SOUND ON SOUND
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...
If you can't get a good performance from your vocalist, it could be your method of monitoring that's at fault. Paul White offers some helpful advice.
Paul Overaa brings you more news on Amiga music applications and that crucial Commodore bidding war: AudioMaster IV.
Martin Russ brings you the latest Apple news and views. First off the press is the low-down on Apple's new System 7.5...
Brian Heywood looks back at how the PC world has fared in the past twelve months, presents the 1994 PC Notes awards, and looks forward to a very Windows 95....
Digital recording is very different from analogue when it comes to setting the right recording level. Jerry Halatyn helps you to understand your DAT machine...
Martin Russ fights the corner for the Apple Mac, surveys the current Macintosh product range, and generally tries to persuade you to buy one!
Nick Magnus concludes his exploration of MIDI controllers with a look at creative uses of SysEx, and some of the hardware MIDI devices which allow more intuitive uses of controllers. But first, how to mingle your Ooohs and Aaahs...
Vic Lennard explores a brand-new, home-grown CD-ROM... Atari Mega Archive.
Paul White explains the APRS tape labelling system and offers a few hints of his own on tape care.
Vic Lennard looks at a Tracker program with a difference — and gets a sneak preview of a GM sound module in a Falcon...
Paul White proves once again that nothing succeeds like excess. This time he patches in two compressors and a limiter to deal with a minor dynamic range problem...
Synthesized music need not lack expression; with the array of MIDI controllers at your disposal, you can add a whole new dimension to your music. In this short series, Nick Magnus explains how...
Armed with a bunch of Alesis technical papers, Paul White unravels the mysteries of those inscrutable error messages, the sevret button combinations and the finer points of ADAT tape care.
Martin Russ brings you the latest Apple news, as well as a plea for forgiveness...
George Bourne reveals a cheap and easy project for converting a drum kit to trigger sounds over MIDI.