This month, E&MM’s unique equipment round-up turns its attention to the rhythmic world of drum machines and electronic drum kits.

Those strangely shaped metal and plastic things that you clamp to the guitar neck to change key, you know? You do now

We interview the legendary improvising guitarist from German rock band Can

News of Yamaha's MT44D system amongst other products.

If we can't solve your problem then... er, perhaps someone else can - sorry, this isn't a very good sell-line... sorry

20 Things You Probably Never Knew About CD.

Tomorrow's information as soon as you read it

Korean Guitars

Somewhat north-east of Java lies Korea, new-found source of fine electric guitars. Our crack investigation team pays a visit

State of the hardware at AES, Young Adolf in Frankfurt

CD ROM Player

Expensive it maybe, but CD ROM storage is one way of making a sampler a much more powerful instrument. And if you're using a Roland S550, it may not be as expensive as you think, as Simon Trask discovers.

When IBM - the Big Blue - conquered the business computer market, music was the last thing on their corporate mind. Yet in 1990, the PC is gaining ground as a music machine. Ian Waugh reports.

The line between man and machine is blurred; today there exists an entity whose purpose is to make music. Simon Trask discovers that its sights are locked on the dance charts and it absolutely will not stop.

A new prestige keyboard line-up that fuses traditional modular synthesis concepts with the latest interface technology. The complete system surveyed by Dan Goldstein.

The latest on Atari's astonishing new musical micro, plus news from software people Mimetics and Passport Designs.

The two man band out manoeuvring in the USA put Tony Mills in the picture

Peavey Programax 10 MIDI Programmable Guitar Combo

MIDI marvel

All the news you can eat. And then some