Advanced Multi-Effects Processor

How digital reverberation devices work and how to use them.

In part four of this series Bob O'Donnell deals with rhythm by linking a drum machine into the expanding MIDI system.

Atari ST Software

Is it a librarian? Is it a manager? Ian Waugh checks out this flexible ST software companion to Yamaha's SY55 synth - and reckons he can't manage without it.

Those strangely shaped metal and plastic things that you clamp to the guitar neck to change key, you know? You do now

Studio Sound Techniques

Tape echo techniques for reel-to-reel machines.

Band-In-A-Box Auto-Accompaniment Software

You've never had it so easy — Band-in-a-Box adds intelligence to auto-accompaniment, as Mike Simmons finds out in his look at the latest version of this popular software package.

how they're made, how they fit, why they last

Computer music at Goldsmith's College

Tacky facts on schlock rock shock

Studio Layout & Acoustics

PART 7: Badly positioned equipment in your home studio can mean the difference between a good working environment and a bad one. This month, David Mellor provides some useful guidelines to help make your home studio as efficient as possible.

Our beginners' synth column isn't just for tech types, but guitarists, drummers, even roadies too

Flora & Fauna of the Patch Cord Jungle

Rated as the world's top solo synth performer, Klaus explains how he composes on stage and in the studio

LEDs — Usage and Abusage

LEDs, Usage & Abusage

New products — New people

DAT Recorder

Tascam's latest machine has all the features we have come to expect of a professional DAT recorder. Dave Lockwood assesses its performance.

Riff Raff, FON

In Part 1 of a series on independent labels, MT looks at the case histories of Fon and Riff Raff to discover just what it takes to get going and avoid the pitfalls

for Atari ST Computer

One of America's most innovative software houses comes up with its first program for a 16-bit computer, the Atari ST. Rick Davies takes it for a spin.

Stuck for a good string sound or one you haven't used a hundred times before? Tom McLaughlin explains how an old guitar, a violin bow and a little ingenuity can work wonders.

Personal Multitrack Recorder

Built-in digital reverb and three - yes, three - speeds are just some of the facilities hiding inside this new cassette multitracker.

Sampling and the law: where do you stand when you plug your record deck or CD player into your sampler? David Bradwell investigates the legal position and the attitudes of the music industry.

The man responsible for the UK's first genuine acid house single discusses basslines, bitonality and the grin factor. Baby talk: David Bradwell.