Samplers / Sampling

You don't have to stick to library samples all the time, and you needn't spend hours creating your own. Paul White reveals a few short cuts.

A large, painstakingly assembled sample library is of little use if it's so badly organised that you can't separate your tablas from your trumpets. Dave Stewart gives some tips to help you make your library a model of accessibility.

Roland's latest offering in the 16-bit sampler stakes is more compact, more expandable, and less expensive (by a fair margin) than its predecessors. But have they had to make significant omissions to achieve this? Paul Wiffen investigates.

The division between sampler and digital recorder has grown ever narrower with the release of the Lynex, a sophisticated manipulator of high quality, 16‑bit stereo sounds that piggybacks on to any host Atari ST computer. SOS Editor IAN GILBY takes the mouse by the horns...

A chance to do some crystal gazing at product developments in the music / recording / visual fields.