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The new version of Opcode's flagship sequencer/ hard disk recording package almost extinguishes the differences between audio and MIDI recordings, allowing unprecedented control over your compositions. A hitherto MIDI-only Martin Russ broadens his horizons...
How does Audio Technica's AT4050 multi-pattern studio mic compare with their hugely popular AT4033 cardioid mic?
Michael Anthony takes us back to the mid-eighties, when MIDI was in pre-school playgroup, and manufacturers built synths that couldn't decide if they were analogue, digital, or both...
A monosynth that doesn't cost monopoly money? Paul Nagle thinks Waldorf's new Pulse offers the most fun you can have with your presets off...
Paul White checks out the successor to his beloved D4 and ends up casting sidelong glances at his cheque book.
We try out Akai's first synth in absolutely ages — and discover a monster in sheep's clothing.
The Godfather of German electronic music, Klaus Schulze favoured an all-digital approach to recording the '80s. The last few years, however, have seen a radical revision of his former philosophy. Paul Tingen meets the man for whom old working habits die hard...
There have been Leslie simulators before, but none to exploit the sympathetic warmth of valves.
Paul White tries to pigeonhole Digitech's new effects unit — but quickly discovers that it can mean different things to different users.
Digitech have trimmed back both price and features for the latest addition to the TSR effects family. But does the newcomer offer enough bang per buck?
Paul White puts Mackie's new 1202 VLZ next to his original 1202 and discovers more changes than you might expect.
Paul White experiences the delights of this all-digital, automated mixing environment where unwieldy cable harnesses and tiered patchbays are the thing of the past.
This time the sun really has got to Julian Colbeck, Keyfax Software supremo and recent emigré to California;...
Capital Mamba make bespoke equipment covers and soft cases, which means that no matter how obscure your keyboard instrument,...
The Song Builder series of MIDI files currently comprises at least seven volumes of patterns, riffs and phrases in...
Users of KAT's drumKAT or trapKAT may be interested to learn that a couple of new accessories are available, the simplest...
Can a low-cost processor really clean up noisy recordings effectively? Paul White finds out.
Have Fostex really stolen Roland's thunder with their digital multitrack? Mystic Paul White thinks Roland might have a trick up their sleeve.
Paul White gets out and about with the Tascam DAP1 and discovers the joys of collecting sounds outside the studio.
The all-digital, computer-based recording studio is no longer a distant future possibility. Thanks to digidesign's TAM buss, many of the processing capabilities of a traditional studio setup are now available as computer software plug-ins. In the first of this two-part feature, Mike Collins takes us through some of the available options.