SMPTE Synchroniser

Still on the sync track... Chris Jenkins sets the pace with a SMPTE/MIDI converter designed to give all the higher functions of SMPTE tape synchronisation without the higher price-tag.

In Search Of The Truth

Despite the fact that Standard MIDI Fil es have been about for quite a while there is, for many users, still more than a little confusion about their purpose and use. Paul Overaa sheds some light on the subject...

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the software publishers themselves. This month: Steinberg; Passport; Opcode.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from C-Lab, The Digital Muse and Steinberg.

SMPTE Events Controller

The increasing popularity of SMPTE has meant a corresponding growth in sync units. We take a look at this one from Bokse.

Roland SBX80 S.M.P.T.E./MIDI Sync Box

Ian Burden of Human League outlines beginner's tips and a future strategy for electronic music.

CD ROM and Removable Hard Disk

Never Ending Storage

Key Expander/SMPTE Synchroniser

Integration is the name of the game with Steinberg's Midex - a single unit combining a software key expander and a SMPTE synchroniser for the Atari ST. Nigel Lord even likes the colour.

MIDI Time Code

MIDI Time Code, an overdue MIDI sync standard or a missed opportunity for musicians and manufacturers alike? Vic Lennard finds out what time it is.

A Series By Warren Cann.

Warren Cann continues his series on drum programming.

Brother MDI40 Sequencer

Brother are taking their first steps into the music market with the release of the MDI40 and MDI30 sequencers. Richard Lamont reports.

Make Your Own Guitar

A new book on the subject is reviewed by our own guitar-chopper Adrian Legg.

This new multi-function unit lets you physically access and modify hex code MIDI signals amongst other things. Jay Chapman discovers it may be rather more useful than most would think.

Paul Freeman gets composing with this notation package for the Amstrad

Synthcheck

Paul Fishman goes to town on Crumar's new baby

Software Surplus

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

An Alternative To Tape

From the analogue to the digital era, magnetic tape has been the prime production medium for recorded music for several decades. David Mellor examines new developments in recording and speculates where they might lead.

At last! A new system that gives you hi-fidelity sound from a standard video recorder. Could it become the stereo reel-to-reel machine of the future? Judge for yourself.

Atari ST Software

Atari ST Memory Expansion

If the limitations of your Atari are restricting your music, you may have been thinking about trading it in against something more powerful - but there are alternatives. Tim Goodyer rejuvenates the ST with a memory expansion.