They say everyone's got one good song in them, it's writing a second that determines whether the first was luck or not... But just how good a guide to the quality of music is the ability to repeat it?

Playing the Rhodes Chroma with the Apple II Sequencer

Your chance to have your say - this month readers sound off about interfacing equipment, synth patches, pop music, Tangerine Dream and Lizzie Tear's physique.

Build this exciting sequencer for only £18

Helden, Laurie Anderson, Fad Gadget, The Enid

10 CC, LGT, Mainframe, Ian Boddy

E-mu Emulator

These days a few hundred pounds will buy you technology that once cost thousands. Gordon Reid looks at an early sampler and discovers there's more to it and its manufacturer than you might have known.

Electronics

Electronics and synthesiser music.

MicroComposing with Roland

The new MC-202 MicroComposer examined in depth

In which five of E&MM's writers pick their fave things of the year. If your personal preferences aren't there, don't take it out on us.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Live and let live, at least on stage - Tim Goodyer asks the question of where to draw the line between "live" use of technology and cheating.

Programmable 12-Voice Multi-timbral Polysynth

The world's most awesome analogue polysynth finally gets the attention it deserves, as Simon Trask finds out just what you can do with two Xpanders and a row of black-and-white keys.

Steve Hackett, Bernard Szajner

At last it's here: Zyklus' sequence sequencer, MIDI control station, performance instrument... You sort it out with the help of Simon Trask's review.

No word from Alistair Cooke as yet, but the mail that counts is here. Readers’ comments on touch-sensitivity, Tangerine Dream and UK Electronica (again) receive an airing.

Mark Jenkins' system

Programmable Preset Polyphonic Synthesiser And PG-200 Programmer

Software for the Atari ST

Previously exclusive to Mac owners, Intelligent Music's M compositional software is now available for the Atari ST. Intelligent Ian Waugh investigates its application to a variety of musical styles.

Tangerine Dream head the list of topics aired in the E&MM readers' forum. If you have an opinion to add to any subject, this is the place to head for.