Three pages of new products gathered from the recent APRS and NAMM trade shows.

The latest on all the new music machines, including those announced at the NAMM show in Chicago, plus an opportunity to win a free ticket to the British Music Fair.

Fairs are great for demonstrating technology, but do they do enough to further the cause of music?

With the British Music Fair upon us the musical equipment manufacturers are proving there's nothing like the hi-tech end of the music market for innovation - and no-one like MT to pass Comment on it.

Another winter, another spate of musical instrument shows. They mean a lot for business, but what do they mean to music as a whole?

What a difference a show makes - or further thoughts on the British Music Fair '86.

Part one of our NAMM Expo report.

Infra-Red Guitar Pickup

It sounds like sci-fi, but someday, all guitar pickups may work by sensing shadows along the frets with an infrared detector. Rick Davies again.

In the light of the winter's music shows at Anaheim and Frankfurt, is modern technology now becoming available to every musician, and does every musician want to know?

While computer sequencing has the power, hardware sequencing had the reliability... Jeff Rona gets a sneak preview of a laptop computer that has the best of both worlds.

Business

The Weak-end starts here!

Following the success of the MIDIverb, Alesis have ventured into the realms of drum machines and sequencers. Bob O'Donnell lends an ear and discovers that economy doesn't necessarily mean compromise.

Synergy