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I'm having a bit of trouble choosing my MIDI interface for my new G4 Cube. I'm considering either a MOTU MIDI Express or a...
I have been using a Yamaha Promix 01 mixer for some time now. Because inputs 1‑8 are on XLR connectors only, I...
I am currently doing my GCSEs at school and I know that I want to go into the music industry as a producer/recording...
I'm a subscriber and musician with a modest home recording setup. My question — which I'm sure could form a very...
I have Cubase 5/32 and I am looking for very good piano software. I am familar with Black...
As a keen reader of Sound On Sound magazine, and with a great interest in recording techniques, I was really impressed...
I play bass in a rock band, and we would like to add some background sound effects to a few of our songs when we play live...
After recording an album and investing a lot of money into our band, we are now looking for management (and also a record...
I have a problem with a new studio installation that I'm just getting to the point of completing. This is the third time...
Derek Johnson explores a way of creating exotic tunings with your Atari, and recommends a fresh source of shareware and freeware.
Simon Price begins a three-part series designed to demystify that staple of modern music production, Pro Tools. This month, he looks at the various components that make up Digidesign's systems.
Martin Walker buys a new quiet hard drive for audio and looks into ways to eradicate any remaining noise, for a silent PC.
With drum machines and samplers becoming increasingly prominent in music production, mixing real drums is becoming something of a lost art. Paul White explains the basics of this important mixing skill, and shares some secrets on how to get the best drum sound.
Paul Wiffen concludes his investigation into reliable means of audio interfacing on new-style Macintoshes when the traditional PCI card route is not available to you. This month, he tests two more USB audio-only interfaces, and reaches some definitive conclusins about Tascam's US428 MIDI and audio interface.
This month Paul Wiffen takes up residence as SOS's Apple expert. After relating his own Mac history, he turns Agony Uncle and addresses a few readers' problems...
The Studio Module allows PC and Atari users to select configurations and patch names for their synths within Cubase. Paul Nagle guides you through the basics of creating a Studio Module setup.
In this month's installment, Sam Inglis looks at how you can use the sounds and rhythms of words to make your song lyrics more memorable.
Ego Sys' WaMi Box is one of very few comprehensive recording interfaces for laptop PCs, providing analogue, digital and MIDI I/O along with a synth/sampler, DSP effects and mixing and no fewer than six separate software control utilities. Martin Walker gets to grips with it. Eventually...
This month, we look at using folders and screensets, as well as showing the Score window needn't be a no-go area for guitarists.
Microsoft's latest operating system, although primarily designed for business and network systems, seems to offer many features that are attractive to musicians, including greater stability and support for dual-processor machines. But is there enough software support to make upgrading worthwhile? Martin Walker investigates.