Pete Waterman's views on sampling and plagiarism come under attack and a different breed of keyboard hero is championed by readers with a grievance to air.

We all make mistakes - Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, for example, and Margaret Thatcher's Community Charge for another. I wonder if they got letters from Anna Katrami?

MT's letters page gets heavy, as readers vent their feelings on boring Germans, burning bridges and SAW points. Can you afford not to read it?

An in-depth look at the relative merits of the piano and its many electronic imitators joins a plea from a lonely musician in this month's readers' writes.

And the postal strike hasn't stopped MT readers from airing their views either. Your points of view in the leading music technology magazine.

More mail from the Christmas postbag. Readers air their thoughts on MIDI mixers and the state of pop music, its production and its image.

Digital Audio Tape controversy, music store cooperation and sexism all came out of this month's bulging postbag - and the postman's put in for a raise.

No word from Alistair Cooke as yet, but the mail that counts is here. Readers’ comments on touch-sensitivity, Tangerine Dream and UK Electronica (again) receive an airing.

Drum machines are characters too - or so Paul Deane believes. This and other readers' opinions aired in Music Technology's regular letters page.

The musicality of synthesisers, synthesising the sound of an electric guitar and some free advice on using Dr T's X-Or provide the basis for discussion in MT's regular readers writes column.

One reader wants to begin a Lynex Sampler users' group, another wants to discuss apathy in the music business and reckoned we wouldn't be bothered to print his letter.

Readers' writes on matters hi-tech and musical - a leading London retailer replies over computer viruses while the women have the last word on sexism in music.

Your chance to have your say - this month readers sound off about interfacing equipment, synth patches, pop music, Tangerine Dream and Lizzie Tear's physique.

"Who are the DemoTakes?", demands one reader; "Where do I buy some sounds for my Super Jupiter?", enquires another, "Ambisonics and art!" cries a third - their voices (and yours?) in MT's readers' letters pages.

The anti-sexism activists call Tim Goodyer to account for articles written and comments passed. Grievances aired in MT's readers' writes.

The curious saga of a couple of equipment manuals takes centre stage in MT's regular readers' writes - if you've got an opinion to air or a question to ask, this is your soapbox.

More readers' news and views. If you've got a point to raise, this is the place to raise it.

Your opportunity to sample the views of other readers and to spell out your own on MT's regular readers' letters page.

The MT readers' debating page. If you have a view to air, this is where to air it.

Readers' tips on sequencing, rants about musical snobbery and queries about the best gear for the job all help make this month's open forum a spiritually fulfilling experience.

Is the possibility of digital copying of records a real threat to the future of music, or is the industry over-reacting? This and other readers' points of view aired on MT's letters page.

Hailing frequencies open, Captain - we're receiving strange transmissions from a MIDI guitarist in distress. The ongoing adventures of the Starship Music Technology and its mission to...

Enquiries concerning the ARP Axxe and Odyssey, defence of the UK Electronica and an analysis of popular music - the view from Brazil - ensure life is never dull on MT's letters page.

An inside perspective on lipsyncing for TV and a personal response to the ravings of a mad MIDI guitar vigilante are a couple of the highlights of this month's selection of readers' writes.

The MIDI guitar as the guitarist's salvation and an abridged history of Fairlight help make this month's readers' forum a lively and interesting alternative to bear baiting.