Accessories / Gadgets

Iomega's removable Zip drive has been a huge success for cost-effective data backup. Now the much larger capacity Jaz, which is fast enough for direct to disk audio use, looks set to continue the Iomega success story. Paul White enters the Jaz age...

Paul White tries out the SCSI version of this popular drive, and discovers lots of potential applications in the studio.

Optifile's new VCA automation system is designed to make professional quality automation affordable. Paul White finds out to what extent they've succeeded.

These high-quality headphones have been redesigned to make them more suitable for studio use. Paul White listens in.

While professional studios invariably make use of compact bantam patchbays, most home studios are forced to go the quarter...

The idea of making computers rackmounting for studio use is not a new one, but the necessary hardware tends to be expensive....

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...