
Keeping It Simple
Looking back over some very old leader columns, I came across some of my comments and suggestions for making aspects of music technology more friendly.
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Looking back over some very old leader columns, I came across some of my comments and suggestions for making aspects of music technology more friendly.

Can you really make a complex, DSP-packed mixer that even musicians with no engineering experience can use? Line 6 think they can...

We see why there’s much more to Live’s Frequency Shifter effect than meets the eye...

The Logan String Melody and the later Melody II are justifiably revered string machines.

Learn how to import and combine Environment layers to create new MIDI facilities for your projects.

Microtech Gefell mics have long been revered for their sonic performance in the studio — so why not use them on stage too?

Almost a decade of experience has only reinforced my appreciation of this unassuming little mic.

The key features of Acoustica’s Mixcraft have always been affordability and ease of use. Version 6 builds on these strengths but also adds a new Pro Studio edition.

Propellerhead’s Reason gets its first dedicated MIDI keyboard and control surface. What can it offer that your mouse can’t?

The viewing public never get to see — or hear — the messy side of TV production. But that’s where the fun is.

Novation go back to their portable synth roots with a compact gem that reworks the Ultranova synth engine and adds a few extras...

Recording budgets have been getting lower for some time. Are the technical standards we’ve come to expect from records being eroded too?

Now that Windows 8 supports touchscreen operation, manufacturers are getting inventive with their hardware formats...


Sound On Sound was given an exclusive sneak preview of the first production units in advance of the official product announcement on October 12th.

Pro Tools’ template system, and its undocumented Track Presets feature, can help your sessions get moving faster.

I have a set of Atacama SE1000 speaker stands, but at one metre, they're just a tad too high. I've used Blu-Tack on my current...

When I'm doing vocal pitch-correction, should I include breath sounds if I'm trying to get the sound to be realistic? I'm...

I just got hold of an old record deck and am having problems trying to record samples off some of my Dad's old vinyl. When I ...

If high sample rates make no discernible difference when recording (which is effectively what Dan Lavry's much-quoted white...