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AN ALBUM PRODUCED ENTIRELY ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER

Part 2. Paul D. Lehrman takes up where he left off last month in his detailed description of how he recorded and digitally mastered an entire album using an Apple personal computer, the Total Music multitrack software, and a bunch of MIDI synths. Read all about it!

In depth.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Gilby examines the very latest American audio invention for removing cotton wool from your ears!

Baz Watts looks into the Armadillo sampler for the Arc

free standing synth

SSSH... From You Know Who

Following last month's review of the Tascam MSR24S, Dave Lockwood turns his attention to Fostex's new one-inch 24-track with Dolby S: The G24S.

Sample Expanders

For those without the time or the inclination to sample come two expanders dedicated to sampled horns and strings. Simon Trask finds out if Kurzweil's dedication has paid dividends.

Questions & Answers

PART 8: David Mellor expands on some of the points that have arisen so far in the series and looks at some alternative patchbays from Connectronics.

Sounding Out

Phil Walsh is in complete remote control, and tells you how to mix on a budget.

Do the software companies come up to the standard of hardware manufacturers or are we expecting too much of them? David Mellor looks at music software and how the user is looked after, or otherwise, by the supplier. The debate starts here.

8-Track Digital Recorder

It's finally here, it's available and it works!

Writing it down

The second of our series that takes a behind the scenes look at companies and design personnel involved in recording and hi-tech products. This month Paul Gilby talks to Scott Berdell of dbx.

Thomas Dolby at TV South.

Music Publisher

Aimed at the professional scorewriter, this scorewriting program for the Atari ST goes a long way towards making complex scores easy to handle. Ian Waugh goes public.

Soldering the professional way!

At home with Chris Hughes

The former Tears For Fears producer invites us in for a cuppa

A colourful bonanza of newly released and forthcoming new products.

The story behind the organ behind the Hammond sound

Direct-to-disk recording explained

MT's guide to the theory and practice of the tapeless studio

Alesis 3630 Compressor/Limiter & Alesis RA100 Reference Amplifier

Alesis made their name on high-quality, low-cost digital effects units, and their latest products offer the same affordable quality on two basic analogue units — a compressor and an amplifier. Dave Lockwood conducts the field test.