Dizzee and engineer/manager Cage describe how they made Boy In Da Corner. MPG judge readers' recordings Another group of Music Producers Guild members proffer their constructive comments on the recordings of more SOS readers.Īpple G5 The Ultimate Music Computer? Few products have been hyped as much as Apple's new G5 range of personal computers - but how good are they for making and recording music in the real world? We test the 2GHz Dual Processor model.īehringer V-Amp Pro & Bass V-Amp Pro Modelling Guitar & Bass Preamps Behringer's rack-friendly versions of their V-Amp 2 and Bass V-Amp add extra connection flexibility and rugged new 2U hardware.Ĭelemony Melodyne 2 Pitch & Time Correction Software For Mac & PC Version 2 of Celemony's revolutionary pitch- and temposhifting software includes new features, better sequencer integration and an improved interface.Ĭlavia Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analogue Performance Synth The follow-up to Clavia's Nord Lead 3 is not the Nord Lead 4 (well, not yet), but a beefed-up version of the Nord Lead 2! We find out why, and how it improves on the original.ĭB Audioware Quantum FX Modular VST & Direct X Effects For Windows As well as a bundle of 50-plus effects plug-ins, Quantum FX provides all the tools you need to design your own.ĭsound VL2 & Knzaudio Midifier Plug-in Folder Two more useful plug-ins, one for Powercore and one for PC VST/Direct X.Įvolution UC33 MIDI Fader Controller The budget MIDI controller market is pretty crowded these days, but Evolution are giving you the most for your money with the UC33, eschewing expensive rotary encoders andĬonvoluted Thinking Paul White's Leader Is it morally right for manufacturers of convolution-based reverbs to 'sample' their hardware competitors presets?Ĭrosstalk Your correspondence This month's topics include reader reply to our Creamware SCOPE review and worrying problems one reader has had with UK mains radiation.ĭizzee Rascal & Cage Recording Boy In Da Corner Teenager Dylan Mills (aka Dizzee Rascal) captured the headlines in 2003 by winning the UK's Mercury Music Prize with one of the most uncompromising albums of recent times.

January 2004 In This Issue Click article title to open ReviewsĪctive Monitors Active monitors with a powerful four-band DSP equaliser option.

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