Computer / Software

The mathematical principles that produce beautiful images such as Mandelbrot sets can also generate intriguing music. Derek Johnson looks at a program that could make you go Atari fractal... Fractal Music.

Upgrading is becoming a regular task for many PC owners. Martin Walker gets stuck in once again, looking at hard drives, memory expansions, and faster processors.

Modern PC soundcards can deliver excellent audio performance, but are sometimes held back by the computer itself. Martin Walker shows you how to squeeze out the last drop of performance.

Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge program is renowned for offering more options and features than most users can absorb without a full-time study course! Customer Service Represetative Sean Lee offers some insider hints and tips to help you work more efficiently.

With Sound Studio Gold, Evolution refuse to let budget sequencing mean budget features. Martin Walker examines a grown-up package at a baby price.

Writing audio CDs is getting easier and easier, especially with this new release for the PC from Sonic Foundry. Martin Walker rubs two files together and goes for the burn.

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.