The Turnkey Shop

This month's Billy Punter mutter courtesy of the Turnkey Shop

When is Left Right?

Sinister Tony Reed takes the side of the left-handed musician

can you tell a real drummer?

If there are two sides to an argument, you can bet that Ben Duncan will be on the other one. Can the graphic equaliser survive after this?

Paul Wiffen goes stateside to find out what new products we can look forward to from the U.S of A

expandable echos

Everything a PC owner needs to set up in sequencing or or just an entry level package that leaves you wanting more?

Brian Heywood benchtests the latest laptop PC from Sound N Compute

keyboards through the ages

John Morrish listens to the radio

who controls the radio waves?

Aluminium neck for heavy metal

Freelance engineer Steve Hall offers some guidance.

Back from the brink

Keyboards

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

Sound Module

Take 20 classic keyboards into the shower? Now you can just trigger and go with E-mu's Vintage Keys sound module, provider of sampled keyboard sounds from the Minimoog to the Mellotron. But who would you have in goal?, asks Peter Forrest

Steve Hackett and Paddy Kingsland set out to test the merits and demerits of the Roland GR-500 and ARP Avatar. Synthesise watches, lads.

100 Watt Bass Combo

Vesta-Fire FX Pedals plus D-1X Digital Delay & L-1 Low Frequency Oscillator

New pedals on test

PART 1: Ace programmer Greg Truckell begins a power user’s guide to this popular LA synth expander.

TX816 Rack, QX1 Digital Sequencer, KX88 Master Keyboard

At last, a detailed appraisal of Yamaha's state-of-the-art MIDI system. FM rack, digital keyboard recorder and master keyboard come under David Ellis' careful scrutiny.

Software for the Atari ST

When the conventional approaches to composing music wn't deliver the goods, this Atari ST program may help provide the inspiration. Ian Waugh investigates computer-generated music.

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.