Back to nature with Boris Blank. Tony Reed listens intently to technical talk about dripping water, talking drums and mountain ranges.

An Avalanche of new gear will be hitting the shops soon, following the British Music Fair. MUSIC U.K. brings you a complete look at what's on the way

Frankfurt 86

The Frankfurt show seen from a diagonal position

More news of forthcoming products to make you drool and tempt you to dig even deeper into your pockets.

All the latest hi-tech goodies, brought to you in glorious technicolour.

A readable survey covering manufacturers from I to T.

All the stuff the Sun leaves out!

Tomorrow's news today — the IM tardis is off again

Another selection of brand new products about to be launched in this country.

More and more synth owners are turning to computer based voice editing software to take the drudgery out of programming their own sounds. We asked Matthew Newman of the Ensoniq Users Club to compare three ESQ/SQ80 editors from Soundbits, Dr T and Steinberg.

Keyboards, Guitars, Amps – What's New, Who's Who!

This month’s information bulletin board

and Frankfurt firsts

News and new products.

Music Computer and Software

1984's most eagerly-awaited electronic music product is finally making its way into dealers' showrooms. David Ellis has been taking a look at the micro itself, Yamaha's exclusive FM sound chip, the controlling keyboard and the first batch of software.

A sampling delay/effects controller from TC Electronics, news of Roland's MKS100 'sampler in a box', a new range of micro effects from Akai, Audio Kinetics' Striper, Studiomaster Series III and Yamaha mixers are amongst the new crop of forthcoming products that you can read about here.

Direct from the Far East, we bring you news of Yamaha's first 'pro' sampler, Roland's 16-bit digital reverb, Akai's low-cost digital multitrack and more...

tasty tips from britain's cut-up kings - if it moves, sample it!

...And finally

Your chance to find out what new goodies will be appearing in your local music store over the coming months.

An extended feature this month to incorporate many of the new products shown at NAMM and the Frankfurt Music Fair.

THE STORY OF AN INDEPENDENT RECORD

The story of how one of this country's lesser-known synthesists took the bold step of forming his own record label to independently release his fourth album 'Phoenix'. Paul Gilby documents the process.

A chance to check out some of the forthcoming new products that might force you to dig deeper into your pockets later this year.