Computer / Software

The latest upgrade to WaveLab Verson 1.6 includes CD writing in its arsenal. Martin Walker loeads up and dives in...

Martin Russ feels the need for speed, and reminds readers of the often overlooked benefits of using macros...

Cakewalk's Robin Kelly passes on some hints and tips designed to help users of the popular Cakewalk Pro Audio PC audio sequencing package get the best from their software.

The ST platform is still plentifully supplied with cheap and cheerful music programs. Derek Johnson delivers an update.

Martin Walker dons his white lab coat and explains the advantages of knowing a little more about DOS and the Command Line Interface.

This month's clutch of software and hardware problems are mainly of the SCSI variety. Martin Walker deactivates a few suspect devices.

It may say v1.6 on the box, but the latest version of BIAS's Mac-based audio editor is stuffed with enough new features to warrant a version 2.0 tag. Paul D. Lehrman scales new heights.

Paul White explores the far dimensions of space using this spatial enhancement plug-in.

Huge disk drives are becoming the norm for PC musicians, but there's more to installing them than plugging in and turning on. Martin Walker talks you through the hard part.

Version 8 of the Mac operating system is ready to roll, and Martin Russ is the man with the facts and figures...

If the worst happened and your PC lost its memory, you could quickly recreate the same settings again. Couldn't you? Martin Walker takes an inventory.

There's still plenty of sofware and support emerging for the venerable Atari — including packages which let you get 'netted'. Derek Johnson elaborates.

Paul White studio-tests the sound engineer's dream — a TDM software plug-in for undetectably correcting vocal and monophonic instrument pitching problems.

If you've been desperately seeking a TB303 at any price, this inexpensive software, which provides the equivalent of two of the little silver dream machines, plus a virtual TR808, could be the answer to your prayers. Derek Johnson & Chris Carter find out whether it's too good to be true...

More and more external devices now plug into the PC serial and parallel ports. Martin Walker explains how to check your settings.

If you're recording and editing MIDI + Audio on a PC, you'll want to try a piece of the latest Cakewalk. Janet Harniman-Cook reports from the kitchen.

Derek Johnson reports on three covetable programs for sequencing and composition, and urges you to share the ware... Hollis Research Trackman; Roni Music's Sweet 16.

Hard disk recording is a lot to ask of your PC, and however powerful it is, its overall performance may be limited by just one of its components. Martin Walker pinpoints problems so you can plan your next upgrade.

Now that the MIDI outputs of many soundcards are already occupied by playing back high-quality internal synth sounds and multi-channel samples, many musicians are finding that they need to invest in a more comprehensive MIDI interface to service the rest of their synths. Martin Walker provides a little background.

After much ado, it seems MacOS 8 is finally going ahead. Martin Russ brings you the latest Mac-related news and tips.

Almost every recording musician has a great take somewhere that's unrepeatable and marred by hiss, hum or other audio gremlins. Wouldn't it be great if there was some affordable way of restoring such a recording to its former glory? Janet Harniman-Cook discovers that there is...