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There was quite a buzz about mLAN at the recent American AES audio trade show. Paul Wiffen reports on the latest developments.
Disk storage may well be the future of recording but, as Dave Shapton explains, it pays to be aware of some of the potential pitfalls before entrusting your precious original master recordings to such media.
The studio business has seen huge changes in the last 10 years, and the equipment, techniques and fashions that were cutting-edge in the early '90s are often redundant now. Mike Senior meets a producer and engineer who, having made it to the top then decided to take a five-year break and is now back with a vengeance.
David Gray's album White Ladder has become one of the most successful UK chart albums of 2000, a breakthrough spearheaded by top five chart single 'Babylon'. Engineer/programmer and co-producer Lestyn Polson tells Tom Flint the story behind the song.
Sean Clough laments the constraints which the click track has imposed upon musical expression.
In the first of our new regular software columns based on the leading sequencer packages, Paul White gets Logic Notes off to a flying start with some invaluable hints and tips.
Three new books have been produced by Berklee Press, the publishing arm of the respected Berklee College of Music in the USA,...
Simon Rinaldo and his bedroom studio full of vintage keyboards and synths.
This month Martin Walker improves his aural skills and reports on progress with Cubase 5.0.
Part 1 of a 2-part Net Notes in which Dave Shapton explores the theory and the practice of broadcasting your audio and video on the Internet.
Derek Johnson gets into the groove with an 'emailware' rhythm-creation program and goes analogue with an updated step-sequencer...
This month Vic Lennard looks at the practical implications of DirectConnect and possible problems when using the wrong system updaters...
Most people are familiar with basic reverb, delay and modulation effects, but what lies beyond? In the first part of a new series, Paul White explores the twilight zone of effects processing.
The music production software we now use has become so sophisticated that valuable features and techniques can often go unused simply through unfamiliarity. With this in mind, SOS has added new regular monthly columns dedicated to making the most of the leading programs. In this inaugural Cubase Notes, Martin Walker explains the use of the Scale Correction feature.
Software and hardware developments have made the 'studio in your PC' concept increasingly attractive, but many prospective users are put off by concerns about sound quality, timing, and the difficulty of adapting existing sample libraries. Many of these issues need no longer cause difficulty, however, as Martin Walker explains...
What do the manufacturer's frequency response figures tell you about your studio monitors? Less than you might think, as Phil Ward discovers...
The recent G3, G4 and iMac computers are fast and attractive to musicians, but they present various dilemmas when it comes to connecting your MIDI and audio interfaces. In part 1 of this short series, Paul Wiffen looks at the various ways to get MIDI data flowing reliably in the absence of ADB and serial ports.
I have a terrible dust problem in my studio. I have wooden floorboards, the gaps between them are sealed with silicone...
I was told that the quality of CD media and of the CD‑writing software package used can affect the sound quality of...