). The essential guide to house 2011 is ok; however it's not too far away from the 2009 guide to house from a CM a couple of years back that featured Roger Sanchez. Follows much the same layout, even down to the track breakdown.Video with Tim Healey & Tomcraft is good, but again a little on the short side and also doesn't go into as much detail on some of the elements as per usual.
The EQing guide is fucking spot on from what I've seen, includes a section on phase invertion for EQ cuts which looks next level and will be trying later, as well as a full page breakdown on EQing a kick drum/snare drum. Highly recommended.
The Studio Smart feature is good, but a lot of it is irrelevant as I have templates/organised hard drive already; good section on dual screens, and the tips section at the end is pretty sound too.
Whole section on cymbals is interesting, particularly as it re-iterates some of the EQing points earlier in a different, plus Beginners Guide To Triplets is useful.
Interview with Emika is quality, more theory than practical but still a good read (like the Photek interview last issue).
Most interesting, however, is the review of the Dada Life Sausage Fattener VST. It's been mentioned on DSF a few times before, and tbh on the strength of the review I'm probably going to be getting myself a copy of it just to see if it lives up to the hype.
Guide to Synthesis is rounding off things, and looks interesting, but as I haven't yet gone through the Liquid DnB guide from last issue I won't be trying it out yet. They are using the TAL-Noisemaker and Zebra CM as their demo VSTs, which are both freeware and well respected on here.
Overall, worth it
