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Sampling A Vintage

Feature | Topic: Vintage Instruments | Making Music, Jan 1987

The life story of the original sampling keyboard — the Mellotron.

Roland A50 & A80

Review | Music Technology, Jun 1989
MIDI Keyboard Controllers

As MIDI equipment becomes more and more sophisticated, the job of a MIDI controller keyboard becomes more and more demanding. Simon Trask takes the A train with Roland's latest MIDI controllers.

Roland AX-1

Review | Music Technology, Apr 1993
MIDI Keyboard Controller

'Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye' - as Val Doonican once said. Now you can with Roland's portable MIDI keyboard controller, designed for those with a severe case of guitar envy. Nicholas Rowland discusses the angle of the dangle

Birthday Boys

Feature | Making Music, Apr 1987
And A Happy Birthday To Us

Come to our party, have some jelly, read some of our best bits, and wish us a happy first birthday, hip hip...

80 Days

Retrospective (Gear) | Topic: Vintage Instruments | Music Technology, Sep 1990
Yamaha CS80

Once infamous as a roadie's nightmare, the CS80 has settled in synth history as an instrument of almost unmatched character. Peter Forrest rediscovers the pain and the pleasure.

Hands On Show Report

Show Report | Electronics & Music Maker, Feb 1983

Fair Games

Feature | Topic: Humour | One Two Testing, Aug 1985

puzzle page entertainment

Patchwork

Feature Downloads | Topic: Synthesizer Patches | Music Technology, Mar 1990

Readers' patches for the OSC OSCar and the Yamaha CS30 make this month's patchwork an all-analogue affar. This and Stiletto's Roland D-series and Casio CZ-series synths.

Concert Review

Music Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Aug 1983

David Bowie

Company Report - Sequential

Feature | Topic: Advertisement Feature, Design, Development & Manufacture | One Two Testing, Nov 1985

Patchwork

Review | Music Technology, Mar 1991

Acoustic drum samples from producer Bob Clearmountain rub shoulders with Mega Beats drum machine samples, while SSU sounds for the Yamaha SY77 complete the lineup in this month's Patchwork.

Basing Street Studios

Feature | Topic: Recording Studios | International Musician, Sep 1975

A close up on the stationary and mobile aspects of recording

Toolbox

News Audio | The Mix, Feb 1995
Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, updates, sounds, and samples

OD ON MUSIC

Feature | Music Technology, Apr 1988
Really Big Men

The band tipped to make it BIG in '88. Tim Goodyer talks to a DJ/keyboard player with a unique place in rock 'n' roll and a singer/guitarist who's going to make Madonna and Lita Ford look like Dot Cotton and Hilda Ogden.

Music News

News | International Musician, Sep 1975

String Machines

Feature | International Musician, Oct 1975

Eamonn Percival looks at string machines past and present

Total recall - Part 18

Feature Series | Topic: Vintage Instruments | The Mix, Mar 1995
Vintage technology strikes back

...Including The A-Z of Analogue

Total Recall - Part 21

Feature Series | Topic: Vintage Instruments | The Mix, Jun 1995
Vintage technology strikes back

The retro-lover's playground

The Big Ten - 1975

Retrospective | International Musician, Mar 1985

Amiga - Theory And Practice

Feature | Topic: Computing | Electronics & Music Maker, Aug 1986

David Ellis buys a Commodore Amiga and looks at the latest software written for it. The music is good, the graphics are better - but what does the future hold?

Hire

Feature | International Musician, Nov 1975
Where To Hire The Things You Cant Afford To Buy

Where to hire the things too expensive to buy.

The Big Ten - 1981

Retrospective | International Musician, Mar 1985

The Modular Approach

Feature | Topic: Sampling, Synthesis & Sound Design | Sound On Sound, Jun 1987

Expander modules may be the modular synths of our age, but are they as good? Steve Howell explores the Akai VX90 and provides some guidance on how it can be used with Akai's range of sampling machines.

Roland at the MU Roadshow

Feature | Topic: Advertisement Feature | International Musician, Jun 1986

The Big Ten - 1982

Retrospective | International Musician, Mar 1985

 

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