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Four new Sample Disc collections get the aural treatment from the SOS reviewers: A Fistful Of Drummers 5* • Black Grand 4* • Sounds Of The 70s 4* • Percussive Adventures 5*
Cakewalk's Sonar makes an ideal pre-production tool for creating loops you can use in Ableton's Live sequencer. We explore some of the possibilities of the partnership.
Who really benefits from musicians' charity?
Version 5 of Acid Pro is the first major upgrade under the Sony Media Software badge, and has taken two years to arrive. Does it keep pace with other manufacturers' loop-sequencing packages?
Mackie's first foray into the market for desktop USB devices is a well specified 24-bit/96kHz stereo interface with built-in DSP effects.
The SOS team are back in London this month to help some high-profile remixers sort out the monitoring problems in their new studio.
Soundscape's new range of PCI cards offers a unique combination of features, including latency-free, DSP-assisted routing and mixing, the freedom to combine VST plug-ins and DSP-based effects, and multi-client driver support for all host-based Windows recording applications.
Thanks to the new MD3 package, Powercore users now have access to high-end mastering tools from TC's System 6000 processor.
Tascam's two new digital multitrackers are the latest in their long line of Portastudio products.
Having been one of the UK's most popular rock acts in the early '90s, Thunder found that record labels were no longer willing or able to promote their releases properly. Now they have taken matters into their own hands, using the Internet and new methods of distribution to get their records back in the charts.
M Audio's new Trigger Finger features 16 velocity-sensitive pads, as well as eight knobs and four sliders, and looks ideal for triggering and programming drum samples or controlling software sequencers like Ableton Live
Available in TDM, RTAS and Audio Suite formats, EQ III is a 48-bit parametric EQ which supports sample rates up to 192kHz
M Audio's new Trigger Finger features 16 velocity-sensitive pads, as well as eight knobs and four sliders, and looks ideal for triggering and programming drum samples or controlling software sequencers like Ableton Live
Echo's new Firewire computer recording interfaces incorporate the company's own Firewire chip, which has been in development for over a year
CME’s UF range features robust aluminium cases, eight knobs and nine sliders, transport control buttons, pitch and mod wheels and inputs for sustain and expression pedals and a breath controller
UK distributors M Audio have announced a four-date tour of the UK which will give punters a chance to check out Reason 3's new features first-hand
Apple kicked off a potentially exciting year for their customers at the 2005 Macworld show in San Francisco with a host of new and updated products, including the most affordable Macintosh computer the company has ever brought to market.
Arturia caught our attention with Storm, the virtual studio suite, but of late they have diversified into emulating classic hardware instruments. So how do they fare in their attempt to capture the mighty Minimoog in software?
Listen online to the tracks whilst reading what some Music Producers Guild members think of the latest collection of SOS reader recordings.
Buzz Audio have combined their top-flight preamplification and compression circuitry with a new equaliser design to create a versatile front-end for recording.