Computer / Software

Dedicated Atari users were able to check out the latest from the core Atari hardware and software developers at the recent All Micro Show. Derek Johnson was there for SOS.

With demand increase for original analogue synths, and the second-hand market drying up, more and more people are contemplating building their own. As Ken McBeth explains, all the necessary resources are available on-line...

Martin Walker considers what to look for when buying a new PC or upgrading an existing one, if you want it to remain up-to-date for as long as possible.

Martin Russ looks back at a bad and good month for Apple, and writes them out a Christmas wish list.

Hums and buzzes in your signal path are not the only cause of noise problems in the studio. The mechanical noise emitted by some equipment can be equally disruptive — but, as Martin Walker explains, you don't have to suffer in (lack of) silence.

In the first part of a new series, Paul White looks at the practicalities of stereo editing. So, if you plan on compiling your stereo mixes into an album master, you'd better read on.

Martin Walker advises manual dexterity, speeds up his internet experience, and finds yet more tweaks for Windows.

Martin Russ puts the new iMacs in context, and delves further into his new G3.

Mac VST, PC DirectX, Premiere, Audiosuite

Reviewed: PC DirectX version

If you want a...

PC DirectX only

Restoration‑NR (latest version 1.1.1) is another denoising DirectX plug...

Fancy multi-port MIDI operation for your Atari? Derek Johnson looks at a three-way interface that can expand the musical horizons of Atari users and rounds up some more ST news.

This month Martin Walker discusses processor overclocking, as well as bringing you up to date will the latest PC news.

Martin Walker considers the possible impact of the Millennium bug on PC musicians.

If Cakewalk was a cat, it'd be on its last life by now — but, as Kevin Perry discovers, the long-established PC sequencing package shows no sign of turning up its paws just yet...

Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser explore a colourful way of applying virtual synth processing to your samples.

Martin Walker looks at a new stand-alone utility that claims to add the human touch to MIDI data, and finds that it scores highly.

This Month sees Martin Walker bemoaning certain schemes of copy protection, as well as investigating various downloads for Yamaha SW1000XG owners.

Martin Russ laments his unerring success at buying new Macs just as they are about to be superseded, but recovers enough to find another little-known but fascinating seam of music software.

Turn your Atari into an instant musical ideas machine with fascinating Music Mouse. Derek Johnson reviews a vintage Atari program that's still available new and checks out a useful ST resource web site.

The Internet was originally conceived as a resource for sharing information — and there's still quite a lot of it out there among the Star Trek sites and pirated MP3s, if you know where to look.

Martin Walker answers some of the most common queries about setting up and using your soundcard, and achieving the best audio quality.