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With MIDI playing an ever greater part in music production, there's a danger that the art of using microphones will be lost. Paul White describes the valuable techniques of miking acoustic instruments — something he recommends every studio user should learn.
Paul White puts his exotic mic collection back in the cupboard to try out Samson's budget dynamic vocal model.
Two of Yamaha's most recent products, the MU50 synth module and the CBX-K1 mini keyboard, are designed to compliment each other as the nucleus of a budget, GM-compatible music-making setup.. Paul Nagle evaluates the pair, and considers the potentially confusing role of Yamaha's XG MIDI format...
Paul White subjects his studio to yet more upheaval as the monitors are changed yet again, all in the cause of research.
Paul White tries his hand at tonal transformation using Ashly Audio's latest parametric equaliser.
The Sessionmaster JD10 recording preamp provides the perfect excuse for guitar practice at the magazine's expense!
After a lengthy wait, Behringer's 48/24 dual input recording mixer is finally here. We take the wraps off this seductively priced 8-bus console.
It's clear from our readers' survey that while you like to read about those on the professional side of the recording industry, you'd also like to hear more from fellow mortals! In the first of this occasional series, Paul White talks to Rick Cordes, an SOS reader who's built himself a very tidy basement studio...
Paul White tries out a deceptively small mastering recorder that's ideal for location recording and sample gathering.
Twiddly Bits are short MIDI files, available in either PC/Atari or Mac format, and contain musical extracts, drum patterns, drum fills and percussion lines which can be cut and pasted into your own compositions.
The author of this book, Allen Wright, obviously takes his tube audio very seriously indeed, but don't expect this work to...
3G's new 4-buss Mynah Plus is not just a mixer — it also features built-in single-ended noise reduction. But does this lift it above the competition? Paul White finds out.
With Roland and Korg already in the soundcard market, this Yamaha offering has been a long time comming. Was it worth the wait? Panicos Georghiades reports.
It's cheap, it's cheerful and it's easy to use. Paul White rediscovers the joys of simplicity with Zoom's most affordable guitar multi-effects unit ever.
Ever wondered whether you are a 'typical' SOS reader? Editor Paul White lets you in on a few secrets gleaned from our 1995 Reader Survey...
In his inaugural speech to celebrate the opening of this new column, Paul White proves he can rant with the best of them...
The distinctive hard-edged sound of The Young Gods owes much to current sampling technology. Nigel Humberstone investigates.
Wilf Smarties explores the never-ending world of sample loops and how best to use them in your music.
Simon Millward kicks off a new series designed to give beginners a solid grounding in the use of Steinberg's flagship software package.