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You press a key on your synth. It plays a note. That's it, right? Wrong. We explain the role of envelopes, gates, and triggers in this deceptively simple process.
Some cheap monosynths from the '70s and '80s are now highly regarded and hugely expensive second-hand buys. Not so the Jen SX1000 which, says Gordon Reid, is an unjustly neglected nugget of synth history.
Want to get serious about your music? A quality master controller keyboard is a good place to start. Paul Ward looks at two machines that offer a little more than most.
Roland have moved into the active monitor market with a product which offers digital inputs and a 'Speaker Modelling Function' courtesy of their V-series recorders and mixers. Technology overkill or a studio necessity? Hugh Robjohns finds out...
Sonic Foundry have a reputation for innovative PC audio software, but their range has not included a true multitrack recording package — until now.
Bassist John Paul Jones hasn't let the grass grow under his feet since Led Zeppelin came to rest at the turn of the '80s. Constantly in demand for his arranging and compositional skills, he's now produced his first solo album, Zooma.
The flexibility of Yamaha's popular O-series digital mixers means that there are as many ways to use them as there are owners. Paul White passes on some tips from both Yamaha insiders and professional users.
Billed as the most afordable Emulator yet, the E5000 Ultra is Emu's new contender in the middleweight professional sampler stakes — and it's a force to be reckoned with.
Focusrite's latest product is an updated version of one of their '80s classics. Is it even better the second time around?
There aren't many British mic companies, but one — Hebden Sound — offer a complete range of hand-built capacitor mics, sourced entirely from British components.
Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser explore a colourful way of applying virtual synth processing to your samples.
Paul White introduces his old, grey Mac to new technology in the form of the LaCie DVD-RAM drive. Just the thing for backing up those long audio files?
Paul White tries out a modelling guitar amp with a wide range of tones and a stereo DI output.
Martin Walker looks at a new stand-alone utility that claims to add the human touch to MIDI data, and finds that it scores highly.
Apogee have a long association with state-of-the-art digital converters. Hugh Robjohns investigates two of their latest 'affordable' models, the fully equipped PSX100 A-D and D-A converter and its simpler derivative, the Rosetta A-D.
Paul White foresakes his towering effects rack for a budget processor that looks for all the world as though it would float in the bath!
Initially best known for their radical and stylistically diverse remixes of other people's material, Apollo Four Forty have recently notched up their tenth Top 40 single and have been expanding into music for TV, film and computer games. Sam Molineaux investigates the trio behind this feat of multimedia mastery...
Gwynn T. Robinson enjoys the sound of silence — but wonders why it's so difficult to achieve.
With their first Top 10 chart placing and massive radio play, Travis' recent single marked a commercial breakthrough for the band. Sue Sillitoe talks to producer Mike Hedges.
This month, SOS meets a very unique music-maker.