Can computers improve or even replace current styles of notation?

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, updates, sounds, and samples

The latest activities at one of the UK's lesser-known electro-acoustic music studios, put into perspective by its mentor, Phil Ellis.

With a Macintosh computer and Digidesign's new CD-quality digital audio system, you can cut, splice, and create extended remixes to your heart's content. Paul D. Lehrman discovers what it is like to go tapeless in the studio.

Systemcheck

The Greengate goes loopy

Holiday Music

Digital Computer Music System

A state of the art computer music system for Apple users.

And now the end is near, Adrian Deevoy pulls the final curtain

The story of a CD

Not many people would have the courage to give up a lucrative career in the jingles business in order to record and release their own CD. But that's precisely what Simon Renouf has done, and this is his story...

David Mellor continues our 'How It Works' series with an investigation of the many ways available to help silence your recordings!

Most 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.

Bass Traps

Phone booths into concert halls - if you can ace your bass, that is

Software for the Atari ST

Simultaneously making the transition from Mac to Atari ST and crossing the Atlantic, this software package gives sampling a new slant. Chris Jenkins boots it up.

The last great unclimbed peak in the world: our mountain of demos.

The CDP is a non profit-making co-operative formed by a group of professional composers and researchers at York University, whose intention was to create an affordable personal workstation — a ‘desktop IRCAM’ - on which to run powerful synthesis and signal processing programs. Richard Dobson reveals the power of this Atari ST-based system.

Britannia Row

A major hire company of legendary status

Portable Keyboard

Budget polysynth or home organ accessory? Casio attempt to find another gap in the market with Spectrum Distortion synthesis. Nicholas Rowland finds it's not too far from old-fashioned analogue.

Rugged adventures recording Balinese music