The future of MT unveiled...

Ever tried to put music to pictures? Then the odds are you've discovered just how difficult it actually is. Chris Many explains "hit points" and "cues" and shares some of the secrets of the professionals.

Weird Guitars

Sharp axe collection on view.

Chris Smith continues his series on synchronisation

Opcode Track Chart

Need to keep track of your tracks in the studio? Opcode's Track Chart offers a package of handy utilities for engineers; Mike Collins tries it out.

Ann Owen just adds water and stirs with this jamming package for the Commodore 64 and Amiga

Ignore them at your peril!

Chris Smith continues his series on synchronisation

Chris Smith enlightens us on the subject of locking music to video

Will Powers — confidence and success

Selected releases

Taking the hard option... everything you need to know about hard disks - and then some. Ian Waugh is your guide.

Some words of undeniable wisdom from producer Chris Porter play you gently out of the mag this month.

Contrary to popular belief Canadian electro-poppers Trans X have a bizarre and fascinating history that takes in cosmic electronic music. Annabel Scott reports.

Sleuth journalist Tim Goodyer tracks down video nasties Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in a disreputable part of town. Raymond Chandler would turn in his grave.

More than a decade and a half after they first fell out of Manchester, New Order's most married couple are still at the nerve-centre of the band's activities. Helping them come to terms with it all - Phil Ward

Contemporary American composer Steve Reich talks about train journeys, music video theatre, and the ethics and aesthetics of sampling. Simon Trask goes along for the ride.

interacting with the future

Your passport to future worlds

Steve Reich & Beryl Korot: The Cave

Pioneering documentary music video theatre

A New Landmark!

The first of a special two-part feature highlighting the dawn of a new era in audio recording.

Ever since the invention of the wax cylinder, listening to recorded music has been a passive experience; now CDs are capable of holding MIDI and other performance data. Bob O'Donnell looks at the changing face of music.

Software for the Apple Macintosh

Following the procession of MIDI sequence packages that have appeared for the Atari ST comes a program designed specifically for the musician fitting music to videotape or film. Chris Many gets that syncing feeling.