BMF Report

This year's British Music Fair left the confines of Olympia in favour of a stadium atmosphere. Simon Trask goes walkabout at Wembley.

BMF Report

Lager bottle in hand, the Editor guides you through the gallery of new music technology on demonstration at last month's newly-public British Music Fair. Plus lots of photographs so that those who missed it can find out what the gear looks like.

Fairs are great for demonstrating technology, but do they do enough to further the cause of music?

Keeping Music Live

Is there a future for live electronic music ?

Paul Ireson on this year's International Music Show.

For the first time, a UK magazine gives coverage to the fair that follows NAMM and Frankfurt. It may not be as big, but it's growing in importance all the time. Dan Goldstein reports from the Bosphorus.

Commodore's Amiga computer is the beneficiary of this impressive - and colourful - sequencing package. Ian Waugh welcomes the illusion.

The Big Five

Paul Gilby opens our music software special with his thoughts on the 'big five' micros that are currently vying for the musician's money.

The Tokyo Expo is normally a fairly low-key domestic affair, but this year several major new products were unveiled for the first time ever. Our man in Japan, Paul Wiffen, was there to report on some of the hi-tech instruments that will be vying for your money in the coming year; including Yamaha's new mega-synth, the SY77

IBM PC-Compatibles & Apple Macintosh

Part 1: All four of the major computers can be used for musical applications, so which one should you choose? This month, Richard Elen puts the case for the Apple Macintosh whilst Brian Heywood advocates the benefits of the IBM PC-compatible.

A briefer bulletin — most of the new gear's is the British Music Fair report.

Win a Ticket to the British Music Fair!

Including new product details hot from the British Music Fair.

Among this month's notable happenings: the Yamaha's 'X-perience' hands-on show, a new MIDI converter from UMI, and the latest on this year's British Music Fair.

News from the front about new Emulators, schools for the inquisitive, and a preview of this year's British Music Fair - all in Newsdesk.

New software developments from C-Lab, a new MIDI-to-CV unit from Philip Rees, a host of goodies from Groove Electronics... News is in abundance on the eve of the British Music Fair.

The tension mounts as the countdown to August's British Music Fair begins, and our news pages are packed with early news of some of the exhibits.

The latest on all the new music machines, including those announced at the NAMM show in Chicago, plus an opportunity to win a free ticket to the British Music Fair.

Find out if you're the winner of our Akai S700 sampler competition. Plus the winner of our Kawai K1 competition puts in a VIP appearance at the British Music Fair.

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