| ReGenesis |
Technique : Stagecraft |
April 2009 |
Early Genesis for the modern keyboardist Forming a tribute act can be challenging when it comes to getting the sound as close to the original band as possible, and approaching the keyboard rig for a Genesis tribute certainly proved tricky.
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| UNIT.Y GAIN |
Reviews : Expansion Board |
September 1999 |
| TC Electronic Unit.Y Co-processor Card For Yamaha 02R Most modern digital mixers, like Yamaha's 02R, incorporate powerful built-in effects - but they frequently do this at the expense of their ability to interface with high-quality external processors. Mike Collins explores an alternative way of adding top-notch effects to the 02R...
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| DIAL M FOR REVERB |
Reviews : Effects |
June 1999 |
| TC Electronic M3000 Studio Effects Processor Mike Collins provides some early reflections on TC Electronic's latest reverb unit and effects processor.
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| pro tools by numbers! |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
June 1999 |
| Gallery PX10 Production Palette Pro Tools Control Surface Digidesign's Pro Tools is undoubtedly a powerful system, and a hardware control surface such as the Gallery Production Palette can really help to unlock that power. Mike Collins just loves being in control...
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| PLUS POINTS |
Reviews : Computer Recording System |
April 1999 |
| Pro Tools 24 Mixplus Digital Audio Workstation For Mac Digidesign's latest Pro Tools MIX card offers even more power than last year's PT24, providing higher plug-in performance and improved mixing and processing capabilities - and there's a new software version with some useful enhancements. Mike Collins weighs up the pros and cons.
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| Cakewalk Metro v4 |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
February 1999 |
| MIDI + Audio Sequencer For Mac For years Metro was a fully-featured Mac MIDI-only sequencer without a permanent home, available from various manufacturers. Now, the package has been adopted by PC sequencer company Cakewalk to help them attract Mac-based custom — and they have added various new features including audio support. Mike Collins goes underground...
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| HUMAN INTEREST |
Reviews : Hardware Controller |
December 1998 |
| Mackie HUI Control Surface For Digital Audio Workstations Users of computer-based recording systems often feel restricted by the limited degree of physical control available when it comes to mixing, especially when compared to a traditional setup centred around a hardware mixer. Mike Collins tries out a new system from Mackie which aims to improve matters.
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| DIGIDESIGN ADAT BRIDGE I/O |
Reviews : Accessory |
October 1998 |
| Digidesign ADAT Bridge I/O: ADAT Interface for Pro Tools Digidesign's new interface allows Pro Tools users to transfer data to and from ADAT-compatible devices. Mike Collins finds out if it's a Bridge too far...
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| PRICELESS TOOLS? |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
September 1998 |
| Digidesign Pro Tools 3.4 If the best things in life are free, then perhaps Pro Tools 3.4 is one of them - Digidesign are now giving away this version of their Mac audio recording and editing software. Mike Collins looks a gift horse in the mouth.
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| AUDIO ALCHEMY? |
Reviews : A-D / D-A Converter |
August 1998 |
| Apogee AD8000 24-bit Digital Audio Converter The AD8000 is a high performance 8-channel, 24-bit A-D converter which can cope with an array of different digital audio formats, either in its basic form or with the addition of one of several optional cards. Mike Collins gets converted...
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| TOAST WITH JAM |
Technique : Multimedia |
May 1998 |
| A Hands-On Guide To Making CDs Mike Collins offers a step-by-step practical guide to using several software packages designed to help you work more effectively with CD writers.
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| XTC: Making Plans For MIDI: |
Reviews : MIDI Interface |
April 1998 |
| Opcode Studio 64XTC MIDI Interface/MIDI Patchbay/Digital Synchroniser Although it's less than a year old, Opcode's highly useful Studio 64X multi-port MIDI interface and patchbay has been redesigned to incorporate even more features (including a wide range of synchronisation facilities), and has re-emerged from its refit as the Studio 64XTC. Mike Collins gets connected.
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| HOW PRO CAN YOU GO? |
Reviews : Computer Recording System |
February 1998 |
| Digidesign Pro Tools 24 Digital Recording & Editing Environment Pro Tools has made a leap to 24-bit, but does the increased theoretical quality really translate to a better sound, and it is worth the extra money? Mike Collins finds out.
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| DIGIDESIGN PRO TOOLS |
Reviews : Computer Recording System |
January 1998 |
| Digidesign Pro Tools Digital Recording & Editing Environment (Preview) Pro Tools moves up a bit (or eight) and Mackie's dedicated hardware controller for the system finally arrives. Mike Collins gets an advanced viewing.
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| Digidesign Universal Slave Driver |
Reviews : Synchroniser |
January 1998 |
| Synchroniser Digital devices need synchronisation just as much as analogue ones, and this new offering from Digidesign aims to be a one-box solution for most audio and visual sync requirements. Mike Collins says it's about time...
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| CDS BY THE BOOK |
Technique : Theory + Technical |
January 1998 |
| Compact Disc Formats Explained Many of us can now afford the once-unthinkable luxury of making our own CDs, for one-off music demos, mass CD duplication or general data storage. But a few of us know the full story behind the numerous 'Book' standards governing the kind of data that can be stored on a CD. Mike Collins colours by numbers...
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| IT'S ABOUT TIME... |
Reviews : Synchroniser |
November 1997 |
| MOTU Digital Timepiece Universal SMPTE/Video/Digital Audio Synchroniser Three years since it was first announced, MOTU's Digital Timepiece is here at last. Bristling with features, it aims to become the one-stop solution for the digital project studio's AV sync needs. Mike Collins explains how to get clock-wise...
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| AARDVARK AARDSYNC II |
Reviews : Synchroniser |
October 1997 |
| Aardvark Aardsync II Master Digital Audio Sync Generator Got the jitters? Aardvark's external sync unit could be the answer. Mike Collins investigates.
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| CONTROLLING INTEREST |
Reviews : MIDI Controller |
October 1997 |
| Penny & Giles DC16 MIDI Controller The DC16 is an assignable control surface ideal for use both with gear and software, and with digital audio systems such as Pro Tools. Mike Collins just loves being in control.
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| ROUTE FINDER |
Reviews : Patchbay |
October 1997 |
| Z systems Z161R Detangler Now that digital equipment is arriving in project studios, a patchbay becomes a worthwhile purchase. Mike Collins goes back to his routes...
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| FACE VALUE |
Reviews : MIDI Interface |
July 1997 |
| MIDI Interfaces for the Macintosh When it's time for your Mac to start talking MIDI to the rest of your rig, the technology, like the truth, is out there. But should you spend a few pounds, or a few hundred? Mike Collins has the information you need.
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| AARDVARK AARDVERTER |
Reviews : A-D / D-A Converter |
June 1997 |
| Aardvark Aardverter: Professional A/D and D/A Converter Mike Collins investigates the versatile AardVerter - a 16-bit converter packed with features.
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| BRIGHT IDEAS |
Reviews : A-D / D-A Converter |
May 1997 |
| Lucid Technology NB24 Nubus Digital I/0 card and ADA1000 20-bit A/D and D/A converters With new PCI audio I/O card becoming avaliable for PCI Macintoshes and newer PCs almost every month, it's good to know that those with NuBus Macintoshes aren't being totally forgotten. Mike Collins checks out the first products from Symetrix's new division, Lucid Technology.
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| DISC-O-TECH |
Technique : Multimedia |
March 1997 |
| Using Toast And Masterlist CD To Make CDs In The Studio Now that CD writers and well-specified CD-burning software are becoming more affordable, you might like to think about the advantages DIY CDs could bring to your studio. Mike Collins explains the benefits and takes you through the burning process using two popular software packages.
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| MOTU MTP AV |
Reviews : MIDI Interface |
January 1997 |
| MOTU MTP AV MIDI Interface/Patchbay/Synchroniser Mike Collins studio-tests a versatile new interface, which works with both Mac and PC and provides professional-level functionality at the right price.
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| SORCERER'S APPRENTICE |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
June 1996 |
| Passport Alchemy 3.0 Sample Editor or the Mac Now that Sound Designer II no longer provides sampler support, the way is clear for an improved version of the veteran Alchemy software. Mike Collins thinks it's worth its weight in gold.
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| LIVING WITH... |
Technique : Recording / Mixing |
May 1996 |
| Mastering On The Mac: Yamaha CDE100/102 CD Writer & Digidesign Masterlist CD CD-R may be the fastest growing mastering format, but its complicated zip codes and impenetrable protocols have made it anything but user friendly. As prices tumble and software evolves, however, it's an increasingly accessible medium. Mike Collins explains how he's mastered mastering on his Mac...
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| SOUNDING OFF: The Apple Macintosh by Mike Collins |
People + Opinion : Industry / Music Biz |
April 1996 |
Regular SOS contributor Mike Collins blows the trumpet for the Apple Macintosh, whilst sounding a note of caution to those musicians considering the Mac as a work platform today...
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| PLUGGING INTO PRO TOOLS |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
March 1996 |
| TDM Software plug-ins for Digidesign Pro Tools: Part 2 Mike Collins concludes his look at the available TDM software plug-ins, concentrating this month on those made by third-party manufacturers.
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| PLUGGING INTO PRO TOOLS |
Reviews : Software: ALL |
February 1996 |
| TDM Software Plug-ins for Digidesign Pro Tools: Part 1 The all-digital, computer-based recording studio is no longer a distant future possibility. Thanks to digidesign's TAM buss, many of the processing capabilities of a traditional studio setup are now available as computer software plug-ins. In the first of this two-part feature, Mike Collins takes us through some of the available options.
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