The man who took the credit for production on Pink Floyd's superlative 'Dark Side Of The Moon' album has since had ten years of album success with his own creation: The Alan Parsons Project. Richard Elen managed to track him down to London's Mayfair Studios, to discuss the appliance of music technology in his recordings.

20 years of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Original engineer on the 'Dark Side Of The Moon' sessions, Alan Parsons, explains the 20th anniversary remastering of this classic album.

This premier producer, conductor and arranger discusses his solo album 'The Best of the Alan Parsons Project'

In the first of a series, Fred Dellar looks at the chequered career of Gus Dudgeon.

Making tracks

Up to the minute and down to the nitty gritty

Our series continues with the voice, whether synthetic, sampled or the real thing.

A complete history of record production accompanied by quotations and anecdotes from no fewer than 18 of the world's leading producers.

LA Audio 4X4 Compressor

If your vocalist is up and down like a fiddler's elbow, this classy compressor might be just what the engineer ordered...

This month, Elka Eminent to Everitt Orgatron.

Digital Keyboard

How can the principles of Artificial Intelligence be employed to make a computer musical instrument sound like a grand piano? David Ellis delves deep into the workings of a £10,000+ Stateside keyboard.

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