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Interviews

Slap 'n' Tickle

Review | Sound On Sound, Apr 1986

High quality sampled bass sounds that you can play from any MIDI keyboard, sequencer or drum machine are offered by the 360 Systems MIDI BASS. Tony Hastings assesses its performance.

Fender American Vintage Series

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Oct 1982

The MC-202 MicroComposer

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, May 1983
MicroComposing with Roland

The new MC-202 MicroComposer examined in depth

PPG Wave 2.3 and Waveterm

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, May 1984

A special report on the latest versions of these successful German instruments. Review by David Ellis.

Synths For Sale

Feature | Topic: Buyer's Guide | Electronic Soundmaker, Feb 1985
Secondhand synths

A buyers guide for the second hand market.

Kay Memory Rhythm Machine

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Oct 1982

Epiphone Emperor Guitar

Review | Phaze 1, Jun 1989

Ludwig Rocker 2

Review | One Two Testing, May 1985

a budget kit 'first'

Return to Zero - Part 7

Feature Series | Topic: Microphones | Home & Studio Recording, Aug 1985

The intrepid Dave Simpson looks back over the basic types of microphone in common usage and touches briefly on the principles behind their operation. As he gets paid by the word, he's already planning to write a sequel.

Short takes

News | The Mix, Jun 1995

The Mix's terrestrial bulletin board

Peter Gabriel - Passion

Feature | Topic: Recording Studios | Sound On Sound, Sep 1989

Mark J. Prendergast explores the recording process that surrounded Peter Gabriel's new album 'Passion' and takes a peep inside Gabriel's Real World studio complex.

Hi-Tech Xpansion

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Apr 1985

As Yamaha's 'X' range of hi-tech hardware continues to grow, Dan Goldstein and Trish McGrath present an exclusive appraisal of two of the range's most affordable additions, the TX7 FM Expander and QX7 MIDI Keyboard Recorder.

Criminal Record? - Part 1

Feature Series | Topic: Sampling | Music Technology, Mar 1992
Sample CDs

First they were sampling off other peoples' records, now they're selling records to sample off. Tim Goodyer listens while Simon Harris, Pascal Gabriel, Norman Cook, Ed Stratton and Coldcut put the case for sampling CDs.

Washburn G-10V and G-20V

Review | International Musician, Nov 1985
Guitarcheck

French, Japanese, Dave B takes them all on

Mellow and Full Bodied

Feature | Topic: Buyer's Guide, History / Culture | One Two Testing, May 1985

life histories for Gibsons jazz guitars

Studiomaster MOSFET 1000

Review | Home & Studio Recording, Aug 1985

Ben Duncan gives this power amplifier a thorough going over before telling you that he quite likes it.

Kawai K1 Visual Editors

Review | Music Technology, Mar 1989
Software for the Atari ST

Coupled with its success, the digital parameter access-editing of Kawai's K1 synthesiser has made it an obvious target for software editors - like these from Dr Ts, Soundbits, Drumware and Steinberg. Vic Lennard looks on.

More Fun in the Waves - Part 2

Feature Series | Topic: Sampling, Synthesis & Sound Design | Music Technology, Oct 1988

Following last month's explanation of computer-generated waveforms and their uses, we look at strings of waveforms working together to build complex sounds. Tom McLaughlin investigates wavetables.

Tascam Porta 05

Review | Music Technology, Jan 1988
Personal Multitracker

The intrepid Nicholas Rowland continues his search for the ultimate in personal multitrackers; armed only with a blank cassette and a bedroom's worth of gear, he tackles Tascam's latest budget baby.

Akai XR10

Review | Music Technology, Jun 1990

Akai's latest drum machine attempts to combine the best of programmable and preset rhythm units. Simon Trask assesses this marketing strategy while listening to some dope drum sounds.

Hardware Overload

Show Report | Electronics & Music Maker, Mar 1985
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at Frankfurt's Musical Fiesta

Five pages of glorious colour on the exhibition to end all exhibitions - the annual Frankfurt Musik Messe. Dan Goldstein comes hotfoot from Germany to report on the latest developments on the hi-tech music scene. And there are a lot of them.

Ibanez DM1100 Digital Delay

Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Jul 1984

Just when you thought all DDLs were the same, Ibanez come up with a budget model that still manages to incorporate a maximum delay time of over three-and-a-half seconds. Review by Paul White.

Roland MC500

Review | One Two Testing, Oct 1986
MIDI Sequencer

Micro Composer under the microscope

Retro Rocker

Review | Sound On Sound, Aug 1993
Marantz PMD740 Cassette 4-Track

Can this stylish-looking cassette multitracker find a niche in an already crowded market? Check out our review...

Guitar Guru

Feature | Making Music, Feb 1987

More of your unfeasibly weird secondhand bargains valued and judged by Paul Day.

 

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