Personal Music Studio

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Stereo Keyboard Amp

Advanced Sampling Recorder

Bit of this, bit of that

Leaders of the new school?

Here’s your ticket to Amsterdam, Vince will meet you at the studio and show you all his favourite classic synths. A dream? No, a reality, thanks to Ian Masterson and Music Technology. Ian gets an exclusive guided tour around Erasure’s secret analogue powerhouse, just for you. You can almost taste the Amstel beer

General MIDI module

Less knobs, more sound

sample CD-ROM

Hundreds of samples on tap

8:4:2 mixer

The ergonomics of the small mixer redefined

hard disk recorder

Direct-to-disk recording from the sample stable

MIDI-to-mains

Key velocity equals brightness - but were talking light, not sound, with this 8-channels-per-note interface from NJD.

sound-animated projector

A bass down-beat triggers wheel-rotated effects, but this sound-to-light projector system is a lot more flexible than in the old green-for bass, red-for-treble disco days.

integrated MIDI-to-light controller

Eight channels of lighting, 300w per channel - all controlled through MIDI Channel 16. Is this he light at the end of the tunnel?

double CD player

Double turntables are the DJ stock-in-trade. Can the CD format take the dance floor by storm?

sampling system

The SP is the playback/editing and memory bit; the SXII does the recording. Peavey rewrite the rules of sampler design.

music accompaniment player

Auto-accompaniments, yes - but it's a recordable sequencer too. And you can fiddle with it on the train...

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into who does what, and how, in the making of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's classic synth-pop records.

interface for the Macintosh

This new interface could be just the ticket for Mac users.

Multimedia Music System for PC & Macintosh

Do Korg's new Mac and PC add-ons represent a sound investment?

lighting control for musicians

Look - no hands! Play and display even without MIDI.

music workstation module

For every keyboard synth there must a rackmount version. The X3 is no exception.

psychoacoustic equaliser

Sound enhancement at both ends of the spectrum - and something in the middle.

digital time-conversion software for the ST

For easy-to-digest samples and delays that repeat on you at just the right moment.