Learn to read the future in these pages...

The comings and goings of everyday studio folk

Programmable Digital Reverb

...While Simon Trask gets to grips with a more expensive model from America, with more parameters, a remote-control unit, and various other goodies; is it worth the extra?

Dave Crombie tinkles the RMI Keyboard Computer — not so much a synth, more a souped-up organ.

The latest reports from the trade and prophet spheres

The Enduring Appeal Of Classic Synths

The first of our new series on the very live issue of sampling, taking all the technicalities into account. Dom Foulsham begins with an examination of the law as it currently effects all involved. An indispensable guide, if you're concerned about clearance and want to avoid that nasty little rubber glove

Replacements, recommendations and quality.

History Of Producers

Just who are these people who get their names on record sleeves and their sounds in your speakers?

BMF REPORT

The excessive heat in London's Olympia gave the latest hi-tech gear a run in the "who's hottest" stakes at this year's British Music Fair. Simon Trask sweats it out.

Envelope Generators - Part 2

While we're used to the constantly-changing face of the music industry, it may surprise you to learn of certain changes afoot in the news trade. Tim Goodyer tells a warning tale of the near future.

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Ken Freeman, Tony Mansfield and Martin Ware

Thoughts on MIDI's Next Decade

Part two, in which we meet the fifth Beatle, George Martin, and also brush with Trevor Horn's Fairlight.

whither EMI in the 1960s

Gossip, chit-chat, bitching and backchat from the 'Biz. It's all here

Museums, master tapes, MIDI and more; plus, as usual, Deevoy's Demo Demolition

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