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    Aquabats: Chaotic Recording

    Interview | Band

    Aquabats are an unconventional trio dedicated to the creation and recording of unconventional improvised music — using unconventional and often improvised instruments — which they call Earth Music. Tim Turan tells the story.

    People Dec 1995
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    The Story Of The Beatles' Anthology Project

    Exploration

    After years of rumours and myth, the fruits of the Beatles' reunion for small screen and recording projects can now be experienced by mere mortals. For the past 18 months, Mark Cunningham has been keeping his ear to the ground, and can now reveal the fascinating details surrounding the Fab Four's Second Coming'...

    People Dec 1995
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    Making The Most Of An 8-track

    Tips & Techniques

    In these days of practically unlimited MIDI sequencer tracks, just eight tape tracks can seem frustratingly few. David Mellor passes on a few tricks to help 8-track users expand their recording horizons — including how to get 20 tracks from 8...

    Techniques Dec 1995
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    Rick Wakeman: Cirque Surreal

    Interview | Artist

    For his latest musical project, Rick Wakeman chose to work with a travelling state circus. Jonathan Miller discusses the keyboard virtuoso's clowning glory, and delves into the man's 27-year recording career.

    People Nov 1995
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    Signal Problems & How To Avoid Them

    Tips & Techniques

    In an ideal world, studios would function without hum, hiss, glitches, or mysteriously absent signals, but as Paul White has discovered through experience — they don't!

    Techniques Nov 1995
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    Bill Nelson: Guitar Boy In Wonderland

    Interview | Artist

    If anyone epitomises the home recording DIY ethic, it's Bill Nelson. With over 40 albums to his credit, many of which emanated from his modest home studio, Bill continues to experiment. Nigel Humberstone explores his latest guitar-based creations.

    People Oct 1995
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    Submixing In The MIDI Studio

    Exploration

    Paul White examines the role of the keyboard submixer in the MIDI/tape recording studio.

    Techniques Oct 1995
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    At Home With... Rick Cordes

    Interview | SOS Reader

    It's clear from our readers' survey that while you like to read about those on the professional side of the recording industry, you'd also like to hear more from fellow mortals! In the first of this occasional series, Paul White talks to Rick Cordes, an SOS reader who's built himself a very tidy basement studio...

    People Sep 1995
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    Improve Your Stereo Master With Post-Production Sweetening

    Tips & Techniques

    Paul White presents a few low-calorie tips on how to sweeten and edit your sounds after mixing them.

    Techniques Aug 1995
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    Sympathetic Mixing: How To Set Up A Good Mix

    Tips & Techniques

    Duke Ashton provides a personal guide to setting up a good mix.

    Techniques Aug 1995
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    Analogue To Digital: Changing From 8-track Tape To Hard Disk Recording

    Exploration

    Stephen Bennett chucks his trusty 8-track tape setup in favour of one of the new hard disk multitrack systems — but not before doing some thorough research. Here he reveals the factors that influenced his decision...

    Techniques Jun 1995
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    Mark Thomas: Composing & Recording For Film And TV

    Interview | Composer

    Mark Thomas finds himself very much in demand writing and recording music for film, television and library albums. Much of the music involves orchestral instruments, and even 70-piece orchestras, but as Mark explained to Paul white, the bulk of the work can still be carried out in a home studio.

    People May 1995
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    Simon Dawson: Recording The Stone Roses' Second Coming

    Interview | Producer

    The Stone Roses seemed fit for world domination at the end of the '80s, but after releasing a successful debut album, they disappeared for nearly six years. Matt Bell talks to the producer of their new album, Simon Dawson, about his approach to recording the all-important follow-up.

    People May 1995
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    Live Multitrack Recording

    Exploration

    Nothing beats the feel of a superb live performance captured on tape... but exactly how do you go about it? SOS's Demo Doctor and live recording veteran John Harris considers what you need to get that classic gig onto multitrack tape.

    Techniques Apr 1995
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    The Beatles Live At The Beeb: Raiders Of The Lost Archive

    Interview | Producer/Engineer

    Down in the BBC vaults, we were told, they had stumbled upon a golden tape containing long lost recordings of The Beatles' radio performances. Richard Buskin spoke to the BBC Radio producer Kevin Howlett and Abbey Road Studios engineer Peter Mew to discover the truth behind the hype.

    People Mar 1995
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    Mastering On ADAT

    Tips & Techniques

    Those of us who can afford it probably master to DAT, but for the ADAT user, this isn't necessarily the best option, as Paul White reveals.

    Techniques Feb 1995
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    Monitoring & Vocals

    Tips & Techniques

    If you can't get a good performance from your vocalist, it could be your method of monitoring that's at fault. Paul White offers some helpful advice.

    Techniques Jan 1995
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    Setting The Right DAT Recording Level

    Tips & Techniques

    Digital recording is very different from analogue when it comes to setting the right recording level. Jerry Halatyn helps you to understand your DAT machine...

    Techniques Jan 1995
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    ADAT: Power User's Guide

    Feature | Exploration

    Armed with a bunch of Alesis technical papers, Paul White unravels the mysteries of those inscrutable error messages, the sevret button combinations and the finer points of ADAT tape care.

    Techniques Dec 1994
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    3D Mixing: Giving Your Mixes More Space

    Tips & Techniques

    Paul White explains some of the principles behind the 3D sound perception, and shows how you can apply some of these to your mixes using nothing but simple effects and a little EQ.

    Techniques Nov 1994
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    Hard Disk Recording Basics: Part 2

    Primer

    David Mellor takes a look at the components of a typical disk recording system, and passes on some hints on what to look for when deciding on a setup.

    Techniques Nov 1994

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