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Q & A January 2003

Your Technical Questions Answered

Can I use my drum pads to trigger drum machine sounds? • Are red indicators in audio software significant? • What is 'zero level'? • Can you advise me on vocal recording and microphones? • Why have my faders stopped working? • Does normalising have any adverse effect on audio? • Can I obtain better orchestral sounds on a budget?

Published January 2003
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PC Music Shareware Roundup

PC Musician

Shareware might be cheap, but it can also make you very cheerful. We round up some of the best of the current PC music shareware scene.

Published October 2004
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Richard Kirk: Cabaret Voltaire Electronica

Interview | Band

Considered by some to be a guru of the new dance, mixing driving beats with ecletic found sounds, Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk remains an influential voice. Mark J. Prendergast tracks him down.

Published March 1994
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Korg TR Rack

Expanded Access Synth Module

Korg's new module makes the synthesis technology of their flagship Trinity workstation range more affordable — but at what cost?

Published February 1998
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Chris Gehringer of Sterling Sound

Mastering Engineer

As one of the senior engineers at New York's famous Sterling Sound, Chris Gehringer has mastered some of the biggest hip-hop and R&B hits of recent years.

Published June 2003
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Jimmy Douglass

Sound Engineer

Some engineers earn a reputation for classic recording techniques and live bands, while others help to create the cutting-edge sounds of modern rap and R&B. From Foreigner and the Rolling Stones to Timbaland and Missy Elliot, Jimmy Douglass has done both.

Published September 2002
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MAM RS3; VF11 11-band & Warp 9

Resonator; Vocoder & MIDI Analogue Filter

Paul White and Mike Senior walk down three roads to filtery wierdness for cash-strapped musicians.

Published February 2001
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Korg OASYS PCI

Synthesis, Effects & Audio Card

Korg's longstanding OASYS synthesis project has finally come to commercial fruition. The original plan, to produce a traditional stand-alone synthesizer, has given way to a computer-based synthesis and mixing environment running on a multi-DSP PCI card. Simon Trask takes refuge with the OASYS PCI...

Published April 2000
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GLEN KOLOTKIN: Recording Santana

Interview | Producer

Veteran guitarist Carlos Santana's 1999 comeback album Supernatural has been a sales phenomenon in the US album charts. Richard Buskin spoke to engineer Glenn Kolotkin, whose association with Santana goes back to his classic albums of the '70s.

Published June 2000
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Kid 606, Cex & The Tigerbeat6 Label

Tiger Tales

There's some amazing music being made in bedrooms these days. And bringing it to the wider public is the job of the Tigerbeat6 label, whose stars include label founder Kid 606 and Rjyan Kidwell, aka Cex.

Published June 2004
Martyn Ware.
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Martyn Ware: The Clarke & Ware Experiment

Pretentious

From his early days as a pioneer of British synth-pop, Martyn Ware has forged a career on the cutting edge of electronic music. And he is still innovating today — in 3D.

Published April 2000
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Behringer Eurorack MX3242X

Analogue Mixer

Behringer's latest addition to their Eurorack compact analogue mixer range offers 16 hi-spec channels, plus the flexibility of an in-line monitor configuration.

Published August 2001
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Pointing Devices For The PC Musician

PC Musician

If you've had enough of chasing a mouse around your desk, there are many other ways of controlling the on-screen pointer of your music software. We examine some options.

Published November 2005
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Studio SOS: NY Basement Blues

Glenn Bucci

During the October 2003 AES Convention in New York, the SOS team managed to make it to Amityville to help reader (and SOS Forum regular) Glenn Bucci with his recorded guitar and bass sounds.

Published January 2004
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Fluke: '80s Dance & Modern Remixes

Interview | Band

Fluke got their first low-key press attention in the late '80s for their innovative dance-based sound and inteligent, musicianly approach. Now they're gaining a higher profile for their varied remix work. Nigel Humberstone talks to the trio.

Published October 1994
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Virsyn Cantor

Singing Synthesis Software [XP/ Mac OS X]

If your computer could sing, what would it sound like? With the Cantor software synth from Virsyn, you can find out...

Published October 2004
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Roland JX10

Super JX Analogue Polysynth (Retro)

The JX10 was Roland's 'final analogue statement' before the advent of their ground-breaking D50. Derek Johnson reveals the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of this supersynth, now available on the secondhand market for less than a third of its original asking price.

Published May 1994
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Damon Albarn's 13 Studio

Tom Girling & Jason Cox

Having decided to construct a studio for their own use, Damon Albarn of Blur and his collaborators Tom Girling and Jason Cox chose to create an environment as unlike a typical commercial studio as possible. And then they fitted it with perhaps the most bizarre assortment of equipment ever collected together...

Published August 1999
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Synth FX: Part 3

Using Onboard Synth Effects

Having looked at the history and development of built-in effects on synths over the last decade and a half, Paul Wiffen now explores the practicalities of using them, and how to get the best from the keyboards and modules which contain them.

Published June 1999

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