PC Hard Disk Recording System

It's British designed and built, but is it the best?

AmpCheck

Sun, sea and sand-coloured sophistication... beach-bum Paul Trynka warms to Dean's latest valve amp

Bass Slate

The life history of the bass guitar.

electronic drums

Soundcheck

The keystone of Japan's national sport comes under the oriental gaze of Martin Moody

That's the way Tony Attwood sees it. See if you agree.

Jazz-Rock Fusion, Movement of Jah People

Atari ST Software

One emerging trend in software sequencing is that of endowing your computer with musical "intelligence". Ian Waugh contends that machines can have feelings too.

The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society

The second of an occasional series in which David Mellor takes a look at the organisations that help musicians and composers earn an honest crust in this hard world. This month: the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society.

Keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen brings you the latest developments on the Sequential sampling system: the new 2002 rack-mount, and the superb Digidesign visual editing software. He also takes a look at the Prophet 2000 and passes on some useful tips for using its 'mapping' function to the full.

Electronic Percussion System

Marketed in the US as E-Drums, these Swedish-built percussion units combine high quality digital samples with immense constructional sturdiness. Dan Goldstein again.

After several weeks of collating your replies, an explanation of the results of this revealing survey.

Programmable MIDI Reverb

In the first of two appraisals of digital reverb units that offer real-time control of parameters via MIDI, Rick Davies analyses Korg's affordable approach...

Rhythm Sound Module

Fascinating rhythm

Tech 21 SansAmp Rackmount Tube Amp Emulator

Tech 21 have taken their popular SansAmp foot pedal guitar preamp and repackaged it in studio, rack-mount format. Paul White takes a look at what else it has to offer.

We report on this top chart group.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

Spurred on by the successful reaction to our previous Steinberg and Dr.T support pages, we bring you a regular new column of hints, tips and news from the world of music software.

A Guide to Recording, Electronic Music and Popular Music Courses in Britain

The first ever published guide to all Recording, Electronic Music and Music Courses available in Britain today.

John Renwick goes back to school with a whole range of music tutorial packages from Hybrid Arts

More News, more Stories

The importance of impedance matching at line levels is widely misunderstood. This article attempts to clarify the situation.

Dan Goldstein sifts through the stack of independent vinyl that landed in the E&MM offices following our appeal, and finds each record has a different tale to tell.

A look ahead at what's new in the shops.