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The Process

Feature | Topic: Arranging / Songwriting | In Tune, Apr 1985

Robert Calvert on Songwriting tips.

Tape Echo Effects

Feature | Topic: Effects Processing, Recording | Home & Studio Recording, Feb 1984
Studio Sound Techniques

Tape echo techniques for reel-to-reel machines.

Scratch Samples

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Sep 1986
Digidesign SoftSynth

E&MM US Editor Rick Davies takes a trip to Palo Alto, California, to see an Apple Mac software package that uses additive synthesis to turn samplers into synthesisers.

Ensoniq VFX

Review | Sound On Sound, Jul 1989

Following on from last month’s praise-filled preview. Paul Ireson takes a longer, harder look at Ensoniq's new VFX synthesizer, and finds that the beauty of this machine is far more than skin-deep. Is this the synth of 1989? Read the review to find out...

A Room Of My Own: John Crossley

Interview | Topic: Home Studio | Sound On Sound, May 1993

Vesta Fire MR-1 Multitrack Recorder

Group: Recording World

Review | International Musician & Recording World, Jul 1986
Studio Test

Jim Betteridge gives it a damp reception

The Techno Wave

Interview | Music Technology, Sep 1988

Techno music, the true successor to late seventies synth-pop, translates the desolation of post-Motown Detroit into electronic dance rhythms. Simon Trask listens to the programmer's tale.

Dream Sequences - Part 1

Group: Sound Advice

Feature Series | Topic: Computing, Sequencing | The Mix, Dec 1994

Creating music on a computer

Back To The Future

Review | Sound On Sound, Nov 1988
Cheetah MS6 Multitimbral Analogue Synthesizer

Seems like everyone has been waiting to get their hands on this low-cost 6-voice, multitimbral, analogue synth expander. Martin Russ looks at the affordable face of technology.

Music Modules for NON-Keyboardists

Feature | Topic: Effects Processing, Synthesis & Sound Design | Polyphony, Apr/May 1978

The Synth That Samples

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Oct 1986
Korg DSS1

A synth that samples, or a sampler with a built-in synthesiser? Either way, the DSS1 takes music-creation a step further, with sampling, waveform synthesis and analogue processing. Paul Wiffen fiddles to his heart's content.

Powertran Transcendent Polysynth

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Feb 1983

Klark-Teknik DN34

Review | Sound International, Jun 1979
Equipment: ANALOGUE TIME PROCESSOR

Boxing Clever

Review | Sound On Sound, Dec 1990
Band-In-A-Box Software

Is it really possible to get more music out of a program than you put in? David Hughes looks at software that takes auto-accompaniment and makes it work for the musician.

MIDI Matters - Part 4

Feature Series | Topic: MIDI, Sampling | Sound On Sound, Jun 1987
Sample Editing Via Midi

Why is it there are so many computer-based sample editing packages being released? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they make working with a sampler considerably easier. Jay Chapman ponders their worth.

Take Two: Alesis XTc

Review | Sound On Sound, Mar 1986

Dave Lockwood tastes the aural delights of the MIDIVERB's upmarket stablemate - the XTc.

Grief

Feedback | Music Technology, Dec 1993

Questions! Answers!

Organ Talk

Feature | Electronics & Music Maker, May 1981

Lab Notes

Feature | Topic: Electronics / Build | Polyphony, Apr 1976

Akai GX-4000D Reel-to-Reel

Review | Home & Studio Recording, Oct 1984

Dr Böhm Digital Drums

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Feb 1984

A new sampled drum machine, available as a kit or finished item.

The Gentle Art Of EQ

Feature | Topic: Mixing, Sound Fundamentals | Recording Musician, Sep 1992

This month's Masterclass looks at the way equalisation can be used to creatively enhance your music.

Industry Profile - Moog Music

Feature | Topic: Design, Development & Manufacture | Electronics & Music Maker, Nov 1983

The latest in our Industry Profile series looks at pioneer manufacturers and designers, Moog Music Inc.

Making A Video Demo

Feature | Topic: Composing for Business, Video / Film / Picture | Sound On Sound, Jun 1991
...On A Shoestring Budget

Having a problem getting your music listened to by film production companies? Paul D. Lehrman tells the tale of how he put together a showreel of his music without it costing him the earth.

Phase The Music

Feature | Topic: Effects Processing | Home & Studio Recording, Nov 1985

The ins and outs of phasing explained.

 

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