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Interviews

The Aphex Twin - Cagey, Canny, Krafty

Interview | Music Technology, Jul 1993

Never mind avoiding presets and programming your own patches... how about rebuilding the whole damn synth? Richard James - aka Polygon Window, Caustic Window, Diceman, Soit PP, Blue Calx, AFX and The Aphex Twin - isn’t happy with his hardware till he’s had the toolbox to it. Phil Ward enters the twilight zone of the lad from Cornwall who’s spearheading the ambient onslaught.

The Orb - Tune In, Turn On, Chill Out

Interview | Music Technology, Jun 1991

Riding the ambient house wave, The Orb have released a concept album that mixes dance beats with new age textures. Tim Goodyer tunes in to Alex Paterson and Thrash as they chill out with technology.

Thompson Twins - All For One and One For All

Interview | International Musician, Feb 1985

Tony Horkins lays his hands on Tom, Alanna and Joe and squeezes out the technical secrets

Unique 3 - Dial 0274 For Bass

Interview | Music Technology, Feb 1991

Having helped to create Britain's Northern techno scene, Unique 3 claim it doesn't actually exist. Simon Trask listens to this and other enigmas from one of the country's most creative dance outfits.

Vince Clarke - Sounding Off

Interview | Electronic Soundmaker, Nov 1984

Vince Clarke reveals trade secrets.

Yello

Interview | Sound On Sound, Feb 1989

Paul Ireson converses with 50% of Switzerland’s most exciting export since milk chocolate - Dieter Meier of Yello.

Production lines

Interview | The Mix, Aug 1994
At home with Chris Hughes

The former Tears For Fears producer invites us in for a cuppa

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The Matinee Organ - Part 4

Feature Series | Topic: Electronics / Build | Electronics & Music Maker, Jun 1981

Relax... your solo will be just fine

Feature | Topic: Live, Performing | Making Music, Sep 1987
Relaxing For Gigs

Tape Machines Line Up Here

Feature | Topic: Maintenance / Repair / Modification, Tape, Vinyl, CD, DAT | Home & Studio Recording, Apr 1986

Martin Goldman examines the dos and don'ts of tape machine maintenance.

Gates

Feature | Topic: Effects Processing | Recording Musician, May 1993

If you're swamped in hiss, then you may need this — the full SP on gates and their uses. But listen carefully: I may be asking questions.

TEAC E3 Head Demagnetiser

Review | Recording Musician, May 1993

Korg Wavestation

Review | Music Technology, Sep 1990
Advanced Vector Synthesiser

In their days at the top, Sequential pioneered an exciting form of sound generation called Vector Synthesis. Simon Trask witnesses its revival in Korg's Wavestation.

Tona De Brett's Vocal Points

Feature | Topic: Performing, Tuition / Technique | International Musician, Sep 1985

Take a deep breath. Now repeat after me: 'Tone's topping tutorial tips teach trainee tonsils'

Back To Bach

Feature | Topic: Composing / Art, Recording, Sequencing | Sound On Sound, Jul 1992
The Making of an Album

When Julian Colbeck went back to Bach to find musical inspiration, little did he think he'd end up recording a whole album.

All About Additive - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Music Technology, Apr 1988

In the first of a two-part series, Chris Meyer looks into the workings of additive synthesis and how it can be used to accurately mimic naturally-occurring sounds.

Tape Line-Up - Part 2

Feature Series | Topic: Sound Fundamentals, Tape, Vinyl, CD, DAT | Sound On Sound, Oct 1986

Part 2. If you developed a stomach ulcer through reading last month's instalment on the theory of line-up and haven't dared go near your tape machine since, you can stop worrying no was David Mellor tells you exactly what to do to achieve perfection in your recorded sound.

Photographing Sound - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: Sampling | Sound On Sound, Dec 1985
The Art of Sampling

Part 1: The Art Of Sampling. Keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen offers valuable advice on squeezing the most out of your sampler.

Double Take

Review | Electronic Soundmaker, Aug 1985
SDD-2000

Korg's sampling digital delay

Digital Sampler/Delay - Part 3

Feature Series | Topic: Electronics / Build | Home & Studio Recording, Apr 1986

Part three of this fascinating project from Paul Williams.

On The Beat - Part 7

Feature Series | Topic: Drum Programming | Music Technology, Feb 1990

In the early '70s reggae was the star of the pop charts; these days its profile is lower but its influence almost inescapable, Nigel Lord looks at programming Ja rhythm.

Synth Vocab

Feature | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | One Two Testing, Nov 1982

SYSTEM: electronics/Technical terms/explain/full readout/graphics/buzzwords FILE FOUND: vocab engineer/Andy Honeybone

Patches

Feature | Topic: Synthesizer Patches | Polyphony, Oct 1976

How Analogue Synthesizers Work

Feature | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Dec 1987

They've been a mainstay of electronic music for over 20 years, they're less expensive than ever before, and they still make sounds the digital machines can't. Analogue synthesizers have been receiving some digital assistance of late, but at heart they're still analogue synthesizers - and if you want to make them perform magic, you need to speak their language. Craig Anderton is your interpreter...

African Music - Part 3

Feature Series | Topic: Home Studio | Sound On Sound, Dec 1987

Having recently released his own independent LP, 'Oh Africa', we asked Sound On Sound reader Kofi Busia to write about his experiences. In this the third and final part of his story, he reveals his discoveries about the record industry and explains why he set up his own record label.

 

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