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Reading about sound

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I just discovered the website of the British music-recording magazine Sound on Sound, which has article archives reaching back into the 1980s. They have an interesting approach: in addition to subscribing to the print version, you can get an "eSub" that lets you read new material on the website—otherwise you have to wait eight months or so to see it online.

That's a good approach, I think. It's an incentive to give them some money, but also provides a useful online resource for free. Some of the cool stuff I've found so far includes:

• An interview with leading mixing engineer Bob Clearmountain.
• A three part history of the Korg synthesizer company.
• Reviews of the Vox Valvetronix guitar amplifier, the new $30,000 "cloned" Hammond B3 organ reissue, the (sadly) now-discontinued Kawai MP9500 digital piano and its predecessor the MP9000, and the Apple Power Mac G5.
• A mid-'90s interview/review of the careers of synth pioneers Tangerine Dream.
• A workshop on using multi-band compression effects.

And I only found this site yesterday. Lots to read—if you're into music recording or performance, then go look.

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