Recording Chris de Burgh

Stephen Tayler tells Richard Buskin all about recording and mixing Chris de Burgh's recent single, 'By My Side'.

UV PoP

E&MM changes its name - shock, horror - as from November. The Editor adds his twopennyworth.

Yamaha's DX1, here at last

If your sequencing efforts are constantly blighted by cassette data storage problems and you long for the convenience of disk storage, then Korg's latest budget sequencer cum MIDI data recorder might be for you. Tony Wride investigates.

Synthcheck

"The ultimate all-rounder," says Curtis Schwartz

How To Write Lyrics

Richard Walmsley takes a look at the under-estimated art of lyric writing

Chris Maillard samples Dave Yorath and his extensive MIDI system

Pickups, headsets, guitars...

Want to get on in the music biz? Then you'll have to get on TV. Mike Hrano shows you how

All the new stuff, including a special feature on the soon-come Stepp digital guitar.

Another year, another host of hardware to look back on. We take you through the goodies and the baddies that came out during '84, just in case you missed any of them.

Double-Manual Organ

Yesteryear's Gear: Roland Juno synths

classic analogue synthesizers for today's acid sounds

Who you (the readers) voted as best musician, and what you (still the readers) voted as best gear. We shake the world.

A review of PA Decoder's D50 ROM Vol II joins patches for the Ensoniq ESQ1, Kawai K1 and Korg DW6000 in this months' selection of readers' sounds.

keyboard clues

Readers' patches galore... This month's cream of the crop includes patches for the Casio CZ101, Roland Alpha Juno 2, Korg DW8000, and Yamaha DX7.

for and against the structured approach

The Universal Answer?

Ian Gilby asks the question.

Drum Machines

improve your programming with the experts

Vintage technology strikes back

...Including The A-Z of Analogue

Last years' gear making next year's sounds - courtesy of some creative mixing.