MT's special report on remote-control rock'n'roll - realtime jamming with strangers across the Internet Computer network.

Texas Blues

Twelve-bars and whisky bars

Amplifier

first news from the American gear show computer mailed from Chicago

writing for MIDI

Music On The PC

Panicos Georghiades and Gabriel Jacobs explain how, with the aid of plug-in sound and MIDI interface cards, you can transform that most unmusical of computers, the PC.

Time For A Change

twenty years after they invented heavy metal the seminal sabbs are back

Sampling Drum Machine/Sequencer

After last month's In Brief preview, Paul Wiffen gets his hands on a first production model of Sequential's new all-in-one drum machine, sampler and sequencer. Is it the master of all trades?

The Prodigy's Liam Howlett lays bare his soul, A bit

A practical look at monitoring.

The Tokyo Expo is normally a fairly low-key domestic affair, but this year several major new products were unveiled for the first time ever. Our man in Japan, Paul Wiffen, was there to report on some of the hi-tech instruments that will be vying for your money in the coming year; including Yamaha's new mega-synth, the SY77

electronic percussion

the science of synchronisation explained

obtaining the best from MIDI sequencers

Winter NAMM 1987

Our spectacular show coverage starts here, with masses of information - backed up by colour photographs - on the biggest Winter NAMM show there's ever been...

Riff Raff, FON

In Part 1 of a series on independent labels, MT looks at the case histories of Fon and Riff Raff to discover just what it takes to get going and avoid the pitfalls