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With another major transition occurring in the Mac world this year, it's time to consider the real ramifications of moving from Power PC to Intel-based Macs for musicians and audio engineers.
The success of Avril Lavigne's debut album Let Go catapulted The Matrix to the front rank of songwriters and producers. Since then, they've moved in ever wider musical circles, culminating in their work with nu-metal pioneers Korn.
Soundscape have always been renowned for the stability of their DSP-based PC recording systems. Their latest development is a unique new way of integrating native CPU power into the Soundscape environment.
The updated compact mixers in Mackie's VLZ range may look the same as ever on the outside — but inside lurk new, high-grade microphone preamps. Hugh Robjohns tries out the new design.
We visit another SOS reader's studio set-up. This month, it's located in a Portakabin in Bedford, UK.
Find out how to get the highest-quality audio into your computer music system.
You don't have to stick to library samples all the time, and you needn't spend hours creating your own. Paul White reveals a few short cuts.
In a packed column this month, Martin Russ looks at MIDI machine control, FreeMIDI, the Mac serial port, and even manages to mention the latest Apple news. He kicks off with a look at Performer 5.0.
Is MP3 the ultimate audio file format? No! Martin Russ looks at net resources dealing with what lies beyond...
Propellerhead, makers of the unique Reason software studio, have come from nowhere to award-winning developer status in just eight years. We catch up with one of the key men behind this small but influential Swedish company.
This month SOS helps Alan Pittaway improve his drum kit recordings, and also helps him get his two Roland multitrackers working together.
Now that software versions of synths, processors and samplers are available for less than their hardware equivalents, many musicians are being tempted to dispense with their studio hardware and run everything inside their PCs. Martin Walker examines the feasibility of putting all your chips in one basket...
The award-winning Chris Trimby not only tours with top artists and spends summers working the major festivals but also mixes live sound for TV music shows, including BBC TV's Top Of The Pops, proving how varied and interesting a career as a monitor engineer can be. We find out how it all happened and what's involved...
Recording engineers have been adding artificial reverberation to recordings for many years, and have developed a variety of different ways of doing this. Home recordists now have access to modern versions of all these tools, so let's look at how they compare to each other, and how best to use each.
Algorithmic music generators can produce unique and unexpected results, and now Atari users can try out a well-programmed example, Charming Chaos from Electronic Cow, for just £15. Derek Johnson explains a little Chaos theory...
Hugh Robjohns tries out a stylish new microphone from US manufacturers Earthworks.
Comic actor, has been recording and editing his own radio series for years — and now he's putting his engineering skills centre stage.
Martin Russ brings you the latest Apple news and takes a look into his crystal ball. Acronyms and MIDI.
Paul White explains that although we may do most of our work using samplers and sequencers, the art of drum miking is just as important as it ever was.
Paul White checks out a signal processor with no knobs, no buttons and no display, designed to add valve warmth to 8-track recording.