Chris Maillard finds out how to squeeze proper Rock onto eight tracks

How to cunningly arrange those three chord tricks we taught you.

...Beating Like This

...Beating Like This forever, and so Matt Isaacson's examination of "drum bugs" (and other nasties) and their applications for triggering electronic drum brains brings this series to a close.

...while Kendall Wrightson reflects on a Mac world...

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.

Fun and Frolics

Part three, and the introduction of a double-triggering circuit that enables more than one sample to be triggered without the user having to buy multiple EPROMs.

Fostex DCM100 & Mixtab Mixing System

Made possible by the revolution in consumer microchip design, this low-cost system automates virtually every control on the mixer, including EQ.

What do one of London's top studios do with a computer room?

It may be at the bottom of the mix, but it's often the heart of the song: the bass. Tom McLaughlin offers some sound advice on sampling the electric bass guitar.

Production Samples

To sample or not to sample, that is the question.

A computer-based digital music synthesiser

The Power of the Floppy

Feeling floppy? Tony Mills slips a disk into his drive

How to get sessions, or at least lie awake at night worrying about them.

Yamaha's classic CS80 makes a welcome appearance alongside the CZ101, Bit 99 and DW6000, and more ROMs for the DX7 complete this month's selection of readers' sounds.

MIDI Controlled Muting

Paul White evaluates this compact and cost-effective means of adding sequencer-driven mute automation to any mixing console.

Lash out in excitement at the percussion set-up that offers three drums and a stand for a ton.

Prophet 600

While Sequential's Prophet 5 will always be regarded as a milestone in synthesiser technology, their Prophet 600 is almost forgotten already. Gordon Reid attempts to correct the history books.

A synth without a keyboard for the best part of £4000? It sounds unrealistic, but this module is possibly the most versatile currently available. Paul White gives his verdict.

Cheap Gear

Doing it well does not necessarily mean doing it expensively, as we endeavour freely to demonstrate

Helden, Laurie Anderson, Fad Gadget, The Enid

Atari ST Software

Computer improvisation - genuine inspiration or deep bleep?

Part 5. Tidying Up

Co-designer Tim Orr takes us through the mechanical construction and front panel controls of the MIDI Controlled Sampler.