An interesting name for a very interesting MIDI computer product from Flinton Instruments of Oxford. Jay Chapman tells you what it does and how it can be used.

Atari Sequencing Software

Son of Cubase: this stripped-down version of Steinberg's powerful sequencer retains many of its best functions. Nigel Lord and ST, and Cubase makes three.

Negotiating a record contract

Don’t sign a thing until you’ve read this

Mark Fishlock investigates the industry's point of view when it comes to evaluating demos.

We welcome Ian Cross to E&MM, writing about the human perception of sound.

Roland SRV2000 Reverberator

Roland's first digital reverb unit is all set to make a huge impact on the market.

The Korg M1 is one of the best and most popular keyboards around. David Mellor explores some of its prime features.

Ever wished you had a stereo guitar? If so, here's haw to get it.

Recording acoustic instruments is a fine art, but electronic instruments present their own set of problems. Craig Anderton explains how to do it properly.

Amek Big By Langley Mixing Console

With Talking Recall and oodles of features, this top-end mixing desk should satisfy many private studio's needs.

How to get you and your band interviewed on local radio — and how to make the most of the opportunity

A tuning and calibration unit for synthesiser oscillators

Atari ST Software

In the second half of this definitive review. Nigel Lord looks into the editing and scorewriting facilities of Steinberg's latest sequencing software.

Part 6. Resident software specialist Jay Chapman clears up some misleading terminology first, then moves on to relate how the MIDI protocol organises such matters as Program Changes in those humble synthesizers we all take for granted.

The question "can computers write music" has never been more important than it is in 1989; what is an algorithmic composition program, and will it ever replace the human composer? Ian Waugh composes himself.

Why are microphones so different, why do some cost the earth — and which one should you use for which job? All is revealed.

A few words from the editor on how he uses, misuses and abuses effects.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the software manufacturers themselves. This month: C-Lab & Steinberg.

Our series continues with the voice, whether synthetic, sampled or the real thing.

A useful add-on for signal processors having an external modulation input. Design and presentation by Paul White.

M401 MIDI MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

When a well-respected signal processor manufacturer like Drawmer moves beyond the realms of noise gates and compressors into MIDI control, it's yet another indication that the recording world is recognising the importance of MIDI. Paul Gilby dropped his copy of the Financial Times to take an exclusive look at the brand new Drawmer MIDI Management System.

Striking a blow for mallet players, Tim Ponting investigates an instrument that combines the MIDI sophistication of a modern keyboard with the mallet techniques of xylophones and marimbas.

What was to be a 2-part series has now grown. This second part covers the creative use of effects when mixing.

An overview

Mark Prendergast presents a general overview of record labels, artists, and recordings that make up the exciting area of new electronic and experimental music in the late 1980s.