Feature | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Mar 1989Want to add multi-mode filtering, additive synthesis, three extra envelopes, microtonal and fixed frequency tunings, and eight independent effects units to your Ensoniq ESQ1 or SQ80, without invalidating your warranty? Greg Truckell reveals how... |
Opinion | Sound On Sound, May 1989Is there a Bob in your studio?Stiletto Sound's very own Greg Truckell contemplates the changes brought about by music computers, and asks: ‘Is there a Bob in your studio?’ |
Retrospective (Gear) | Topic: Vintage Instruments | Music Technology, Jun 1989Korg MS20This month's trip down memory lane takes us to Korg's MS20. Greg Truckell reacquaints himself with an analogue synth that may be better suited to use in 1989 than 1979. |
Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Jul 1989PART 1: Ace programmer Greg Truckell begins a power user’s guide to this popular LA synth expander. |
Feature Series | Sound On Sound, Aug 1989PART 2: Greg Truckell winds up his two-part power user's guide to this popular LA expander with some applications techniques. |
Feature Series | Topic: Algorythmic Composition | Music Technology, Aug 1989With algorithmic composition sotware finding commercial use at last, the question has to be asked "will it write a tune?". Greg Truckell takes a close look at the applications of M. |
Feature Series | Topic: Algorythmic Composition | Music Technology, Sep 1989PART 2: SEQUENCING AND NOTATIONIn the concluding part of this investigation into computer-assisted composition, Greg Truckell cells on Dr T's KCS to compose a tune. |
Feature | Topic: Computing | Sound On Sound, Nov 1989Most editing software is more user-friendly than digital parameter access, and more suited to the demands of editing complex digital synthesizers than traditional analogue controls. Greg Truckell investigates. |
Feature | Topic: Sampling, Synthesis & Sound Design | Music Technology, Dec 1989Ever wished you could get some of those rich old analogue sounds working comfortably with your MIDI system? Greg Truckell samples the sounds of the past. |
Review | Sound On Sound, Feb 1990Universal Patch LibrarianTired of rummaging through RAM cards and boxes of floppy disks in search of a particular synth patch? Greg Truckell checks out a far more convenient way to store and recall patches. |
Review | Sound On Sound, Feb 1990Advanced MIDI Amiga SamplerGot an Amiga? Want a sampler? Then cast your beady eye over this one. Greg Truckell is your guide. |
Feature | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Feb 1990How would you like to hear a filter sweep, or digital delay effects, coming from your Kawai K1? Greg Truckell looks at how to make a K1 do six impossible things before breakfast. |
Retrospective (Gear) | Topic: Vintage Instruments | Music Technology, Oct 1990SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PRO ONEThe most popular post-Minimoog monosynth is still the best alternative for everything from new age to northern techno. Greg Truckell reintroduces an old friend. |