Tone Boost - Here's another project that's ideal for musicians new to electronics.

Synpac Battery Eliminator

Yello made the sort of music everyone had heard of but few people heard - until Shirley Bassey helped them into the pop charts. These obscure Swiss art rockers reveal all to Nicholas Rowland.

Beating The Block

Rowland Jones on how to beat writer's block when composing.

For the Atari ST

D.I.Y. Studio Door

Building a soundproof studio door

Building on the patterns explored earlier in this series, adding expression is the theme of this month's drum programming column. Nigel "Reet" Lord changes his accent.

Hot percussion news

Intervals and Cadences

KeyboardCheck

Your sampler may only have a mono input, but that shouldn't stop you taking two-channel samples for a fatter, more realistic sound. Howard Massey shows you how.

Just when you thought it was safe to be blasé about L/A synthesis, Roland introduce a mighty synth sure to re-establish L/A as a current source of sounds. Simon Trask previews Roland's new flagship.

Series Wiring of Pickups

The start of a new series for FM synth owners, in which Martin Russ attempts to give away the secrets of FM programming!

Instant multitracking with a pair of stereo tape recorders.