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Music and Obsolescence: An Index of PossibilitiesAs a Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 replicant, Blade Runner’s Roy Batty had a predetermined life span of just four years – and he wanted it extended. Remonstrations...Read More...
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Our Infatuation with SaturationWhen professional digital audio made its entrance, the limitations of early technology combined with the excitement of some advocates made it a soft target...Read More...
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Controlling InterestThe very first synthesiser I owned was a Moog. And my second; and my third. I still have two of them, a Micromoog and Minimoog, but sold the third, an...Read More...
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Sport in Absentia: The Sound of the CrowdSo sport is back, in part, but fans are presently unwelcome at the matches being played – unless you count the cut-outs that the likes of Brighton &...Read More...
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The Last Seat in the HouseWe were just a few days into the UK coronavirus lockdown, when a copy of The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound arrived on my doorstep....Read More...
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Knocking Back CoronaWith only 13 countries presently likely to be remaining Covid-19 free, the live music and club industries worldwide have taken a heavy blow. The games...Read More...
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Après MidiWhen it appeared in 1983, Midi changed my life – as it did for countless other keyboard players around the world. Like any revolution worthy of...Read More...
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evolution: Sennheiser’s revolution Pt.2Having explored the thinking and story behind the evolution concept, Sennheiser’s exclusive show-and-tell session in London gave the floor to the a handful...Read More...
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evolution: Sennheiser’s revolution Pt.1‘Twenty years ago, a question was posed: should Sennheiser continue to produce dynamic microphones? Our prices had gone up and our profit had gone down...Read More...
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The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal RemainsReleased in March 1967, ‘Arnold Layne’ was the first of eight singles from the fledgling Pink Floyd that year. Fifty years on, and with an unassailable...Read More...
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Making Waves: Cause and Effect in Kit ReviewsSharing time and a couple of bottles of Asahi with another former pro audio magazine editor in the bar of London’s Metropolis Studios recently, the...Read More...
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The Heydays of PhaseSometime around 1975-76 I wanted an MXR Phase 90 for my Wurlitzer electric piano – I wanted what the ‘real’ keyboard players of the time were using....Read More...
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The Vibe RevivalWith the ambition of the first Leslie emulation pedals finally fulfilled, the story of the Shin-ei Uni-Vibe has come full circle. In its wake we have phasers,...Read More...
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Second Screen Sports: Off Tube, On TargetMy local pub has a split personality. Or, maybe, it’s more like a secret identity – a single location but with two roles in life. For some of us,...Read More...
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Sound of Story: Chapter 3I once read that smell is our strongest associative sense. I’ve since tried to establish the relative ability of our other senses to evoke memories...Read More...
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Flange Theory: How I Miss My MistressIt seems to have become a common misconception that guitar fuzz boxes and distortion pedals predate more eloquent effects, such as phasing and flanging. OK,...Read More...
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