Computer / Software

A synth editor program for your computer can expand your synthesis horizons and encourage you to discard those presets in favour of original creations. But what if you have more than one synth — surely it's going to cost a fortune buy an editor for each? Not necessarily, as Paul Nagle finds out.

Paul White is given an exclusive preview of a new technology that will revolutionise music making — and this time, it really will!

After a couple of weeks spent trying to decipher the inner mysteries of QuickTime 2.0, Martin Russ devotes this month's Apple Notes to revealing the results...

This month, Simon Millward explains how you can use Logical Edit to hype your hi-hats and pep up your Quadraverb+ patches.

Paul Overaa advises on how to improve your sequencer's notation facilities, gives some more tracker tips, and rounds up some current Amiga news...

Brian Heywood brings you the latest PC news, and offers a handy tip to net surfers who may be getting lost...

Need to upgrade your ST's memory? Vic Lennard looks to RAM the point home...

Are the 16-bit capabilities of your AV Macintosh languishing unused for want of a decent (and Cheap) 16-bit sample editor? SoundEdit 16 could be your salvation. Mike Collins checks it out...

Quad is a 4-track 'Portastudio'-style digital recording system for the PC. Could it replace your cassette-based multitrack? Panicos Georghiades and Gabriel Jacobs find out...

Looking to buy a replacement Atari computer? Vic Lennard gives some pointers...

Paul Nagle looks at adding MIDI and sounds to your PC setup.

Though Logical Edit is potentially one of Cubase's most useful features, it's also one of the most feared and misunderstood. In this three-part series, Simon Millward aims to explain it...

This month, Brian Heywood takes a look at the evolving role of the PC, and considers the parts CD-ROMs and the Internet have to play in the future of music shopping...

Paul Overaa's recent experiments seemed to have dropped a bit of a bombshell on the Amiga's tracker-based musical community. To find out what's happened, and pick up on all the other important Amiga-related news, just keep reading...

Martin Russ brings you the latest Apple news and tips... Theatre Sequencer.

PC sequencing stalwarts Voyetra have finally ventured into the Windows sequencing market. Brian Heywood assesses whether their new £99 program was worth the wait.

This month Martin Russ gives you the hands-on lowdown on System 7.5 for the Macintosh, as well as the latest Apple news.

Martin Russ investigates why you might need more MIDI outputs.

The last four weeks have been pretty hectic for the Amiga community, and Paul Overaa has, of course, been dutifully recording the more memorable events...

Paul Nagle puts the case for the IBM PC as a music computer, but admits that not all is sweetness and light.

Atari sequencers running on a Mac? Vic Lennard investigates the possibilities of MagiCMac...