SOUND ON SOUND
Akai build on their years of expertise in stand-alone digital recorders with a truly portable personal multitracker offering a digital mixer and 12 tracks of audio on a removable-media drive. David Mellor takes it away.
David Mellor looks at the roles of computers in the modern studio.
David Mellor warms to TL Audio's new mid-range valve voice processor.
Can an expensive valve microphone preamp like this one really make that much diference to the quality of your recordings?
In the first part of this new series, David Mellor gives his personal slant on creating a studio that will stay with you as your recording skills and budget improve.
It's small, sleek and extremely covetable. David Mellor opens the box.
Just as analogue synths fell temporarily from grace in the face of digital synthesis technology, so analogue tape seems to be succumbing to the digital recording revolution. But David Mellor argues that a wise musician is one who learns the lessons of fickle fashion...
Is the current craze for all things retro preventing music technology from moving forward? David Mellor assesses the value of retro equipment and sees a vision of a thoroughly modern future.
This new voice channel aims to provide all you need to get a good sound from a mic, at a reasonable price. David Mellor tries it out.
The Deltafex Digital Stereo Effects Processor offers a stripped-down price to match its streamlined facilities. David Mellor checks it out..