More About Microphones

Dave Simpson winds up the section on microphones with a few words on impedance matching and balancing

J L Cooper MIDI boxes

American interfaces

Drawmer DL241 Auto-Compressor & DS404 Quad Noise Gate

The latest from Drawmer in dynamic control, reviewed by Dave Lockwood.

Soundcraft K1

Live mixing console

Lead Checker

A simple device to check your leads.

Phonic PMX1600A Mixer

Mic definitions and terminology.

MTRs new 12:8:2 Series 2 in-line desk should solve a few cash flow problems for 8-track owners.

Studio Necessities

Leads, connectors, tapes and floppy disks might seem pretty mundane, but even the most modest studio is stuck without them.

Have you always wanted a 24-track studio but could never afford the gear? Well now, maybe you can. David Mellor looks at a package of equipment that offers 24 tape tracks at a budget price.

No hype, no waffle - just tomorrow's products today

Tomorrow’s hot products previewed

Drumcheck

Bob Henrit misses the Kinks to hit the kit

Cables

Part 2: Cabling. David Mellor reveals all the prospective home studio owner needs to know about cables.

Tascam MSR24 24-track 1" Tape Recorder

Ever since the dark ages, prophets and soothsayers have been forecasting the Big One. Well here it is - Tascam's 24-track on one inch tape recorder. David Mellor investigates.

A new state-of-the-art guitar amplifier with integral overdrive, chorus and reverb, plus 200W output.

Mini Monitors Roundup

Curtis Schwartz puts five pairs of mini-monitors through their paces in a consumer test

With Digital Audio Tape becoming widely used for mastering, it's important to know how it differs from its quarter-inch predecessor and how it can benefit you. Vic Lennard acknowledges his new master.

Almost every keyboard exhibitor at the British Music Fair was using these British-designed and built speakers to play their products through. Paul White tries to find out why.