The story of one man and his synthesizer

The Numan face of synthesis

mini sampler keyboard

Screening a Stratocaster

Instruments beyond twang and bang

It's back to the big sound with Ben and Tracey, as Jim Betteridge analyses EBTG's Come On Home

Studio Series Roland D110 Voice Cards

Super sleuth Simon Sanders finds himself hot on the trail of cool sounds for the Roland D110. Prime suspect: Valhala.

Searching for new samples? Craig Anderton lends an ear to three discs from this new American CD sound library.

Cliff Richard's latest single for you to play.

Casio CZ101, Yamaha DX21 and Korg Poly 800 feature in the readers' synth sound page. Plus a review of Skyslip's latest DX7 ROM cartridges.

Single oscillator mini synth

Part 4 of our series for FM synth owners, in which Martin Russ gives away even more secrets of FM programming. Operators at the ready!

Martin Russ dishes up another concoction of MIDI hints and tips.

"Rock Hardware"

Handbuilt instrument gets a hands-on trial

Fairlight for a fair price?

A set of tasty samples in a box no bigger than an FB01 comes under scrutiny. And it's not expensive.

Selecting and fitting a replacement bridge

Eight-note poly keyboard with 49 preset voices

wanging for four strings

Not all sampler owners have access to every instrument they might wish to sample, hence the appearance of Sample CDs containing all manner of digitally recorded sounds. But how useful are they? Are they value for money? Keyboardist Dave Stewart recently spent many hours sorting the wheat from the chaff. Here are his findings.

TST50 Six String

Electric Guitar