Loudspeakers

If loudspeakers and crossovers remain a mystery to you, read on and find enlightenment.

Miking Up

Catching the craziest sounds

Playing Live

Electronic music live - a special focus

London Gigs

London crawling made impossibly easy

How much the gigs are worth and what the acoustics are like - among other things

Ministry Of Sound

Bob Green checks out the sound and lighting systems of the (in)famous club

Taking MIDI Beyond The Music

MIDI has already offered musicians more than anyone foresaw when it was introduced, and now you can even use it to control your light show. Ian Steele explains.

How to understand those mixer type things that put all the noises through the PA. S'easy.

What the knobs mean on the average desk, and which ones kill.

IM again breaks new ground — this time with a discussion about amplification between a guitarist, a soundman and an amp manufacturer.

more tips towards better stage monitoring

first part in a guide to successful monitoring of your on-stage sound

At great risk to the magazine’s circulation, we present a guide to spending your evenings playing music instead of reading about it. Your local may never be the same again.

Hey kid, yah wanna work? Here's where.

Engineer Jim Ebdon shares some secrets about getting a heavy live sound, and Andrew Levy explains the band’s approach to recording

Music U.K.'S P.A. Test

Carlsbro P.A., EV Mikes & Evans Echo

On the Road, the second of our practical reviews of a P.A. package

Very In-Tour-Eh-Sting??

with MEH and the roadies of rock's greatest band.

Gig Tactics

musicians' union chief interviewed

Gig Tactics

are bands forgetting how to play live

Jim Betteridge investigates altered perception, or is it just too much lager?

One day, all PA columns will be like this... Jim Betteridge checks out Simple Minds' little bash at the Milton Keynes Bowl

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions take the high road to Glasgow; Stuart Gillan gets the lowdown