Computer / Software

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...

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.

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.

Attaching several different applications to a single MIDI or Audio device can be very useful — once you've worked out how to do it! Martin Walker guides you through the procedure and points out the varied uses of the multi-client approach.

With more and more software synths appearing for both Mac and PC, it takes something a little special to make people sit up and take notice. Martin Walker looks at a product that should do just that.

TDM plug‑in for Pro Tools

Reviewed: Mac version

Lexicon's hardware reverb units...

TDM plug‑in for Pro Tools

Reviewed: Mac version

The Aphex Aural Exciter has become...

PC DirectX only

Not all professional‑quality plug‑ins are developed by large commercial...

The latest PC version of Steinberg's popular sequencing package incorporates a number of significant new features, including the long-awaited VST 2 and ASIO 2. Martin Walker checks them out.

An inexpensive program from MPEG software veterans Xing makes MP3 ripping and encoding quick and easy. But does it produce worthwhile results? Simon Trask has a ripping time with Audio Catalyst...

Paul White highlights the major features in the new version of Emagic's Logic sequencing software.

PC DirectX only

Cakewalk's FX3 Soundstage is, in essence, a reverb, but that description...

Features like software synthesis, frequency-domain editing and resynthesis seem impressive when modern sample editors incorporate them — but they were the stuff of myth when Steinberg released Avalon nearly 10 years ago. Paul Sellars chronicles an Atari legend.

Is BIAS Peak the natural successor to the ageing Sound Designer II, or can the old dog still show it some tricks? Paul White finds out.

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...

Most MIDI sequencers now include some notation facilities, however, these fall some way short of the needs of the scorewriting professional. Arranger and conductor Mike Crofts checks out one of the few dedicated scorewriting programs.