Software Package

A complete history of record production accompanied by quotations and anecdotes from no fewer than 18 of the world's leading producers.

Digital Sound Effects System

An exciting sound-sampling effects generator

Etcetera

South America: home of Latin rhythms and countless rhythmic influences is this month's port of call for Nigel Lord on his rhythm programming journey.

Transport for Bands - Rick Biddulph expounds

Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Alpha Syntauri Report

Dave Crombie tries the alphaSyntauri synthesiser

silly stuff

After several weeks of collating your replies, an explanation of the results of this revealing survey.

There is no truth in the rumour that John and Shirley have hired a JCB to help them sift through the mountain of readers' demos.

Is what Yamaha do. Our brave and selfless editor finds out how, first hand.

Pressing Records

Paul Gilby visits SRT Records & Tapes to unearth the 'inside views' of its managing director David Richardson, whose profound words shatter some of the illusions and myths that surround the record manufacturing industry.

University of Surrey Electro-Acoustic Music Studio

A look at the Surrey Sound electronic and computer music studio, scene of the Tonmeister degree course.

Digidesign's sound-editing software for the Emulator II has now been adapted for the Prophet 2000: Brian Devereux gives it the thumbs-up.

useful companions of the animal kingdom

Setting the Scene

Part one of a survey of music-printing instruments.

Commodore Music System

If you're a computer manufacturer and you've got excess stocks to sell, you switch the emphasis to music. That's what Commodore have done, as Chris Jenkins reports.

Roland SC88 Sound Canvas

Most powerful Canvas yet

Sound Environment Processor

And still they come... more FX units than you can shake a MIDI lead at. Nicholas Rowland zooms in on the latest and tries to spot the difference.