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In the last year SOS has reviewed no less than 10 examples of the new breed of so-called 'Voice Channels', promising a one-box solution to high quality vocal recordings. Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser present a brief guide to the models we've looked at, to help you decide which you should go for.
Layla, Darla and Gina are the eagerly awaited multi-channel PCI soundcards from Event Electronics, which promise a complete audio solution featuring eight independent outputs. Martin Walker interfaces with Gina — and falls in love.
What does the SOS team want for Christmas this year?
Paul White explains why a great reverb doesn't always make a mix sound better.
A good psychoacoustic enhancer can take your sound higher than you thought possible, and though there are plenty of enhancers on the market, this new Austrian model proves there's always room at the top. Paul White tries to control his excitement...
Paul White tries out a new hardware solution for dodgy vocalists — Lexicon Vocal Fix Card for the PCM80.
Midiman are a company devoted to producing cost-effective problem solvers, and with the Digipatch they're aiming to solve the problem of affordable digital patching. Paul White finds out how well they've succeeded.
Are you hanging up your stocking on the wall? Are you making your own re-recordable CD masters on a stand-alone CD writer for under £500? Paul White is...
Though the V-Drum system is ideally suited to the hi-tech drummer, its modular brain features, modelled timbres and powerful editing features may lend it appeal as a source of high-quality sounds for the non-drummer. Nicholas Rowland checks out the beat feat.
Yamaha's new CD-ROM burner comes with the option of a cut-price copy of Toast 3.5, allowing you to create backups, burn CDs, and even make your own CD-ROMs. Paul White tries out the combination.
Craig Anderton explains why the dove of software-reviewer happiness has flown out of his life, to be replaced with the turkey of user beta-testing hell...
When Channel 5 decided to re-do the music for their daily magazine show, Exclusive, Big George was asked to pitch for the job, and went about it in his usual idiosyncratic way...
Following on from their Freebass TB303 clone, FAT's new PCP Procoder is another take on a classic instrument of the past — that mainstay of many a disco, electro, and Kraftwerk track, the analogue vocoder. Chris Carter absolutely refuses to make silly robot voices with it.
GeneralMusic are perhaps best known for their home keyboards, but this powerful new high-end instrument is aimed more at the synthesizer workstation market, though is still includes keyboard auto-accompaniment features. Are the company mapping out a brave new world? Simon Trask explores the SK76.
The quest for the perfect Leslie speaker simulator continues. Nick Magnus welcomes an all-analogue member to the rotary club...
Paul White tries his luck on the green and finds that where voice channels are concerned, this box is a whole in one.
In the mid-'80s, Korg released their first sampling Grand, the SG1, a digital stage piano that doubled as a MIDI master controller keyboard. 10 years on, they've revisited the concept with the heavyweight SGproX. Paul Farrer considers whether a decade has made all the difference...
Paul White studio-tests KRK's latest active monitoring package, designed to provide compact, reference-standard monitoring.
Paul White hooks up Mackie's new monitors, nails down the furniture, and settles down for a long listening session.