SOUND ON SOUND
Nick Magnus puts on his Indiana Jones hat and treks ever deeper into the heart of your digital synth. This month's Holy Grail is analogue brass.
Modern tape recorders, both cassette and open-reel, are capable of giving years of service — but they can also deteriorate very quickly if not cared for. Paul White explains the essentials of cleaning and demagnetising.
Paul White looks at the differences between open and closed headphones and explains why neither type is a substitute for a loudspeaker monitoring system.
As SOS enters its second century, we look back over the past 100 great issues and chart the changing face of hi-tech music.
Learning to solder is easy, inexpensive and can save both money and frustration. Paul White makes it as painless as possible — just as long as you pick up the soldering iron by the right end!
Brian Heywood delivers another concoction of music-related PC news including Fatar's CMS61.
Paul Austin finally puts the long-awaited Toccata 16-bit sampler to the test.
Few of us are in a position to fit our houses with false walls, suspended ceilings and floating floors — so how can we create a reliable monitoring environment? Paul White explains that it's not as daunting as it seems.
Changing from analogue to digital multitrack brings many benefits and one or two pitfalls. Craig Anderton offers some hints and tips to help you get the best from digital recording.
Lost in a jungle of synth acronyms? This month, Paul White unravels the mysteries of ADSRs, VCAs and VCFs.
Martin Russ delivers another bulletin from another Mac music world. Hypercolourcard!
Vic Lennard investigates the need for speed...
Vic Lennard considers the place of Atari's Falcon 030 in the world of digital audio.
Bob Thomas offers a quick tip to achieve vocal separation.
Want to make music with a PC but don't know which one to choose? Brian Heywood provides advice to guide you through the maze of jargon in your quest to set up your ideal PC-based music system.
Nick Magnus continues his quest to emulate analogue sounds on digital instruments. This month, he shows you how to recreate analogue strings.
Paul White has been a devotee of guitar synths ever since Roland introduced the original GR500 back in the 1970s. Technology has come a long way since then, but there are still various techniques and tricks that can be adopted to make using these fascinating instruments a little less traumatic.
Paul White offers a tip for boosting gain when recording your synths.
Taking over the Apple Notes hot-seat, Martin Russ delivers more news about PowerPC and explains how to create custom icons.
This month Brian Heywood delivers news of an update to Cubase Lite, a way of downloading sounds to your Gravis Ultrasound card, and more...