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Expert tips on fine-tuning your effects in exact time with your BPMs.

Being a brief glance back at the fascinating history of tape recorders, from mono to digital

If the major record companies won't give you the deal you know you deserve, you could do worse than to do it yourself. David Bradwell investigates the pros and cons of pressing your own single.

Drumcheck

Bob Henrit takes a look at two alternative brains for UP users

As close to the cutting edge as you can get without needing stitches...

An overview of two of the somewhat neglected Ovation electrics from Dave Blake.

A History Of Knobs

guitar controls: big ones, small ones, useful ones, icky-kacky ones...

The latest scare in the computer world is a series of programs that behave as if they are a human disease. Roly Pickering describes the background to computer viruses and what you con do to protect yourself from them.

Programmable Digital Reverb

...While Simon Trask gets to grips with a more expensive model from America, with more parameters, a remote-control unit, and various other goodies; is it worth the extra?

Dave Crombie tinkles the RMI Keyboard Computer — not so much a synth, more a souped-up organ.

Learn to read the future in these pages...

The comings and goings of everyday studio folk

The latest reports from the trade and prophet spheres

Replacements, recommendations and quality.

The Enduring Appeal Of Classic Synths

The first of our new series on the very live issue of sampling, taking all the technicalities into account. Dom Foulsham begins with an examination of the law as it currently effects all involved. An indispensable guide, if you're concerned about clearance and want to avoid that nasty little rubber glove

Envelope Generators - Part 2

History Of Producers

Just who are these people who get their names on record sleeves and their sounds in your speakers?

BMF REPORT

The excessive heat in London's Olympia gave the latest hi-tech gear a run in the "who's hottest" stakes at this year's British Music Fair. Simon Trask sweats it out.