'Keep It Live' – Ed. speaks out!

new gear, stuff, objects, items etc

Few instruments have caused as great a stir in the marketplace as the futuristic-looking DG1. Stepp describe it as "a radically new instrument that plays like a guitar, and which can produce some of the most phenomenal sounds you're ever likely to hear." Ian Gilby visited Stepp to find out for himself and talk with its creator, Stephen Randall.

New Themes, New Dreams.

True Blue Guitar Meets Skinny Bass

Guitar-to-MIDI Converter

Paul White, who's owned almost every Roland guitar synth built, puts the new GK1 synth driver and GM70 "brain" under test. Is this the first pitch-to-MIDI system that really works?

Westone Pantera & Clipper

Alright Jacks Guitar Lead

Leading Us Astray.... Alright Jacks Guitar Lead

Britain's biggest, busiest and noisiest music fair is over for another year. So what did we get for our money and our aching feet? Report by Simon Trask.

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, updates, sounds, and samples

A cornucopia of new ideas

The assembled masses of the IM review department wax lyrical over their selected favourites from this year's music fair.