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The world is full of manufactured pop bands, but the innovation of the TV show Popstars is to turn the manufacturing process itself into entertainment. Sam Inglis talks to the producers behind the resulting smash hit single.
Wouldn't it be nice to have two PCs — one for office or games use and the other optimised for music? As Martin Walker explains, multiple booting may allow you to achieve the same effect without splashing out on a new computer...
If you're an Atari owner who would also like to work with other computers, you may not have to lose access to your favourite Atari applications. Derek Johnson offers some platform-crossing suggestions.
Paul Wiffen has a sleep problem, sees the mLAN light, and rounds up the best of the Frankfurt launches for Apple musicians.
Some questions we get asked are just too general to receive a specific reply. Mike Senior shows you how to come up with some answers of your own.
Paul White evaluates a new active monitor designed to deliver professional studio accuracy at a home-studio price.
This month we look at how to fix vocal tuning and timing, as well as showing how the recent Logic v4.7 upgrade improves working with Emagic's EXS24 virtual sampler.
This month's Cubase Technique introduces more features of the Interactive Phrase Synth, offers some handy hints on merging MIDI Parts, and provides some words of bitter experience on creating your own instruments in Steinberg's LM4 drum machine.
This month Robin Bigwood concludes his look at MOTU's RAM-based recorder POLAR, and explains how to get software instruments working with Digital Performer via FreeMIDI and OMS.
I have a Fostex FD4 digital recorder which I bought in 1998. It came with a Syquest EZ‑flyer 230Mb cartridge drive,...
I like to make trancey/atmospheric music and am wondering what you need for a synth sound to become 'alive'. I find really...
I have been pondering whether to change from my software MIDI sequencer to a Yamaha QY700 — the gains, I hope, being...
For a while now I've been thinking about building a PC especially for recording. I decided that I wanted to mount it with...
My mixes always sounded dull and flat, so I got an SPL Tube Vitalizer to warm them up. The problem is that through my...
I am soon to be the proud owner of a Yamaha A5000 sampler. Does anyone at SOS know of an Internet users' forum or...
I have a Roland electronic drum kit, and have had complaints from my neighbours upstairs, who I guess can hear it. It's...
I recall seeing a brief article in an issue of SOS describing an ambient microphone costing around £80. The...
In part 2 of this series, Oli Bell offers advice on choosing a sampler for modern styles, finding and using samples from the Internet, and deciding which sample CDs to buy.
Martin Walker muses on whether there is really any such thing as a bad soundcard, and extends some helpful advice on how to make sure you get the right one for your needs.
With music professionals at the helm and software from Emagic, Tonos.com is another way for musicians to collaborate online. Mark Wherry makes some connections.