Jerry Harrison makes it go

Crying And Shouting With Bath's Finest

Messrs Smith and Orzabal explain how it can take a year to make two singles but only two months to make an album, among other things. Bits in between the chat by Dan Goldstein.

Selected releases

Are you afraid of the art of Bath? Adrian Deevoy goes into battle with Curt and Roland

Reading MIDI Implementation Charts

If you regard MIDI Implementation charts as being indecipherable tables of numbers, you could be ignoring an easy way of solving your MIDI problems. Vic Lennard opens a series of articles on how to read the small print.

A look at the new, exciting Musical Instrument Digital Interface

the ultimate in FM

A definitive af-a-glance guide to MIDI and Music Orientated Peripherals.

It's the talk of Paris' hep musical set, Peter Gabriel set up a new record label for it and Ray Lema is one of its greatest exponents - Simon Trask discovers hitech ethnic music is about to make its mark on popular culture.

ES&CM's guide to MIDI and MOPS.

An at-a-glance guide to MIDI and MOPS (Music-orientated Peripherals.)

CTS Studio 4

Simon Trask spends a day in the shadow of Wembley Stadium, visiting a new dedicated keyboard studio successfully functioning within the confines of an established studio complex.

SynthAxe

We return to bring you the latest news and developments on the astounding SynthAxe.

The Enduring Appeal Of Classic Synths

Talking Heads keyboard player Jerry Harrison talks to Nicholas Rowland about a forthcoming Heads LP and a solo project he calls The Casual Gods.

Roger Wilson.

Yamaha DX21 synthesiser

The latest in the DX synth series

After spending four years recording The Seeds of Love, Tears for Fears are back and touring the world. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal talk tears and technology with Dan Rue and Tim Goodyer.

Producer of Howard Jones' best-selling album, 'Human's Lib', talks about the making of the record and his approach to production.

Mutually exclusive?

TWO BOOKS TO DEMYSTIFY THE SYNTHESISER

Geoff Twigg and Neville Unwin cast a critical eye over two books aimed at taking the mystery out of synthesisers, and come to vastly differing conclusions.

Big in America, big in rehearsal rooms — but why isn't this dead good pop group dead big here?

digital guitar science

In which five of E&MM's writers pick their fave things of the year. If your personal preferences aren't there, don't take it out on us.