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Digitech MV5
Vocal Harmony Processor
Offering 5-part harmony at a budget price, the MV5 is Digitech's easiest to use pitch-shifter yet. The David Mellor Singers provide the tune...
Published July 1996
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ADAT; JL Cooper DataSync2; Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold
PC Notes
Faced with the unfinished album sessions on analogue tape and a studio full of PCs and digital gear, Brian Heywood gets a chance to find out how flexible modern equipment really is.
Published July 1996
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C-Lab Falcon MkX
Atari Notes
The C-Lab Falcon MkX has flown through its CE tests and finally landed in the UK. Ofir Gal checks the spec and assesses the new machine's chances of taking off.
Published July 1996
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Fixing The Mix, Part 1: Salvage Techniques
Tips & Techniques
Conventional wisdom states that you can't 'fix it in the mix', but that doesn't mean you cant' try! Paul White discusses a few practical salvage techniques in the first part of this short series.
Published July 1996
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Mac IIsi; Bargain vs Power
Apple Notes
Martin Russ surveys his dying Mac IIsi and ponders the purchase of a new model. Will he go for leading-edge Power or a last-generation bargain?
Published July 1996
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Minimising Mixer & Effects Noise
Tips & Tricks
When using effects, it's all too easy to add noise to your mix — and it's not always the fault of your effects unit. Paul White offers a few practical tips for achieving quieter mixes.
Published July 1996
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Ensoniq SQ80
Workstation Synth (Retro)
On its release in the late '80s, the SQ80 had to slug it out with Roland's D50 and Korg's M1, and didn't come out on top, at least as for sales were concerned. Steve Howell takes a look at an early and underrated workstation that still has a lot to offer.
Published July 1996
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Event 20/20
Studio Monitors
Paul White tests a pair of US-built studio monitors designed to combine tonal accuracy with affordability.
Published July 1996
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Fatar Studio 1176
MIDI Master Keyboard
This Italian master keyboard may be completely dumb soundwise, but it's pretty clever in other departments. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser just love being in control.
Published July 1996
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LA Audio 4x4
4-channel Dual Filter Noise Gate Compressor
Always ready for some off-road action, Paul White scrambles for his XLR adaptors and test drives LA Audio's latest incarnation of the 4x4.
Published July 1996
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Lexicon PCM80
Plug-in Expansion Cards
It's not often that plug-in cards merit the same attention as the equipment they plug into, but these add-ons are capable of transforming Lexicon's PCM80 effects processor into a completely different beast, as Paul White discovers.
Published July 1996
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Fostex D80
Digital Multitrack Recorder
The battle for control of the affordable digital multitracker market has intensified in 1996. Paul White puts Fostex's latest weapon, the rackmounting D80, to the test.
Published June 1996
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Korg Pandora
Guitar Multi-Effects Processor
Paul White nervously opens Pandora's box — and realises that instead of being the mythical source of demons and sorrows, it's just Korg's new compact guitar multi-effects processor...
Published June 1996
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Mackie 1402VLZ
12-Channel Mic/Line Mixer
Prefer a Mackie compact mixer with faders? then the 1402VLZ could be just what you're looking for. Paul White checks it out.
Published June 1996
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Moog Memorymoog
Analogue Polysynth (Retro)
As a child, Norman Fay was cruelly cheated of the thing he wanted most — a Memorymoog. Never one to bear a grudge, he reviews Moog's most unruly synth with the benefit of hindsight.
Published June 1996
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Passport Alchemy 3
Sample Editor
Now that Sound Designer II no longer provides sampler support, the way is clear for an improved version of the veteran Alchemy software. Mike Collins thinks it's worth its weight in gold.
Published June 1996
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Samson PL2404
4-Buss Line Mixer
Inquisitor-General Paul White puts Samson on the rack, but finds few guilty secrets.
Published June 1996
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Spectral Audio ProTone
Monosynth
It may be Swiss, but there's nothing cheesy about the idea of a synth that lets you rekindle your rusty analogue programming skills. Paul Nagle dons his boots and goes hiking through the peaks and troughs of the ProTone's analogue waveforms...
Published June 1996
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Studiomaster Mixdown Classic 8
8-buss Mixer
Studiomaster's new desk joins the long list of other contenders in the crowded 8-buss mixer market. Unlike many of its competitors, however, the Classic 8 is a split console, and includes MIDI muting and a meter bridge as standard. Is this enough to encourage musicians to settle for Studiomaster? Paul White finds out.
Published June 1996