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Paul White returns stirred but unshaken from the NAMM '94 exhibition with a brief overview of the products that most caught his attention.
Considered by some to be a guru of the new dance, mixing driving beats with ecletic found sounds, Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk remains an influential voice. Mark J. Prendergast tracks him down.
Young Irish engineer Robbie Adams played an important part in the recording of U2's popular and critically-acclaimed albums Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Here he gives Paul Tingen a fascinating insight into the exciting and unorthodox recording methods they used.
Paul White was invited to Tom Oberheim's Los Angeles hotel suite for a preview of the Marion Systems MSR2 modular synthesizer.
As SOS enters its second century, we look back over the past 100 great issues and chart the changing face of hi-tech music.
This compact unit allows you to add MIDI-controlled lights to your performance for less than the cost of a modest sound module. Paul White checks it out.
Changing from analogue to digital multitrack brings many benefits and one or two pitfalls. Craig Anderton offers some hints and tips to help you get the best from digital recording.
Nick Magnus puts on his Indiana Jones hat and treks ever deeper into the heart of your digital synth. This month's Holy Grail is analogue brass.
Brian Heywood delivers another concoction of music-related PC news including Fatar's CMS61.
Martin Russ delivers another bulletin from another Mac music world. Hypercolourcard!
Paul White looks at the differences between open and closed headphones and explains why neither type is a substitute for a loudspeaker monitoring system.
Few of us are in a position to fit our houses with false walls, suspended ceilings and floating floors — so how can we create a reliable monitoring environment? Paul White explains that it's not as daunting as it seems.
Vic Lennard investigates the need for speed...
Learning to solder is easy, inexpensive and can save both money and frustration. Paul White makes it as painless as possible — just as long as you pick up the soldering iron by the right end!
Lost in a jungle of synth acronyms? This month, Paul White unravels the mysteries of ADSRs, VCAs and VCFs.
Modern tape recorders, both cassette and open-reel, are capable of giving years of service — but they can also deteriorate very quickly if not cared for. Paul White explains the essentials of cleaning and demagnetising.
Paul Austin finally puts the long-awaited Toccata 16-bit sampler to the test.
PC users get a look in on the sophisticated MIDI add-on market with a multi-port, sync-generating unit from Mark of the Unicorn. Steven Helstrip catches the MIDI Express.