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Road Worthy

Feature | Topic: Live | Making Music, Jan 1987

Can you cope with a life of motorways, transits and cafe grease? Roadside Rescuer Adrian Legg advises from grim experience.

Akai MG1214

Review | Sound On Sound, Aug 1987

No, this is not the rack-mounting version - it's a robust 14-track (at a push) multitrack recorder/mixer and computer-controlled patchbay rolled into one. Find out whether or not studio engineer Gareth Stuart reckons it could be a viable alternative to traditional reel-to-reel 16-track systems...

From Necks To Nothing

Feature | Making Music, Apr 1987

Find out everything you need to know about life on and around the average guitar neck

Plate Reverb Project (Update)

Feature | Topic: Construction / Build | Home & Studio Recording, May 1984
Supplementary Information

Further details on this unusual project.

Finding Sessions

Group: One Two Tactics

Feature | Topic: Music Business | One Two Testing, Nov 1985

Big Country's Mark Brzezicki tells how

Step by Step

Feature | Topic: Electronics / Build | Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music, Dec 1984
Sequencer project

This month's project: a D.I.Y. 16-step analogue sequencer. Step out!

Promotion Contenders

Feature | Topic: Live, Marketing / Promotion, Music Business | Phaze 1, Jun 1989

what exactly do promoters do, and are they worth the money?

Phantom Powering the Realistic PZM

Feature | Topic: Electronics / Build, Maintenance / Repair / Modification | Home & Studio Recording, Jul 1984

Our final modification to this inexpensive 'pressure zone microphone' makes the unit suitable for more professional applications.

Tascam Porta One Ministudio

Review | Home & Studio Recording, Dec 1984

Fostex R8 - The 8-Track Take-Away

Review | Sound On Sound, Jan 1989

In these space-conscious times, Fostex have developed a diminutive new 8-track tape recorder you can store out of sight and control fully from its detachable front panel remote control/autolocator. David Mellor takes it for a spin...

Technically Speaking

Feedback | Music Technology, May 1993

FX on Fire!

Review | In Tune, Dec 1985
Vesta-Fire FX Pedals plus D-1X Digital Delay & L-1 Low Frequency Oscillator

New pedals on test

Chameleon

Review | Sound On Sound, Feb 1990
Universal Patch Librarian

Tired 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.

Tascam 488

Review | Sound On Sound, Mar 1991

Can't quite stretch your budget to a 688 MIDIStudio? Richard Aaron checks out Tascam's appealingly priced new 8-track portastudio.

Rain Tree Crow

Interview | Sound On Sound, Jun 1991
The Ghost of Japan?

The members of Japan have come together once more, as Rain Tree Crow, after a 9-year hiatus. Nigel Humberstone talks to David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri about the biggest reunification since Germany.

On The Beat - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: Drum Programming | Music Technology, Aug 1989

This new series on drum machine programming is intended to provide an understanding of the drum patterns which form a wide range of music. Nigel Lord starts close to home with basic pop and rock patterns.

Icon Research APB1

Review | Music Technology, May 1990
MIDI Controlled Audio Patchbay

Whether you're running a commercial studio or a bedroom recording suite'. a programmable MIDI Patchbay could revolutionise your working methods. Nigel Lord is on the patch.

Raising The Standard

Feature | Topic: MIDI | Music Technology, Jun 1991

As MIDI expands its influence, guidelines for improved compatibility between instruments are emerging. Vic Lennard examines the new General MIDI spec and Roland's proprietary GSS system.

The Tascam Way - Part 2

Review Series | Sound International, Jun 1978
Conclusion

The Teac 80-8 tape machine, Tascam Model 5 mixer and dbx DX-8 noise-reduction unit: last month we examined them individually, this month we look at them in combination.

A Bunch of Fives

Retrospective | Electronics & Music Maker, Jan 1985

In which five of E&MM's writers pick their fave things of the year. If your personal preferences aren't there, don't take it out on us.

Joreth System 7 & CZ Editor

Review | Sound On Sound, May 1987
Software for Commodore 64

Ian Waugh takes a look at this combined MIDI sequencer/librarian package, and voice editors for the CZ and DX synth ranges.

The Synth Is Dead: Long Live The Synth

Feature | Topic: Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Oct 1992

With the predominance of the workstation synth, and the rise and rise of essentially preset instruments, what has become of the 'traditional' synthesizer? Paul Hazel turns the spotlight on Roland's JD800 and Korg's Wavestation, two recent instruments which answer the question — but in very different ways.

Atari Notes

Feature | Topic: Computing | Sound On Sound, Aug 1993

Macintosh or Atari?

Feature | Topic: Computing | Sound On Sound, Jan 1988

Over the last few years musicians have consistently been more excited over the latest MIDI hardware developments than they have over MIDI software. Whilst other micros have come and gone, the Atari ST and Macintosh micros have quietly become the established computers for making music with MIDI. Ed Jones reveals why with a look at Steinberg's Pro-24 (V2.1) and Mark Of The Unicorn's Performer (V2.2) programs.

Which One Would You Choose?

Review | Topic: Recording | Sound On Sound, Mar 1988
Three 4-tracks

Is it possible to get expensive sounds from inexpensive equipment or is the poor person's multitrack merely an expensive toy? David Mellor looks at three entry-level recorders - Tascam Porta 05, Fostex X30, and Yamaha MT2X - and asks 'Which one would you choose?'.

 

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