SOUND ON SOUND
Digital delay tends to be taken very much for granted, but the majority of today's studio effects would be impossible without it. Paul White describes how to set up your own DDL effects from scratch.
Timing delays, stolen notes, lack of sampler memory... having trouble playing back your sample files over MIDI? But all these problems can be things of the past. All it needs is a little care and planning — as Wilf Smarties explains.
When Paul Johnson decided he'd like to teach a Music Technology course at the college where he works, there was one small problem: he had to build the studio himself during the summer holidays, on a shoestring budget with help from just two students. Impossible? Let's find out...
Need to upgrade your ST's memory? Vic Lennard looks to RAM the point home...
Paul Overaa advises on how to improve your sequencer's notation facilities, gives some more tracker tips, and rounds up some current Amiga news...
Martin Russ brings you the latest Apple news and tips... Theatre Sequencer.
Though Logical Edit is potentially one of Cubase's most useful features, it's also one of the most feared and misunderstood. In this three-part series, Simon Millward aims to explain it...
Paul Overaa's recent experiments seemed to have dropped a bit of a bombshell on the Amiga's tracker-based musical community. To find out what's happened, and pick up on all the other important Amiga-related news, just keep reading...
Looking to buy a replacement Atari computer? Vic Lennard gives some pointers...
Equalisation is one of the most powerful tools in your sonic toolkit and can be your greatest enemy or your greatest ally in the battle for the perfect sound. David Mellor gives advice on how and when best to use it.
Want to set up a home studio but don't know where to start? In the first part of a new series, Paul White guides you through the creation and setting up of a basic home recording system.
Paul Nagle looks at adding MIDI and sounds to your PC setup.
This month, Brian Heywood takes a look at the evolving role of the PC, and considers the parts CD-ROMs and the Internet have to play in the future of music shopping...
The roles of the various signal processors and effects used in audio production are pretty well understood by most musicians, but it's not always obvious where they should be patched into the signal chain to give the best results.
Martin Russ investigates why you might need more MIDI outputs.
Brian Heywood removes his Santa hat, polishes of the last of the brandy butter, and considers what you might need to do to your PC now the new year is upon us.
Are you forever coming up with the same old 'N-N-N-N-Nineteen' effects on your sampler? do you reach for that jaded Peruvian noseflute sample every time you want a 'really original sound' for your latest masterpiece? Fear not, for top tipmeister Paul Ward is back, with more off-the-wall uses for you to try out at home...
Paul White reveals more cheats and workarounds aimed at making sequenced instruments sound more realistic.
The last four weeks have been pretty hectic for the Amiga community, and Paul Overaa has, of course, been dutifully recording the more memorable events...