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Whether you’re creating a majestic work of meditative ambience or an atmospheric pad for the breakdown of your club banger, we’re here to teach all you need to know

In these days of ‘ultimate sample banks’ and ‘preset-packed’ synths and effects, it’s easy to think that sound design is a dying art. But, if anything, we think it should be your go-to creative process. So, here’s how to get into it, whatever your level of understanding

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19 September cbso.co.uk From pop-ups in the Bullring and New Street Station to five premieres and a series aimed at rethinking the conc