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Derek Johnson homes in on dedicated Atari software developers Electronic Cow, who, fortunately, haven't been affected by the EU ban on British beef...
This month Martin Walker prepares to burn his own CD-R disks, discusses the merits of the rewritable variety, and reports back from the Frankfurt MusikMesse.
Beyerdynamic have become the first mainstream manufacturer to offer the audio industry a practical digital microphone. Hugh Robjohns investigates the MCD100 to see if it represents the future of recording technology.
If you have the space, the time and the money, the best sound isolation can be achieved by building a room within a room. Paul White explains what's involved.
Paul Nagle concludes his look at Clavia's groundbreaking new Nord Modular.
This new Vocalist has been designed to be easier to use than ever. Martin Walker sings up a storm in three-part harmony...
Mike Collins offers a step-by-step practical guide to using several software packages designed to help you work more effectively with CD writers.
Nicholas Rowland explains how you can take advantage of your computerised drummer to generate effects that sound anything but human...
Although it's less than a year old, Opcode's highly useful Studio 64X multi-port MIDI interface and patchbay has been redesigned to incorporate even more features (including a wide range of synchronisation facilities), and has re-emerged from its refit as the Studio 64XTC.
It was 1973 and everyone was playing Minimoogs, and ARP Odysseys. So why did the Keio ORGan company produce a little synthesizer with the most unorthodox controls imaginable, call it the MiniKORG 700, and try to convince the keyboard cognoscenti that it was worth buying? Gordon Reid explains...
Oram are not a company to do things by halves; their Octasonic, as the name suggests, features a whopping eight channels of professional-quality mic amplification. David Mellor finds it's eight times a preamp....
If you like your music production tools hip, knob-laden and all in one box, you're probably drooling over the MC505. Derek Johnson gets into the groove.
Paul White tests a new Sony DAT recorder offering professional features at an affordable price.
Is the RX8 the latest sporty model from Mazda? No — actually, it's a keenly priced 8-buss mixing desk from Soundtracs. Christopher Holder secures the first test drive.
Clavia's latest product is something else; an affordable modular hardware synth whose selection of modules and signal routing is user-definable in software, offering the synthesist staggering scope for sound design. In the first of this two-part review, Paul Nagle cross-modulates his joy input with Rapture envelope and goes into self-oscillating ecstasy...
Throughout the years, Tannoy have determindly supported their dual-concentric driver concept in the fierce cut and thrust of the monitor marketplace, and the 600A is their latest mid-priced champion. Hugh Robjohns enters the fray...
TL Audio's Ivory range of affordable valve-based processors continues to expand. Big game hunter Paul White strikes (c)amp and bags the lates two in the herd... (SOS wishes to point out that no elephants were harmed during the writing of this review.)
If you liked the look of last year's Minidisc-based digital 4-track machines, but need more tracks, look no further. The Yamaha MD8 manages 8-track recording and palyback, but is still priced at just under a thousand pounds. Martin Walker suddenly finds less need to bounce.