Synclavier

The updated Synclavier with new software. We take it for a test run.

PART 1

As Fairlight fight for survival the mighty Synclavier undergoes a dramatic upgrade. Chris Meyer takes us on the first of three tours of the new state-of-the-art Synclavier.

New England Digital: A Company Philosophy

Most people have heard of the Synclavier but little is known about the company that produces it: New England Digital. Paul Gilby met up with its Vice-President, Brad Naples, who supplied us with a fascinating insight into the philosophy behind the development of this highly advanced digital recording system they call 'the Synclavier'.

This French-born synthesist describes his experiences with the Synclavier and other digital instruments

A Real-time Performance System

Ken Freeman, Tony Mansfield and Martin Ware

SMPTE codes for the home studio and yet more software for the Synclavier, among other things.

Steve Gray, Keith Levene and Nick Rhodes

Assorted items of news, nonsense and things people wish they hadn't said.

keyboards through the ages

From Curved Air to Sky, and beyond with the Synclavier II

League leader and Moroder man talks tech to Tony Mills

Looking back over ten years' worth of magazines, it seemed that there were certain moments worth reliving - here are the edited highlights.

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Over the last three decades John McLaughlin has done more than anybody else in popular jazz and rock music to explore the potential of the guitar, both acoustic and electric. Here he talks to Mark Prendergast about his eclectic career, pioneering use of guitar synthesizers, and the Synclavier.

Don Goldstein talks to American composer Harold Budd about his past collaborations with such luminaries as Brian Eno and Michael Nyman and, more recently, the Cocteau Twins.

After five years at the top of the electropop tree, Basildon boys Martin Gore and Alan Wilder talk tech with Paul Tingen.

Readers' replies to the second half of our survey, analysed by David Ellis.

An exclusive interview with this world famous synthesist of classical music and an exploration of his science fiction fantasy, The Bermuda Triangle

Setting the Scene

Part one of a survey of music-printing instruments.

The Eno collaborator and leading exponent of American minimalist music, Harold Budd, discloses the fascinating background to his new solo album 'Lovely Thunder', his love of the piano and his strange union with the Cocteau Twins. Mark Prendergast attends the masterclass and takes notes.