Computer / Software

Paul White tries desktop masterifng using the new all-in-one PC or Mac package from IK Multimedia.

Finding it difficult to compile your audio files and regions for CD-burning in exactly the way you want them? Paul White tries Adaptec's Jam, and discovers there's nothing sticky about it at all.

Downloading samples and other resources from the Internet can be a valuable alternative to buying expensive sample CDs and CD-ROMs. Paul Sellars unearths some of the best sites.

Martin Russ brings post-Christmas good cheer and looks at some second-hand sale bargains. Finally, there's news of free Mac shareware form SOS...

Evolution is happening everywhere, and nowhere more so than MOTU's flagship recording software for the Mac. Nicholas Rowland tracks down the latest version.

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.