More comment and constructive analysis of your recording. Everybody seems to be going 16 track but the transition is not without its problems.

MT's own team of Agony Aunts prepare to cock a friendly ear in the direction of your technical problems.

Just when you thought all was lost... MT's resident panel of experts is on hand to help shed a little light on problems with music and equipment.

More problems solved, dilemmas resolved and advice tendered. If you have a problem you can't solve, you could do worse than to ask MT's Agony Aunts.

Question and answer time ogain. Our team of experts lend a sympathetic ear to your problems, and try to dig up a few answers.

MIDI Files, polyphonic aftertouch and problems with sync codes are among the subjects aired in this month's readers' question time.

Q&A time again: this month, problems with MIDI System Exclusive storage, and how to use multi-timbral synthesisers with multitrack tape recorders.

Advice for the needy. MT's own experts are assisted by helpful readers in providing answers to problems large and small - now, who's seen my turkey and yogurt roll?

His name is Simon Trask. His specialist subject is modern musical equipment: its attendant problems and frustrations. MT's resident mastermind answers readers queries.

Paul Henderson on the problems of low flying bats

A MIDI User Knocks The Knockers!

A MIDI user knocks the knockers! Simon Sanders of Micromagic puts the case for leaving MIDI users alone to get on with making music.

Acoustics

A road report on Roland's guitar synth the GR700 by Imagination's Ashley Ingram and Mark Wood of Nucleus and Sunwind.

Sequencing On Stage

Sequencers are a boon in the studio, but on stage they create the potential for problems that can ruin a gig. Paul Ireson explains how to steer clear of trouble.

The Write Stuff

Everything Gives You Cancer

Practical hints and tips for the modern recording musician. Martin Russ shares some of his hi-tech pearls of wisdom.

A new distortion/overdrive effect.