Everything you wanted to know about distortion

Studio Sound Techniques

Tape echo techniques for reel-to-reel machines.

Studio Sound Techniques

Making tape loops.

Quick tips for recording.

The secret life of the noise gate

Open your gate and find the key to a better sound

A few words from the editor on how he uses, misuses and abuses effects.

Roland RSS System

Three-D sound placement from two speakers - that's the secret of Roland's revolutionary Sound Space system. Vic Lennard looks at the technology and the theory.

Want to simulate clap effects without spending a small fortune? Paul White shows you how.

Or To Each His Own

Footpedal roundup

Paul White discusses the more advanced aspects of compression, and includes a table of useful settings.

If you thought vocoders were just an obsolete way of making a singer into a Dalek, you've been missing out. Tom McLaughlin explains music technology's most overlooked innovation.

What in the name of Prince is Reverb and how can it help your music?

and what can it do for you, your sound, and your music?

Effects

This month we make sense of effects units and what the words say.

tone controls explained

FX tutorial

Part one of Bob Dormon's effects tutorial

Signal Processors

Phil Walsh DIYversifies to take a look at effects pedals

The basics of processors propounded by Phil 'DIYners card' Walsh

Signal Processors — the saga continues

More signal processors from Phil 'DIY.V.O.R.C.E.' Walsh

Signal Processors - the saga continues

Phil 'Distortion' Walsh and the continuing saga of signal processors

SIGNAL PROCESSORS - Time Shift Devices

Phil 'DIY-Fronts' Walsh gets into the tardis and takes a look at time shift devices

Signal Processors - Frequency Response Modification

Phil 'DIYal-a-disc' Walsh delves into the world of frequency response modification

Marvin Caesar: The Aphex Story