SOUND ON SOUND
All fingers and thumbs in front of a keyboard? John Walden provides a few pointers to make sequencing using a MIDI guitar controller a less fretful experience.
All recording setups incorporate effects devices of one sort or another, but it's easy to end up using them only in the same predictable ways. Roger Jackson introduces some more imaginative ways to freshen up your productions.
Martin Russ looks at some of QuickTime 3's new features, and considers why the 'computer-as-complete-recording-studio' approach isn't always the best one...
This month, Martin Walker finds that it's good to talk, and uses a PC utility to burn his Akai-formatted hard drive sample collection onto Akai-format CD-R disks.
Just when you thought it was safe to dip your hand in your pocket and buy that ideal studio, Paul White throws digital mixers into the frame.
Nicholas Rowland fades away with a few tips for creating and manipulating MIDI echoes, along with some other sequencing esoterica.
Derek Johnson checks out two ST freebies that could help you to tame your synths..
Will physical modelling continue to be at the leading edge of synthesis, or are there other methods moving up on the inside tracks? Paul Wiffen winds up the Synth School series with a little crystal ball-gazing.
Continuing his quest for the perfect listening environment, Paul White looks at ways to treat a control room without having to bring in the builders.
Although you can go 'under the bonnet' and put together your own PC suitable for MIDI + Audio recording, buying a complete system could prevent many potential problems. Martin Walker gets bundled up.
If your MIDI data refuses to emerge properly from the end of the cable, why not try these handy tips. Martin Walker helps you thru your Ins and Outs.
There is now a bewildering array of audio options inside most PC audio recording packages, and if you understand the reasoning behind them you can get a bit (or even a few bits) more quality out of your hard drive audio. Martin Walker explains.
What do you need to put together to create your own studio? Paul White investigates practical options for a core system based on preferred methods of creating music.
Paul White looks at how you can calculate how much studio acoustic treatment you really need.
Nick Howes of Yamaha's European Music Software Division shows you how to get the best out of XG soundcards.
This month, after a bit of clock-watching, Martin Walker looks at a utility which should keep your PC running for longer; Norton Utilities.
Controller freak Nicholas Rowland wiggles his magic mod wheel and transforms your sequenced sounds into something just a little more spellbinding...
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.
Good news, good news and more good news. Martin Russ just can't believe his luck.