Danny Allen - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 28/11/2001 Customising XP audio

So you've installed Windows XP, and now you're beginning to notice the little things that have changed. Personally, I noticed this when I slotted in a...

Article | 26/11/2001 Making movies with iMovies 2 in Mac OS

Shoot. Edit. Enhance. Share. So goes the Apple spiel regarding its movie-editing software for OS 9 and OS X, iMovie 2. Wary of the hype, I found the p...

Article | 19/11/2001 The Mac OS X Book: The Ultimate Macintosh User's Guide

As a beginner's guide, the Mac OS X Book assumes only very basic knowledge, instead focusing on introducing ideas through background knowledge and the...

Article | 19/11/2001 Digital Audio

Aimed at the intermediate to advanced user markets, this book is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to enter the world of digital audio or hopin...

Article | 6/11/2001 Creative SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum eX

The Creative SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum eX is a well specified external sound card breakout box to make gamers, home entertainment buffs and musicia...

Article | 9/10/2001 MPZOO Exonion

A feature-rich personal "MP3 and CD player of excellent quality.

Article | 6/10/2001 Making Music In Fruityloops: Part III

Over the previous two issues, this audio column has looked at music creation through the use of Fruityloops, a software sampling/sequencing applicatio...

Article | 17/09/2001 Diablo II: The Lord of Destruction Expansion Set

In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, players travel to the Barbarian Highlands of the North in pursuit of Baal, the last surviving Prime Evil.

Article | 6/09/2001 Making music in Fruityloops: Part II

In August we ran through the basic concepts involved in using Fruityloops as an electronic music composition tool or sound sketch pad. This month, we'...

Article | 6/08/2001 Making music in Fruityloops: Part I

Whether you're looking at putting an original score to your latest home video project or adding original music to your Web page, or you're just a bit ...

Article | 6/08/2001 Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Nintendo's new Game Boy Advance (GBA) boasts a horizontal design and the addition of a left and right button, is backwards compatible with existing Ga...

Article | 11/07/2001 Creating sound schemes for Windows

Default Windows sounds may well be to your taste, but they can be changed if not.

Article | 6/05/2001 Audio - Streaming audio from the Web: Part 2

Last month I discussed the various aspects of streaming audio from the Web and how to go about listening to these streams from a few different sources...

Article | 27/04/2001 Fruityloops Full 3.01

Targeted at people looking to produce music based on sequencing looped and one-shot samples, this sampling and sequencing software can save to .wav, ....

Article | 20/04/2001 Acer TravelMate 739TLV and BioLink U-Match

These examples of biometric hardware incorporate security devices that only allow authorised users to access them, by recognising physical characteris...