Accessories / Gadgets

There have been many inventions aimed at producing a wider or deeper stereo image from conventional stereo speakers, but few...

The Roland MC50 is one of the best hardware sequencers ever made, but it can be a bit puzzling for the first‑time...

Where can you store all those long samples and audio files? Paul White checks out one possible answer.

When your dilatory digits can't hit those chords on cue, MIDI sequencing can seem the only solution. As Paul Ward discovers, however, now you have a flexible new friend...

This month, Paul White takes a look an intriguing solution to problematic vocal acoustics.

This month, Paul White tests out a new drive system.

The SOS team review 4 discs of synth sounds.

The SOS team review a soldering iron from Portasol.

Macintosh have finally started licensing their operating system to other manufacturers. so when is a Mac not a Mac? Paul D. Lehrman looks at Power computing's range of Macintosh clones.

This time the sun really has got to Julian Colbeck, Keyfax Software supremo and recent emigré to California;...

Capital Mamba make bespoke equipment covers and soft cases, which means that no matter how obscure your keyboard instrument,...

The Song Builder series of MIDI files currently comprises at least seven volumes of patterns, riffs and phrases in...

Users of KAT's drumKAT or trapKAT may be interested to learn that a couple of new accessories are available, the simplest...

Most of the time, inspiration doesn't so much strike as go on strike — so what can be done to coax it back to work? Paul White proffers a few suggestions.

Anyone into sampling or hard disk recording appreciates the need for a low-cost, high-capacity, archivable storage medium — and that's exactly what Iomega's Zip 100 drive delivers. Paul White gives it a spin...

Team SOS checks out an advanced damping polymer from Spectra Dynamics in Wales.

Team SOS test a practice amp from Washburn.

Paul White checks out two 19-inch modular rack cases from CP.

Wilf Smarties tinkers with some kill switches.

Established mic company Audio Technica have branched out into the world of headphones with their new ATrange. Paul White listens in.

If you're on a budget, there's nothing to beat buying second-hand. Derek johnson and Debbie Poyser trawl the Reader Ads to highlight more of yesterday's forgotten gear that's worth a closer look.