When vintage tech makes modern music
02:46, 9 October 2012
LONDON. October 9. KAZINFORM While many singers rush to adopt the latest software to create tracks that sell millions, recording studios are finding that an older-school hardware approach to music production remains in demand.
Rihanna's single Umbrella, which reached number one in the US and UK charts in 2007, is reported to include a loop from Apple's Garageband music creation software, which is freely included in Apple's operating systems.
The software contains synthesised instruments, beats and loops which can be mixed and sampled freely, according to BBC.
Artists like Courtney Love, Nine Inch Nails and Erasure are also said to have embraced it, offering up their own music to be remixed on it by fans.
But traditional studio recording and mixing equipment is far from being on the scrapheap, say industry experts.
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