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Buying The Equipment You Really Need, Part 1

Feature | Tips & Tricks

We've all lusted after the shiny new gear that appears month after month in the pages of Sound On Sound — but how do you know what will make a real difference to your recordings and what will be an expensive luxury? Paul White picks out the areas where money will be well spent, and the products that will take your sound up a gear.

Published August 2000
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Igor Engraver 1.0 Light; Groovemaker 2

Apple Notes

Vic Lennard gives soume sound advice on hard disk partitioning and also points the way to some useful free music notation software.

Published August 2000
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Setting Up A Desktop Studio, Part 1

Tips & Tricks

In the first part of a new series, Paul White looks at the business of setting up a desktop computer-based studio. The first stage of planning is to determine exactly what you want your system to be capable of.

Published August 2000
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Antares Auto-tune

Auto‑Tune first started out as a TDM plug‑in (reviewed in SOS August '97), but subsequently...

Published August 2000
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Taskinfo 2000; PSP Mixbass

PC Notes

Utilities for monitoring CPU usage and file accesses are less than entertaining, but Martin Walker finds them invaluable for finding out what's going on inside his PC...

Published August 2000
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Training Courses & Their Web Sites

Net Notes

Demand is continuing to grow for training courses in sound engineering and in the business of modern music. Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser explore some web-based information sources to help you decide which course is for you.

Published August 2000
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Virtual Mixers Explained

Exploration

Many home-studio users are moving from systems based around a simple analogue mixer to MIDI + Audio sequencers. These packages include 'virtual' mixer surfaces that can be somewhat daunting when compared with basic hardware mixers. Paul White explains some of the differences and smooths the upgrade path...

Published August 2000
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Q. Is my sample legal?

I am trying to recreate similar drum sounds to those used on Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' — the snare is tight...

Published August 2000
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Bitheadz Unity DS1 2

Software Sampler

Bitheadz' Unity DS1 is one of the best-established software samplers, and the latest incarnation offers several major new features, including DirectConnect support for use with Pro Tools. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser sample its delights.

Published August 2000
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Cedar Series X+ & Azimuth

Debuzzer & Corrector

We looked at Cedar's three Series X audio-restoration processors last month. This issue sees Hugh Robjohns correcting his azimuth and removing his buzzes with the two latest additions to the company's catalogue...

Published August 2000
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DAS Monitor 6 & Monitor 8

Nearfield Studio Monitors

Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer DAS have launched two nearfield monitors with more than a hint of luxury about them. Hugh Robjohns sits back and listens...

Published August 2000
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Digital Audio Denmark ADDA 2402

Converter

There is a vast array of digital converters on the market, but relatively few offer 96kHz capabilities, and fewer still provide built-in sample-rate conversion. Hugh Robjohns checks out the latest offering from Digital Audio Denmark.

Published August 2000
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Creamware Powersampler DSP

Sampling System

It would take a lot to convince your average engineer, producer or programmer to abandon their trusty hardware sampler, but Creamware may finaly tip the balance with their new PCI sampling card. Martin Walker never says 'never' again...

Published August 2000
Figure 1: A typical setup for processing an external signal using a Minimoog.
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An Introduction To ESPs & Vocoders

Synth Secrets

We turn our attention to the effects that can be achieved when subtractive synthesis components are applied not to the output from oscillators, but to real-world sounds — such as human speech.

Published July 2000

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