As 2013 turned out to be an eventful year for Scope users with groundbreaking BC Modular updates, new developer dNa coming on board and trade show focus on the future there has also been some reflection on our past in the electronic music field.  Our Time Machine takes us back to 1985 with some audio examples of product reviews from the era of the dawn of MIDI and microchip driven devices.  Prolific music technology author Roland Kuit then takes us on an historic journey to the earlier half of last century with a comprehensive rundown of many electronic music pioneers.  We've also included a useful Scope PCI guide for any second hand buyers that may be new to Scope or even experienced users who have just plain forgotten.

The second review of dNa's initial product release features the StereoEqualiser offering with Ray de Jager giving more insights into the device's design influences and goals.  But will he give much away about upcoming devices?  Suffice to say that for the time being there are more in the pipeline.

Soft synthesizers are again the attention of focus this month at ScopeRise ranging from the freeware Odessa One to the Zarg Solaris Core, small cousin and predecessor of the great Solaris keyboard.  The interesting aspect of Soren Jepson's Odessa's development was the inclusion of an iPad control interface also inspired by the ARP Odyssey.  And a thank you to John Bowen for his generosity for the recent Zarg sale and also for sharing a story of how the Solaris Core served as an evolutionary stepping stone to the top of the line Solaris keyboard.

We've been hearing about CopperLan for a while.  But what is it, what can it do for us and how easy is it to set up?  Sunmachine walks us through his own setup and whets our appetite for what is to come and how it can make our lives easier in the Scope domain.  Finally, want to know how to give those demo tracks a fully professional touch?  Check out our article on online session musicians.

 
 

 

 

The second device from dNa's first successful Scope product release is a useful and comprehensive stereo equaliser.   A trip into the past.  Hear reviews of some devices that we all remember and many others that we may have forgotten.   Soren Jepson delivers a remarkable free synthesizer quick off the mark and low on DSP for adding synth tracks to your mix.   A step by step guide to first installing Scope and getting it up and running includes Creamware manual extracts.
 

 

A great new trend in the music industry is the emergence of online session musicians waiting to enhance your recordings.   Going back to the roots of the superb keyboard 'Solaris' we find some great value in this variation of it's software incarnation.   It's coming like it or not, and we do like it.  Why? We'll let Sunmachine do all the talking whilst our imagination does the walking!

Roland Kuit gives us a history lesson on how the pioneers of electronic music kick started today's modern production world.

 

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