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Steinberg have released details of a new version of the budget-friendly Studio Case bundle, which now includes Cubase SE 3 plus six virtual instruments for under £200, and the price of Virtual Bassist has dropped to £169.99.
String Studio uses Applied Acoustics' physical modelling expertise to (in theory) generate the sound of any string instrument. Good or bad vibrations? We find out...
Apogee's new master clock includes their latest clock-regeneration technology, which can synchronise to even very poor-quality clock sources.
Apple users are used to transitions, having moved from 68k-based Macs to Power PC processors, and the classic Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X. Now it's time for the third and most shocking transition of all: the move to Macs with Intel processors.
We test another customised keyboard aimed at Cubase users.
Business End enables you to have your demo reviewed by a panel of producers, songwriters, musicians and managers.
Disco was an American phenomenon, but its greatest hits were recorded in France by an English band who were trying to play R&B...
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We investigate the major and minor new features on offer in Cubase SX/SL 3.1.
You've recorded a real drummer, but the drum sound just doesn't cut it. Is there anything you can do to rescue things?
If you are on a tight budget, ESI's new PCI audio and MIDI interface gives you more ins and outs for less money. But how does it stack up sound-wise against its pricier competitors?
Forget completely flexible software synthesis — what everyone wants, it seems, is emulations of 35-year-old monophonic analogue synths! We check out the latest modelled Minimoog, and see how it compares to the original hardware.
Recording acoustic keyboard instruments in a home environment can be pretty demanding, but with a little care you can still get professional results.
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, the UK/EU edition of SOS August 2005 comes with a free cover-mounted SOS DVD, featuring over 2.5 hours of SOS-created video tutorials and demos. Find out why it has taken SOS 20 years to find its 'voice'...
Buying the Express version of Apple's Logic will save you a cool £500 over the full-blown Pro edition — and you'll still get a mighty powerful sequencer...
We take a look at some of the stability problems still lurking in v7.1 under Tiger, and also reveal a couple of extra plug-ins tucked away in the new OS upgrade.
Find out how to record a great electric guitar sound into Logic, and which of the plug-ins have the most impact at the mixdown stage...
Jeff Wayne's classic musical adaptation of H.G Wells' novel The War Of The Worlds was a technical tour de force and an enduring commercial success. 27 years after its release, it has undergone a complete rework for 5.1 surround using Pro Tools.
Most modern musicians use samples, even if only in Sample & Synthesis-based keyboards or virtual instruments. But sampling itself has become something of a lost art. In the first part of a short series on rediscovering this skill, we look back at how the technique and the technology developed.