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I'll be recording a viola player to provide the string section for a track I'm working on. The plan is to track each part multiple times and thus create a string ensemble...
Is it possible to use a video patchbay, such as the one Studiospares sell, as an S/PDIF patchbay?
I am trying to recreate the famous gated reverb effect on Phil Collins's records. Can you tell me how the original effect was created?
I have some sampled drum patterns that I am trying to loop. I find that they are losing sync over the course of the track. What's going wrong and how do I fix it?
We take a closer look at one of the more understated improvements introduced in the version 6.7 upgrade. What are tick-based audio tracks, how do they work, and what can you do with them?
I've recently bought a couple of bits of recording gear from the US via eBay (I'm in the UK) and wondered if I have to run them off a transformer (240V to 110V) or whether they can run off 240V?
I'd like to get my most excellent Mediatrix Audiotrix 3D-3G soundcard going with Windows XP Professional. Is there a possibility of locating drivers for it?
This month we present a closer look at the RV7000 Advanced Reverb, plus a handful of effect-related hints and tips.
Until now, MADI interfacing has been restricted to high-end digital desks, but RME's affordable hardware brings it to the project studio market. If you need a lot of inputs or outputs within an ASIO environment, their soundcard and 64-channel MADI-to-ADAT converter could be the perfect choice.
Giving a modern instrument the same name as a line of vintage analogues that have an assured place in the synth hall of fame invites comparisons. So is the Juno-D the rightful heir to the Juno throne or more of a young pretender?
Three new Sample CD collections get the aural inspection from the SOS reviewers: The Operating Table **** • Cut'n It Up 3 **** • Drums On Demand Vol 3: Upbeat & Aggressive *****
This small mixer provides six phantom-powered mic preamps, two aux sends, and up to 16 inputs at mixdown.
Sonar offers lots of useful metering options you may not even be aware of, so this month we run through them and why you might want to use them, as well as getting clever with colours and explaining how to make your screen setup a hint more transparent...
If you're looking for a high-quality reverb with plenty of user control, Sony's Oxford Reverb might be just what you're after.
What if Macs and PCs had been around in Elvis's day?
As Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi celebrates his 75th birthday, we conclude our history of this innovative company by coming right up to the end of 2004...
Celebrities from around the world were keen to contribute to a fund-raising single for victims of the Asian tsunami, and converting all of this goodwill into a finished record required innovative use of broadband Internet to collect together their performances.
The SOS crew travel to an attic in Birmingham (UK) to help a drummer improve his recordings.
Despite its modern-looking packaging, this new unit offers a classic sound.