More news, views, and juicy hot gossip from the hi-tech music industry.

Regular round-up of what's new in the world of hi-tech music and recording.

Sony's DTC55ES is their contribution to the first wave of domestic DAT recorders. Richard Aaron looks at what it can offer in a recording context.

David Mellor reviews this sample library for the educated user.

Part 8: Deep underground, this month Dave Stewart tells how you can work within the pop medium yet still manage to create interesting music!

Opcode's ground-breaking sequencer, Studio Vision, lets you manipulate audio data as easily as MIDI events. All you need is a hard disk recording system like Digidesign's Sound Tools, a fast Macintosh computer with plenty of storage capacity, and some creative ideas. Paul D. Lehrman reports.

Steinberg's Pro24 amiga sequencer is the latest arrival in the rather sparse field of Amiga music software. Paul Overaa looks at a new incarnation of an old favourite.

If you want something done, sometimes you've just got to do it yourself... Genie Cosmas explains why and how she recorded and released 'Rep Sunset', her band's debut album.

Is it the birth of a new standard? Dave Lockwood drools over Tascam's Dolby S-equipped one-inch 24-track.

Martin Russ looks at solutions to the perennial problem of where to put all those keyboards that MIDI musicians accumulate.

Coda's Finale is well established as a respected Mac scorewriting program. Peter Cudmore looks at the long-awaited version for the PC.

Laurie Anderson, pioneer and populariser of avant-garde electronic music, and arguably the performance artist, recently brought her 'Empty Places' show to the UK. Interview by Mark J. Prendergast.

Part 15. David Mellor looks at how to create the perfect mix.

Who said Christmas was over? here s your chance to get your mits on this fabulous multi-effects processor from Alesis.

More hints and tips from the world of music software.

Hire companies and R&D — Richard Goldblatt of Audio FX takes up the gauntlet recently thrown down by the British Record Producers' Guild.