Roland, Yamaha, OSCar, Syrinx, Teisco and Moog

Nick Feldman

Nick Feldman chooses eight great tracks

A readable survey - this second part covering manufacturers from O to S.

Mutually exclusive?

Simple ways to chording

Commodore's Amiga computer is the beneficiary of this impressive - and colourful - sequencing package. Ian Waugh welcomes the illusion.

SynthAxe

Approx. £7,000 worth

don't panic

The non-musician has taken a lot of stick from his educated counterparts, yet he's contributed a lot to musical progress. What separates musicians and non-musicians?

Keyboards

SI in association with Dave Crombie Productions Inc present The Moog Story, starring Robert A Moog...

Who's recording what where

ART Multi-fx Processor

As even the most modest MIDI studio becomes a powerful tool for the creation and recording of music, sound processing becomes a more essential part of it. Tim Goodyer checks out ART's latest multi-fx processor.

Lynex 16-bit Stereo Sampler

The division between sampler and digital recorder has grown even narrower with the release of the Lynex, a sophisticated manipulator of high quality, 16-bit stereo sounds that piggybacks onto any Atari ST computer. Ian Gilby takes the mouse by the horns...

Tascam caused a recording revolution when they introduced the world to the Portastudio, now their Midistudio line looks set to take musicians on another quantum leap. Nigel Lord moves into the 21st century.

Just because we missed the column for a month, doesn't mean our readers have stopped sending us demo tapes. Ask Chris Heath, who's been sifting his way through the latest mountain of C60s.

Stereo Sample Editor for the Macintosh

Sampling keyboards have come a long way in the last three years, and as a result, the visual editing software available has rather fallen behind the specifications and features of current machines. Until now that is, with the advent of Alchemy from Blank Software, boasting a whole bunch of features new to computer-based sample editors. Paul Wiffen investigates.

BassCheck, GuitarCheck

American from Japan and its guitar counterpart reviewed by Dave Burrluck

Tone Generator

Latest in the SY/TG line of descent, the TG33 module offers post-FM synthesis combined with the vector control pioneered on the Prophet VS synth. Ian Waugh expands on the '33.

The Synergy gets an overhaul and becomes the Synergy Plus, Passport and Syntauri fight it out, and more.

A Guide to Recording, Electronic Music and Popular Music Courses in Britain

The first ever published guide to all Recording, Electronic Music and Music Courses available in Britain today.

In a world that's constantly changing