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Yamaha TX81Z [Retrozone]
FM Synthesizer Module
Paul Sellars goes back to a time when minimalism ruled in synth design...
Published October 1999
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Sample Buyer's Guide
Tips & Tricks
Time moves quickly in the world of digital recording and since SOS's last sampler roundup in September 1997, a host of new models have been introduced, from 'quick-and-dirty' phrase recorders to top-of-the-range sampling workstations. Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser steer you through the pre-purchase decisions, and provide a guide to all the currently available models.
Published October 1999
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Classic Tracks: The Police 'Every Breath You Take'
Producers: The Police, Hugh Padgham • Engineer: Hugh Padgham
The Police's final studio album was both a technical and artistic tour de force, and yielded one of their most memorable hit singles. Yet the three members were unable to play in the same room without a fight breaking out, so the recording sessions proved tough going for engineer and co-producer Hugh Padgham...
Published March 2004
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KIPPER: Producing Sting's Brand New Day
Interview | Producer
Most jobbing producers would regard jetting off to exotic locations to spend a year with one of the most famous artists in the world as a fantasy. For programmer and producer Kipper, however, the dream became reality — thanks to Sting. Tom Flint caught up with Kipper in his Surrey home studio.
Published December 1999
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Creating Realistic Sample-based Orchestral Arrangements: Part 1
Tips & Tricks
These days, any decent synth or sampler offers plausable orchestral sounds — but there's much more to creating believable arrangements for orchestra than realistic samples. Keyboardist/composer Dave Stewart offers some guidance, passes on some advice from pros, and explains how orchestral samples were used to create an arrangement for the latest Geri Halliwell single.
Published December 1999
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Ableton Live 5
Loop-based Sequencer [Windows/Mac OS X]
Ableton Live is one of the software success stories of the last few years, with devoted users in fields as diverse as DJing, remixing, theatre sound and music production. Version 5 addresses requests from all these areas, whilst retaining the program's renowned ease of use.
Published November 2005
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The Lost Art Of Sampling: Part 4
Part 4: Looping & Time-stretching
If you want to artificially extend your instrument samples, or make entire backing tracks from one rhythmic snippet, you'll need to know about looping and time-stretching. And then there's keygrouping... We explain these fundamental sampling processes, and more.
Published November 2005
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Using Reason: Part 1
Making The Most Of Reason
Propellerhead Software's flexible studio package can take you in all kinds of new creative directions if you know how to get the best out of it. Let us be your guide...
Published November 2002
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Readerzone: Gary Amos
Location Recording With A Portastudio
This month's Readerzone doesn't have a home studio at all, but instead has chosen to concentrate on location recording — and with his modest Portastudio-based setup he's achieving a degree of local success.
Published February 2002
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Chris Rea & Stuart Epps: Recording Espresso Logic
Interview | Artist/Engineer
Chris Rea and engineer Stuart Epps talk to Mark Cunningham about the making of Espresso Logic, life at The Mill studios and their approach to recording Rea's work.
Published April 1994
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Damon Albarn's 13 Studio
Tom Girling & Jason Cox
Having decided to construct a studio for their own use, Damon Albarn of Blur and his collaborators Tom Girling and Jason Cox chose to create an environment as unlike a typical commercial studio as possible. And then they fitted it with perhaps the most bizarre assortment of equipment ever collected together...
Published August 1999
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STEVE HILLIER (DUBSTAR): Northern Lights
Interview | Band
Newcastle-based Dubstar released one of the most successful pure pop albums of the last 12 months — and they made most of it using gear that wouldn't be out of place in many SOS readers' studios. Matt Bell gets sidereal with the band's programmer and main songwriter, Steve Hillier.
Published August 1996
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The Truth About Latency: Part 2
Latency & Latency Jitter: Real-world Tests
In the second part of our investigation into the real-world delays caused by PC hardware and software, we consider the differences between different MIDI applications and versions of Windows. Are some sequencers really 'tighter' than others?
Published October 2002
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Native Instruments Reaktor 2
Software Synth/sampler
With more and more software synths appearing for both Mac and PC, it takes something a little special to make people sit up and take notice. Martin Walker looks at a product that should do just that.
Published October 1999
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NAMM '94 Report
Conference
Paul White returns stirred but unshaken from the NAMM '94 exhibition with a brief overview of the products that most caught his attention.
Published March 1994
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Using Pitch Automation in Digital Performer v4.6
Workshop
Move over Auto-Tune: Digital Performer v4.6's new Pitch Automation features are fully integrated into the program and provide considerable power over all aspects of pitch. We explain how they work and take you through some practical examples.
Published October 2005
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Native Instruments Kore
Hardware Controller & Software Host For Instruments & Effects
NI's Kore system promises to unify your library of software instruments and effects, creating the mother of all workstation synths or multi-effects units.
Published July 2006
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Readerzone
John Hackett & Andy Wood
We visit two readers who have set up a studio in a small corner of a small room in the West Midlands...
Published January 2004
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Yamaha MU15
GM/XG Mini Sound Module
Derek Johnson looks at a new baby hardware sequencer and GM/XG synth from Yamaha.
Published July 1999
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Akai MPC4000
Sampling Workstation
Akai's MPC sampling workstations have been a studio fixture for nearly 15 years, and the MPC4000 is the most powerful one yet. But the world of sampling has changed dramatically since the MPC2000XL was released. Can an MPC still cut it in the 21st century?
Published September 2002