Hard Disk Recording System For The PC

Why is there such a fuss about this British-made multitrack hard disk recorder? Read our review to find out...

In the second instalment of our 'How It Works' series, engineer/musician David Mellor focuses on the operational principles of digital audio systems.

Red Guitars

Red Guitars choose a collective top eight tracks.

The comings and goings of everyday studio folk

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

Sounds, samples, software

digital reverb

Sabine FBX900 Feedback Exterminator

Offering 240 FM sounds, with up to 8-voice polyphony, and control via MIDI mono mode, the FB-01 takes the crown as the cheapest expander on the market today. Martin Russ casts his vote.

ART SGX T2 Guitar And Studio FX

ART have what is probably the most confusing product range on the market — and this is one of the latest models.

Negotiating a record contract

Don’t sign a thing until you’ve read this

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

Casio CZ-1

Since the release of their diminutive yet ground-breaking CZ-101 synth, Casio have been steadily improving the facilities of their Phase Distortion keyboards with each subsequent CZ product. The culmination of those efforts is now manifest in their best-ever synthesizer, the CZ-1, a truly professional performance instrument. Chris Jenkins says 'welcome'.

Lighting Effects on Stage — Update

Phil 'Princess DIY' Walsh sheds a little light on stage effects

Hughes & Kettner Tubeman Preamp

This dedicated guitar preamp benefits from hybrid tube circuitry, an integral speaker simulator and the ability to impersonate four quite different styles of amplifier.

Audio Technica AT4050

High-quality studio mic

Loudspeakers

This month, we tell you (very softly) exactly what the loudspeaker jargon really means.

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.

with MEH and the roadies of rock's greatest band.

Tech 21 SansAmp Rackmount Tube Amp Emulator

Tech 21 have taken their popular SansAmp foot pedal guitar preamp and repackaged it in studio, rack-mount format. Paul White takes a look at what else it has to offer.

Wild man Bill Collins looks at the Simmons SDX system and gives us a few drum patterns to try out

The Micro Guitar

Tony Mills uncovers some software for—guitarists! Whatever will they think or next?