Posted on 01/01/1998
The PCM-80 is one of the later quality Lexicon hardware digital reverbs and the successor of the venerable PCM-70. A very good sounding device, with quality convertors and digital I/O that allows you to match it with DAWs and digital mixers. It contains the acclaimed Lexicon reverb algorithms, but also sports a wide range of other […]
Posted on 02/08/1996
Although my trusty Akai S-1000/1100/3200 samplers had been expanded up to the full 32MB memory, and were able to hold great many samples (enough to produce full tracks), there was still a need for a device that could hold very long stereo samples, and even whole mixes. Akai saw this need, and launched the solution […]
Posted on 01/08/1995
Hardware dominance. In the start 1990s the world of sampling was dominated by hardware samplers from Akai, E-mu, Roland, Sequential and Ensoniq and a few more. Each hardware sampler had a set of basic digital processing tools available for the loaded samples. Going virtual But with the appearance of the Sound Designer II audio editor from Digidesign, […]
Posted on 01/01/1995
I have created a fully integrated Logic Pro X MIDI sysex editor for the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter MIDI Sound module. The editor mimics the functionality of the original MPG-80 programmer for the MKS-80 and adds several extra features: Simultaneous view of the Upper and Lower parts for easier layering of sounds Arpeggiator A Chase […]
Posted on 21/01/1993
In the 1990’s a new video format – Betacam SP – would outperform the previous U-Matic format. Betacam was a refinement of the ill-fated Betamax standard, but with the addition of timecode, professional specs, TBCs and a hefty price tag to go with it. The format was gaining popularity very quickly, so I decided to get […]
Posted on 01/04/1991
Since my exotic and costly PPG HDU Hard Disk Recorder never quite delivered the promised editing functionality, I went looking for a digital audio solution that could perform digital editing reliably. Having already a set of Atari Mega ST4 Computers, I tested a new combined hardware/software add-on for the Atari – The ADAP Soundrack by […]
Posted on 25/05/1990
Only few pieces of gear can rightfully claim to have changed the course of recording and music history. One of those is the Akai S-1000 series of 16-bit MIDI hardware samplers (S-1000, S-1100, S-3200), without those the 90’s musical landscape probably would have sounded and felt differently. The S-1000 series evolved out of the S-900/950 […]
Posted on 01/08/1988
The mix is in the Haus German software company Jellinghaus had mainly been writing patch editors for the Commodore-64. But in 1987 they launched their first product for Atari ST – The C-Mix Automation System. Not only did it include the software to run on the Atari, but also a hardware part to strap on […]
Posted on 04/02/1987
The PPG HDU was one of the very first Hard DIsk Recorders on the market. Launched in late 1986, the device promised to be a viable solution for editing of digital audio. I acquired the device early 1987 (serial number #0068) to use it on the many extended 12″ remixes I was doing at the […]
Posted on 08/10/1986
The Amek Angela is a relatively compact, inline mixing desk (dual inputs on each channel), with 24 busses, and 4 subgroups. It has a really nice, warm and classy, yet still open sound, with Rupert Neve designed Amek preamps, and fully paramteric, 4 band EQ and 8 Aux Sends for each channel. The metering bridge […]