SOUND ON SOUND
Recording bass is ostensibly a simple affair, but often what sounds great in isolation lacks any power to penetrate a mix. The...
Derek Johnson tries out a new multi-port USB MIDI interface that's also designed to allow connection of serial-port gear.
At last, an easy way of consistently getting a polished, 'produced' bass guitar sound in your recordings! Dave Lockwood tests a physical modelling processor that bass players and engineers alike will welcome.
Paul White auditions some new active monitors from Fostex that offer a number of technical innovations.
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Electrix's new babies may look like Day-Glo '50s Bakelite radios, but they are in fact an innovative pair of pint-sized studio processors. Paul Farrer gets out his magnifying glass...
Paul White boldy goes where no man has been B4!
Three new books have been produced by Berklee Press, the publishing arm of the respected Berklee College of Music in the USA,...
In their eagerly-awaited new flagship synth, Roland have harked back to the sampling technology of their respected S-series samplers, as well as adding some contemporary touches to equip it for the 21st century. Gordon Reid assesses past, present and future.
There's a new addition to Echo's well-established family of PCI recording interfaces, and it caters for recording guitarists and those mixing in surround for DVD production. Martin Walker has a date with Mona.
Fostex have broken a price-barrier in this section of the digital multitracker market, providing 16-track recording, editing and mixing within their new, compact VF16. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser discover whether it's too good to be true...
Paul Nagle tries out the update to this inexpensive controller for MIDI devices.
Paul White tries out Emagic's compact two input, four output USB MIDI interface.
West-country company Analogue Systems have been in the vanguard of modern modular synth construction for several years now, most notably with their RS Integrator system. Using Integrator modules, they've produces their first freely configurable keyboard modular. Paul Nagle sees if the spirit of patchable modular keyboards is alive, well, and living in Cornwall...
As PCs grow more powerful, native-processing systems appear to offer very impressive features. Nevertheless, as Martin Walker explains, there is still a strong case for using dedicated audio hardware, as evidenced by Soundscape's powerful R.Ed system.
Paul White evaluates the latest Logic Audio update and discovers that as well as a host of new features, Windows users also get a brand-new audio engine.
Roland's new guitar synth is their most affordable yet, but could it also be the best?
Nicholas Rowland is star-struck by Roland's frankly fabulous new hand percussion controller.
Drawmer's 1969 model, developed with US pro audio dealer Mercenary Audio, seeks to offer the facilities of their acclaimed 1960 valve-based processor, but with a more American sound.