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Back to Basics - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Jan 1985

We start a new series on synthesis for the complete beginner. Steve Howell is the man at the helm.

Back to Basics - Part 4

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Apr 1985

Steve Howell continues our beginner's guide to synthesisers by describing how sounds are shaped by amplifiers and envelope generators.

Back to Basics - Part 6

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Jun 1985

The LFO and its applications are this month's subjects in Steve Howell's story of sound synthesis from first principles.

Back to Basics - Part 5

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, May 1985

More on filters and envelopes from the educational pen of Steve Howell.

Back to Basics - Part 7

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Jul 1985

Steve Howell puts sex, murder and intrigue to one side to make way for a study of modulation in its many and various forms.

Back to Basics - Part 3

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Mar 1985

If you're a complete newcomer to the world of synthesisers, this is the series for you. Steve Howell takes a beginner's look at filters.

Back to Basics - Part 2

Feature Series | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Electronics & Music Maker, Feb 1985

Continuing our series for the complete newcomer to electronics in music, Steve Howell takes a look at the VCO, the synthesiser's heartbeat.

MIDI Matters - Part 2

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI | Sound On Sound, Sep 1987
Back To Basics

Jay Chapman continues his 'back to basics' description of the technicalities of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface for the many new readers who have picked up on the series since it first began.

MIDI Matters - Part 5

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI | Sound On Sound, Feb 1988
Back To Basics

Final Part: Jay Chapman wraps up his 'Back To Basics' mini-series with a handy recap of bits, bytes and hexadecimal.

Comment

Editorial | Electronics & Music Maker, Jul 1984
Back to Basics

MIDI Matters - Part 4

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI | Sound On Sound, Dec 1987
Back To Basics

Back To Basics: Part 4. After a brief absence, Jay Chapman continues the series where he left off two months ago with a further explanation of how Real-Time commands are used by MIDI.

MIDI Matters - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI | Sound On Sound, Aug 1987
Back To Basics

Jay Chapman takes a side step from his regular foray into MIDI and presents this 'back to basics' article especially for the many new readers who have picked up on the series since it first began.

Polyphony Reviews

Review | Polyphony, Jul 1976
Active Filter Cookbook, Electronotes

Studio Diary

Group: Recording World

Feature | Topic: Recording Studios | International Musician & Recording World, Feb 1986

The Pepys of the music world writes another chapter

Hi-Fi

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

MIDI Matters - Part 3

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI | Sound On Sound, Oct 1987

Jay Chapman continues his 'back to basics' description of MIDI with a light-hearted pot-pourri of handy hints and tips.

The Music Network

Feature | Topic: Computing | Sound On Sound, Jun 1989
SOS Online

Mark of the Unicorn Performer

Review | Sound On Sound, Nov 1986
Software for Apple Macintosh

Our resident Mac user Martin Russ steps his way enthusiastically through two of the best written software packages for the Apple Macintosh computer [in this part] - 'Performer', a comprehensive multitrack sequencing program.

On The Beat - Part 1

Group: Sound Advice

Feature Series Audio | Topic: Drum Programming | The Mix, Oct 1994
the next generation

How to funk up your drum patterns

Home Studio Recordist

Feature | Topic: Home Studio | Home & Studio Recording, Sep 1984

Mike Drane informs us of his clandestine bedroom activities!

Thoughts Of A Marathon Songwriter

Interview | Sound On Sound, Nov 1985

You don't know his name but you'll have heard his refrains. Composer Paul Bliss writes hits for the best of 'em using a UMI-2B sequencer package and several synthesizers. Ralph Denyer finds out how.

The Help File

Feedback | The Mix, Nov 1994
Where everything clicks

Your questions answered

Recording Techniques - Part 14

Feature Series | Topic: Effects Processing, Recording | Sound On Sound, Jan 1991
Effects

Part 14: Effects, in the latest installment of his studio cookbook. David Mellor looks at ways to-make your recordings more tasty.

Simply The Best?

Review | Sound On Sound, Jun 1993
Roland JD990 Synthesizer

Is Roland's Super JD module simply the best synthesizer they've ever made? Read the review to find out...

Cubase 2.0

Review | Sound On Sound, Dec 1990

Steinberg's flagship sequencer, Cubase, has seen two major revisions since we first reviewed it. David Hughes looks at what's new.

 

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