Shirley Gray burrows deeper inside the growing mound of tapes and comes up with some interesting results.

Alan Hoida dons his Santa outfit and explains the pros and cons of working on film as opposed to video.

Roy Wood risked burning the supper to bring us up to date on his career, his current activities and his method of working in the studio.

Mike Skeet explains how to bring sound on sound recording into the 20th century using two video recorders and a Sony PCM processor.

A look behind closed Doors.

Don't spend your Christmas money until you've read this! We bring you an exclusive in-depth review on Alesis' new secret weapon: a 16-bit, studio quality, digital reverb for little more than the cost of a spring unit.

This month's cover feature, the brand new Tascam Porta 2. Bristling with features, this 6-channel, 4-track portable studio still falls within an attractive price bracket.

Roland's long-awaited multi-effects unit turns out to have a great deal to offer.

Pete Harris, engineer, producer and programmer talks to Paul White about working in the Zomba empire.

A budget 6:4:2 mixer that is neither short on features nor costs the earth.

The DRV1000 heralds Korg's late entry into the digital reverb market, but has it come too late?

A studio devoted to the service of the community.

Clive Brooks shows how to turn pleasure into profit. This month it's cassette duplication.

Tapetalk's latest species of Box soundstage analyser turns out to be a very useful device to have in the studio.

What was to be a 2-part series has now grown. This second part covers the creative use of effects when mixing.

Ben Duncan, the sultan of solder, subjects the concept of room equalisation to further scrutiny.