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Matt Bell talks to the man behind Chicane, and unravels the story of a Bryan Adams vocal mangled into anonymity by an unreliable vocoder, and a number one hit produced in a home studio without so much as a patchbay to its name.
I'm thinking about hiring an arranger to do a half a dozen or so of my compositions so that I can get them recorded...
Recently I have been considering an upgrade for my PC, and whilst rethinking my approach to improving my studio and live...
I have been told that part of the job of 'lining up' an analogue multitrack tape recorder involves using phase to adjust...
To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question — Vic Lennard provides some of the answers...
As Internet and telecom companies flood the market with attractive-looking offers of 'free unlimited Internet access', many people have been left wondering whether there's any catch, and if not, then which one to choose. Dave Shapton sheds some light on these new services and puts the economics of free Internet access under the microscope.
When is the professional signal level no longer standard? When you want to connect to digital equipment! Hugh Robjohns explains the mysteries of exchanging signals between analogue and digital domains.
Martin Walker looks at hardware and software solutions available for those who just want to use their PC for MIDI sequencing.
Most of us are aware that MP3 encoding offers a way of drastically reducing the size of digital audio files while preserving reasonable sound quality. But how many of us know how it works? Paul Sellars explains the theory behind MP3, and offers some tips on making your own coded files sound better.
Hugh Robjohns tries out a mic preamp from Dbx with a built-in A-D converter that is supposed to be impossible to clip...
Martin Walker discusses Windows 2000 and speeds up his Internet downloads.
Success in the music business is, as everyone knows, as much about packaging as it is about content — but it can be hard to find the right look for your CD, especially if you're working on a tight budget. Debbie Poyser gets some advice from one of Britain's top professional sleeve designers.
Metering is a critical element of any audio recording system, and the modular nature of DK Audio's extensive range of high-quality units makes it possible to purchase a system that exactly meets your requirements. Hugh Robjohns is impressed...
There are many roads to chart success. Big George gives you directions...
Emagic's inexpensive analogue synth emulation for Logic Audio and Micrologic AV comes under scrutiny from Paul White.
With rival sampler manufacturers currently battling it out at the lower end of the market, Emu's latest bid for budget supremacy is the successor to their ESI32 and ESI4000 — the ESI2000. Paul Farrer takes it easy.
This hour‑long video was produced by Dave Goodman, the man behind Helpful Music, in a bid to demystify the complexities...
Audio Recording For Profit is a real 'insider' guide to the business of making money from sound recording. The author...