Bill Collins' first of his regular looks at the special need of micro-based Rhymists

Percussion Voice Expander

No space left in the rack for another Simmons module? After testing their latest percussion voice unit, Nick Rowland suggests you buy another rack to make room for it.

Simmons

Another in our series that looks at hi-tech companies and design personnel working in the field of music and recording technology. This month Paul Gilby talks to Jim Cooper, President of J.L Cooper Electronics and the MIDI Manufacturers Association.

Just the ticket? How to do it yourself explained by Richard Walmsley

Roland RD1000 Piano

How does Roland's new SAS resynthesis system go about imitating a grand piano? Dan Goldstein digs deep inside the RD1000 and its modular counterpart, the MKS20, and submits a glowing report.

Sydney Music Conservatorium

Music technology Australian style. To prove that there's more to the Australian music scene than the Fairlight, Jonathan Puckeridge pays a visit to the Sydney Music Conservatorium.

Part 1 looks at the early growth of this vitally important area of music today.

Mammoth Electro Fest: Simmons' contender, the UP5, Yamaha's RX15 drum machine, new Digisound chips for the Drumulator, Quicksilva's Drumkit program for the BBC micro...

Frankfurt Fair Preview

Electronic Drum Kit

A British-built electronic drum kit for under £500. Sounds good, affirms reviewer Paul White.

Can computers improve or even replace current styles of notation?

Cassette magazine

A potted history of this popular electronic music cassette magazine, by its co-founder Dennis Emsley

Seven pages of new products revealed at this year's NAMM Expo in Chicago

We all like to daydream from time to time, so try this: envisage a world in which high technology had become the province of the drummer rather than the keyboard player. Tim Goodyer's imagination runs riot.

Richard Mitchell explains his use of electronic music for film.

MultiKlone Kit

Just because an electronic drum kit is (very) cheap, doesn't mean to say it isn't worth hearing. So says Paul White, who's played with the best of them.

A ten preset voice electronic piano with touch sensitive keyboard and separate bass section.

They look like Bose, they sound like Bose, but they're made in Britain and they're a lot cheaper. Paul White investigates.

It's the biggest! It's the best! It's the 1986 British Music Fair! Our man on the inside, Tony Mills tracks down the hottest gear of the year

Worth its weight in microphones and Gaffa tape.