The more imagination you apply to signal processors, the more you can get out of them. Craig Anderton presents 49 tips that take you beyond stock effects and into new ways of creating your own sonic signature.

Which Chorus?

Come with us now as we check out more than 20 different chorus boxes and tell you which is best.

Equalisation

Equalisation in the studio is a major aspect of most recording work. We take you through the basics and give a guide to some of the better buys.

Aural Exciters

Strange devices that MAKE YOU pay attention.

Effects processing is now an integral part of a recording studio - large or small. Aaron Hallas goes back to basics in this introduction to sound treatment.

Studio Sound Techniques

The lowdown on Compressor-Limiters, and how to use them.

Thresholds and ratios explained

What it cn d fr th horn recordist (note clever typing trick).

Sound Workshop

What's a compressor? Why do you need one? How do you use it? Paul White reveals all.

Masterclass - Noise Gates

a family tree for effects pedals

Abolish sibilance with this well designed, cost-effective addition to the Tanrak.

Flanging, phasing, echo and reverb etc. all described in full.

Having fun with digital delays.

There now follows a short delay-ay, a middle-sized delay-lay-ay, and a long delay-elay-lay-ay-y.

There's a lot more to the humble digital delay than meets the eye. Paul White investigates.

run-down on nearly 20

A Guide to Digital Reverbs, Delays and Multi-Effects Units

Julian Colbeck takes a look at what's on offer in the world of digital reverbs, delays and multi-effects units, and explains how to choose between them.

Mark Jenkins brings you a round-up of the current state of the digital reverb market.

Digital Filtering

PART 3: In this final part, Jim Grant builds upon the basic DSP operations of arithmetic and delay, covered in the previous articles, and concentrates on some modern day applications.

An introduction

PART 1: Digital Signal Processing is rapidly becoming more familiar to musicians and home recordists as digital effects become ever more commonplace. Nevertheless, the technology and principles behind it remain a mystery to most. In this new series Jim Grant offers a straightforward explanation of how DSPs work.