Three 4-tracks

Is it possible to get expensive sounds from inexpensive equipment or is the poor person's multitrack merely an expensive toy? David Mellor looks at three entry-level recorders - Tascam Porta 05, Fostex X30, and Yamaha MT2X - and asks 'Which one would you choose?'.

The Big Dream

Tony Reed takes the high road to Kilburn

Separateness reviewed.

Build a sync to MIDI interface

The CLARION Home Studio — Best yet cassette?

Studio Test

Yamaha's latest incursion into the portastudio market looks like something out of Alien. Does it sound out of this world too? Richard Walmsley has a close encounter of the reviewing kind

Tony Reed gets Turbot charged

Meeting the music business and business of making music on their own terms saw one London band building a studio as well as a reputation from the ground up. Simon Trask gets in deep with Double Trouble.

Will the new-look ABC find success as easy as 1-2-3? Or will their latest Lexicon of Love lose something in the translation? Philip Bashe finds out.

FX tutorial

More top effects tips from Mr D

From PCMs to PZMs

Tom's home studio is sure to be the envy of most of our readers but it's there for a sound, practical reason.

More controversy and heated discussion on the subject of blank tape levies.

The pick of 1983's equipment releases.