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Swedish company Elektron have taken the retro philosophy to new heights, with a synth based around the original SID sound chip from the Commodore 64 home computer.
As Parts 4 & 5 of Gordon Reid's series showed, even the simplest analogue filters mess with your sound in complicated ways. In this Part, he considers what happens when you make the design more sophisticated...
Roland's sophisticated, yet highly affordable SRV3030 is the latest contender in the competitive market for dedicated reverb units. Paul White tries it out.
Despite its size, this diminutive drum machine packs in a decent sound set and some interesting guitar‑oriented features.
Paul Sellars goes back to a time when minimalism ruled in synth design...
Drawmer are the latest hi-tech analogue equipment manufacturers to enter the digital world of all-in-one mastering solutions. Paul White finds out how well they've pulled it off.
Can these new digital interpretations of classic analogue filters and vocoders really offer something new?
We get our hands on Fostex's latest affordable digital recorder — and the company's first ever stand‑alone digital mixer.
It's shiny and colourful, it's equally at home in the MIDI studio or between the turntables in a club, and as effects processors go it's very, very clever. Paul Farrer prepares to enter Federation territory...
GM synths have a reputation in hi-tech circles for being dull and samey, but they're undeniably popular — and now the specification has been updated. Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser take a look at the first of the GM2 generation.
With more and more software synths appearing for both Mac and PC, it takes something a little special to make people sit up and take notice. Martin Walker looks at a product that should do just that.
Another look at another reader's studio.
The launch of yet another 8-in/8-out PCI soundcard might seem little cause for raised eyebrows, but Terratec have a few surprises up their sleeves with the EWS88 MT. Martin Walker prepares to be amazed.
Time moves quickly in the world of digital recording and since SOS's last sampler roundup in September 1997, a host of new models have been introduced, from 'quick-and-dirty' phrase recorders to top-of-the-range sampling workstations. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser steer you through the pre-purchase decisions, and provide a guide to all the currently available models.
This multi-talented musician has top session and production credits, solo albums, award-winning film music and acclaimed synth preset programming to his name — yet that name is still relatively unfamiliar. Paul Tingen does his bit to spread the word...
Paul Carmody explains why, when it really comes down to it, there are more important things than 'big' production.
It's been hard to turn on a radio or go to a club this summer without hearing Moloko's distinctive retro disco hit. Bill Bruce meets the Sheffield duo to find out how it was put together.
New developments in technology often originate in other fields, and are only later applied to the world of music. In this new regular column, Dave Shapton seeks out the latest breakthroughs in digital technology, and explains how they might change the way in which music is made and recorded.
Need a new soundcard for your PC? Searching for that classic analogue synth, or planning to offload yours? Nicholas Rowland explains the ins and outs of buying and selling online via auction.