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In the first of a two-part series, Big George looks at Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny, getting signed to a record company on the strength of sending out a demo, and other fairy tales...
Most of us are aware that sticking on a favourite CD can cheer you up after a terrible day, but many baulk at the concept that music can actually help to heal your mind and body, despite the growing evidence to support this theory. Debbie Poyser & Derek Johnson investigate, and meet a man whose music is composed with the intention of making you feel a whole lot better...
Music and games software doesn't normally tend to mix very well on the same PC. Martin Walker tries out a selection of ways to achieve harmony.
Martin Russ checks out some worthwhile shareware, explains the benefits of registration, and nudges his mouse.
Digital recording systems have been in everyday use now for nearly 20 years, and such systems have become affordable to the project studio owner within the last decade. But what actually is digital recording, how does it work, and are the claims made about its sonic perfection justified? In the first of this new 6-part series, Hugh Robjohns revisits the technology and techniques involved.
Derek Johnson homes in on dedicated Atari software developers Electronic Cow, who, fortunately, haven't been affected by the EU ban on British beef...
This month Martin Walker prepares to burn his own CD-R disks, discusses the merits of the rewritable variety, and reports back from the Frankfurt MusikMesse.
Beyerdynamic have become the first mainstream manufacturer to offer the audio industry a practical digital microphone. Hugh Robjohns investigates the MCD100 to see if it represents the future of recording technology.
If you have the space, the time and the money, the best sound isolation can be achieved by building a room within a room. Paul White explains what's involved.
Paul Nagle concludes his look at Clavia's groundbreaking new Nord Modular.
This new Vocalist has been designed to be easier to use than ever. Martin Walker sings up a storm in three-part harmony...
Mike Collins offers a step-by-step practical guide to using several software packages designed to help you work more effectively with CD writers.
Nicholas Rowland explains how you can take advantage of your computerised drummer to generate effects that sound anything but human...
Although it's less than a year old, Opcode's highly useful Studio 64X multi-port MIDI interface and patchbay has been redesigned to incorporate even more features (including a wide range of synchronisation facilities), and has re-emerged from its refit as the Studio 64XTC.
It was 1973 and everyone was playing Minimoogs, and ARP Odysseys. So why did the Keio ORGan company produce a little synthesizer with the most unorthodox controls imaginable, call it the MiniKORG 700, and try to convince the keyboard cognoscenti that it was worth buying? Gordon Reid explains...
Oram are not a company to do things by halves; their Octasonic, as the name suggests, features a whopping eight channels of professional-quality mic amplification. David Mellor finds it's eight times a preamp....
If you like your music production tools hip, knob-laden and all in one box, you're probably drooling over the MC505. Derek Johnson gets into the groove.
Paul White tests a new Sony DAT recorder offering professional features at an affordable price.
