A mic for all seasons

Tape machine listing

Will Gosling — an engineer in the Big Country

An engineer with sound sense

TC Electronics TC1210

This offering from TC Electronics proves to be more than just another chorus/flanger, as Simon Croft discovers.

Budget FM synthesisers that could form the heart of a controllable system

The Tape Gallery: putting itself in the picture

One of the newest to benefit from some Discrete Research

The Greengate sampling system continues to expand and develop

Mixing

Simon Croft takes up from Steve Howell and gives his views on creative remixing.

Simon Croft puts this British built mixer through its paces.

Simon Croft interviews the versatile Gerry Kitchingham whose track record includes work with A-Ha.

A round-up of some of the companies who will be unveiling new products at this month's Los Angeles AES convention

Nicky Ryan's approach to recording

The producer of The Celts television programme explains his unusual vocal recording technique

Bosendorfer Recorder

When one of the world's most famous grand-piano manufacturers starts getting involved with digital sequence recording, the world had better take notice. Simon Croft reports.

Simon Croft gets into tape loops and comes up with some interesting conclusions.

Paul Simon's Graceland concert posed awkward problems for the sound crew. Simon Croft listened hard

Allen & Heath GL4000 Live Console