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DK Audio Master Stereo Display Range
Metering is a critical element of any audio recording system, and the modular nature of DK Audio's extensive range of high-quality units makes it possible to purchase a system that exactly meets your requirements. Hugh Robjohns is impressed...
Published May 2000
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DSTEC OS1 Original Syn
Analogue Monosynth
dsTEC's eye-catching new analogue mono is bad — but in a good way. Chris Carter reaps the wages of Syn.
Published July 1999
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Rhodes Chroma
Analogue Polysynth (Retro)
Norman Fay takes a relro look at the Rhodes Chroma, the last and most obscure of ARP's long line of analogue synthesizers.
Published October 1995
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Moog Sonic 6
Analogue Synthesizer (Retrozone)
The pioneering Sonic 6 has a complex and intriguing background, featuring not only the synth industry's most famous name, Bob Moog, but also that of an unsung hero called Gene Zumcheck - a shadowy figure now, but one whose contribution to synthesis deserves acknowledgement.
Published March 2002
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Focusrite Platinum Compounder
2-channel Dynamics Processor
Paul White gets inside Focusrite's new compressor to find out what really makes it tick.
Published May 1999
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Practical Snare Drum Synthesis
Synth Secrets
Last month, we revealed just how hideously complex the sound-producing mechanism of the snare drum can be. Nevertheless, synthesizing the sound is not as hard as it seems, as we find out with the aid of a Roland SH101...
Published April 2002
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Power Vocoding
Using The Boss SE-50 & SE-70's Vocoder Patches
There's more to vocoders than 'Mister Blue Sky' — and with the vocoders available on some current multi-effects processors, creative vocoding is now available to almost anyone.
Published January 1994
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Audio Editing On The PC: Steinberg Wavelab, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, SEK-D Samplitude Studio
Exploration
With the advance of new technology, PC audio editors have finally reached the point where they can give Macintosh systems a run for their money. Janet Harniman-Cook investigates the possibilities.
Published March 1997
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Recording Christmas Music
Paul Ward & Richard Taylor
A job helping to provide the sounds and recording the music for an animated Christmas special has SOS contributor Paul Ward hastily upgrading his studio and exploring the deepest recesses of his synth collection, in search of sleigh bells and singing reindeer patches...
Published January 1998
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Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert: New Order
Interview | Band
The oft-neglected other half of New Order bounce back into the limelight with a joint album of particular charm. Nigel Humberstone tracks down Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris to talk about their working methods, their home studio, and their contribution to the growing EC gear mountain.
Published January 1994
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ASC Studio Traps
Portable Room Acoustic Baffles
Studio Traps allow you to alter the acoustics of any room in minutes, so you can quickly deal with troublesome rooms or acoustically separate live mics from one another.
Published February 1999
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Clifford White: 21st Century Music
Interview | Artist
It's a well worn record company adage that the music known as New Age doesn't sell, yet the little-known artist Clifford White has enjoyed such enormous success with this kind of music that he has set up his own booming record company. Paul White (no relation) finds out how.
Published June 1994
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Making The Most Of Your Emu Proteus: Part 1
Tips & Techniques
In the first of a 2-Part series, Paul Farrer offers some hints and tips for improving the sounds you can coax from Emu's popular Proteus range.
Published September 1995
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Mac OS X Tiger: A Musician's Guide
Apple Notes
The latest version of Apple's Mac OS contains some excellent new features aimed at musicians and audio engineers. Is this one OS upgrade you won't mind performing on your studio computer?
Published July 2005
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Novation A-Station
Polyphonic Virtual Analogue Synthesizer
Novation's new A-Station seeks to combine the compact styling of their BassStation Rack synths with some of the spec of the prestigious Supernova and Nova - and all for £399! Is it an inspired bit of cross-breeding, or a misbegotten mongrel?
Published December 2001
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Reality PC
Software Synthesizer
Take a powerful PC. Add a clever bit of programming, a soundcard and some samples, and you have the reality software synthesizer. Not a revolutionary concept, but wait until you hear the sounds! Martin Walker picks himself up off the floor.
Published November 1997
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Of Responses & Resonance
Synth Secrets
As Parts 4 & 5 of Gordon Reid's series showed, even the simplest analogue filters mess with your sound in complicated ways. In this Part, he considers what happens when you make the design more sophisticated...
Published October 1999
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Synth School: Part 11
Modelling Strings & Wind Instruments
In the penultimate part of his series on synthesizer technology, Paul Wiffen turns his attention to the problem of emulating acoustic instruments in which the sound is produced by a string or reed, and amplified and modified by the body of the instrument.
Published September 1998