Transistor Power Amplifier Surgery

Martin Sheehan explains the workings of audio/visual slide productions.

AWM Expander

Every so often a product comes along which changes everyone's idea of what they can expect at a certain price. Yamaha’s new £250 box sets a new standard in price/performance for sampled piano (and other) sounds. Paul Wiffen gets excited enough to spend his own money!

Lookout... it's coming this way!

The MIDI 1.0 specification, reprinted in full.

Cross Wave Synthesiser

The successor to Ensoniq's popular ESQ1 expands on the sound and sequencing facilities and adds polyphonic aftertouch to the ESQ's spec. Simon Trask goes in search of the performance synthesiser.

Chas de Whalley records the thoughts of David Bowie's young, gifted and black producer, Derek Bramble

Programming Clinic

Most of the current generation of digital synthesizers use a blend of sampling and synthesis techniques to produce their sounds — a powerful combination, but perhaps less easily understood than analogue synthesis. Synth guru Craig Anderton offers some hints and tips on how to get the best out of 'S+S' instruments.

Criminal Justice Bill

Lessons in law for ravers

The title says it all...

Multi-fx Processor

In their efforts to establish their signal processors as strongly in the UK as they have in the States, ART can't seem to bring out enough effects units. Nigel Lord evaluates the ART with aspirations to be number one.

Speakercraft Flat Pack Kit Assembly

Hints and tips on assembly

Advanced Music Synthesis

Alan Davies discusses electronic speech production and its applications.

Detailed Instructions on how to build your own ES&CM MIDI sequencer. (Software on tape).

Recording Drums

Part 8: David Mellor explains several techniques for taming that most difficult of instruments to record - the drum kit.

Macintosh Notation Software

Desktop music publishing becomes a serious proposition with this sophisticated notation software for the Apple Mac. Dan Goldstein notates his way around the dots.

Already renowned for producing high-quality budget equipment, Alesis have introduced a new 16-channel mixer. Ian Waugh discovers Monolithic Circuit Technology is behind the 1622's amazing performance.

Portable DAT Recorder

Casio's DA1 and DA2 Digital Audio Tape machines have helped put DAT into many budget studios. Tim Goodyer suggests that the DA7 will see it in a few more.

Korg Wavestation A/D

Korg add new samples, a vocoder and a pair of audio inputs to their highly acclaimed Advanced Vector synthesizer, and put the result in a rack. Kendall Wrightson says the Wavestation A/D is a TV/film composer's dream machine.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

a novice engineer's guide to what all the knobs and switches on a mixing-desk do

Aces B1816

A cost effective in-line mixing console aimed at the budget 16-track user.

In terms of sheer numbers, Hybrid Technology’s computer music system for the BBC micro outsells any other music software package on the market. Ian Waugh finds out why.

A rundown of the new products shown at the recent Frankfurt Music Fair.

Stephen Delft improves his guitar routing box