert images to sound, then took the output as a sample source, which I further processed into something that (hopefully) fits with each song. But there are other things that can be converted into music as well…

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In what has now become an established tradition, today marks the beginning of another RPM Challenge. The task is to write, record and produce an entire album in 28 days during the month of February…

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Touchscreens seem set to take off in a big way this year, but we’re actually not far from moving beyond the touchscreen already. This demonstration of interactive projection illustrates some gaming potential, but it could equally be applied to music controllers…

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The guides section of the Podcomplex website has now been updated to include some computer hardware information. The section on tweaking a PC for better DAW performance is one of the oldest parts of the site, but now it is joined by a part-by-part introduction to computer components, as well as buying guides for laptops and desktops…


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Home studios are often less than ideal for recording, and sonic treatment can be a vital part of turning a spare bedroom into a usable tracking space. Vocals – whether spoken or sung – can be particularly problematic, but there are ways of getting more voice into your mixes…

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We are immersed in ambient sound, but are generally not conscious of how such sound impacts on our well-being and behaviour. Julian Treasure provides a succinct illustration of just how influential our audible environment can be…

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Moore’s Law is alive and well – an iPhone now has about as much processing power as my desktop computer did seven years ago. Even before that, a lot of great music was produced on computers with far lower specs, so it seems entirely reasonable that modern smartphones can also be used for audio production…

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Brian Eno teams up with Will Wright to demonstrate how complex music and visuals can be constructed from a few very simple rules. There are of course many ways to create music, but it’s often the case that having too many options is actually detrimental to creativity…

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