Editing

Presenting the cut and splice of real editing — that's the business with razor blades, tape and good idea

Cutting a record

Make your own music, make your own record, make your own luck

Porky, king of the cutting room

We go behind the scenes to see how the Cutting Crew pull together their live performances

Mike Nicholls discusses a few pressing issues

Drums

Peter Randall knows the cymbal secret and, for some reason unknown to us, is prepared (for a not inconsiderable sum) to let you know too. Innee nice?

Digital Drum focus

Stephen Delft improves his guitar routing box

Visions of Arcadia

Via engineering and production work with Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson and U2, Daniel Lanois has unmistakenly imprinted his personality on the sound of the Eighties. Recently he released his own solo album, ‘Acadie’; Mark J. Prendergast runs through the tracks.

Is there anything you wouldn't do for a dare?

Your demos reviewed

Once it was called Readers' Tapes. Then it was Demo Takes. Now it's Dare! - and it's still the best insight around into what people are doing out there

Phil Ward gets judgemental with readers' demos

To be or not to be - Phil Ward will tell you...

You play 'em... we flay 'em

You dare to send Phil Ward your demos - he dares to review them

This is the age of the autonomous artist/producer making^ hits at home. Are

Phil Ward is busy this month, so Home & Studio Recording magazine's Andrew Jones reviews your demos

Dan Dare - Pilot Of The Universe. Pity he's deaf. That's why Phil Ward reviews your demos instead

Confused about DAT? Vic Lennard guides you gently through the ins and outs, the pros and cons and the whys and wherefores of Digital Audio Tape.

A Low Cost Peripheral Circuit For Your Computer