8-Track Tape Recorder

Since its dramatic drop in price, the C278 is an attractive proposition to the private user who puts quality before frills.

The underlying concepts of multitrack recording are explained from the bottom up.

ATC SCM10 Compact Studio Monitors

ATC's smallest speakers to date set new standards in near-field monitoring excellence.

AKG Blue Line Microphones

A modular range of microphones covering almost every audio eventuality from broadcast to recording and AV.

Guitar Multi-Effects Processor

A multi-effects processor for the guitarist who wants instant gratification without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace? Paul White plugs into the ART SGX-LT.

MIDI is often perceived as being incredibly complicated, but learning to use it can be quite painless.

Protecting Your Home Studio

A little inside information, courtesy of the local police, could help prevent you losing your treasured equipment to thieves.

Mackie Designs 1202 Mixer

This compact, inexpensive mixer boasts an impressive audio specification and offers a host of applications.

This month's Masterclass looks at the way equalisation can be used to creatively enhance your music.

Aphex Type C, BBE Sonic Maximizer, SPL Vitalizer

Three psychoacoustic enhancers, all designed to make your music sound bigger, clearer and more impressive.

8 -Track Digital Recorder

Paul White finds his Holy Grail in a 3U rackmount package — Alesis' revolutionary ADAT, the first digital multitrack tape recorder to compete in the same price bracket as affordable analogue multitracks.

Everything you need to start recording at home

Exactly what equipment do you really need to make a start in home recording? We take you through it, step by step.

AKG Tri-Power Microphones

A new range of stylish dynamic microphones, with models to suit most instrumental applications.

Everything you need to know to get a thoroughly professional sound onto tape, and how to treat it once it's there.

Boss ME10 Multi-Effects Unit

Designed with live performance in mind, the Boss ME10 has a range of features which make it particularly effective in the studio.

Ensoniq DP/4 Parallel Effects Processor

It's flexible, it's powerful, and it comes with a pretty hefty price tag. Paul White finds out whether Ensoniq's first foray into the world of stand-alone effects delivers enough bang for the buck. Additional research by Derek Johnson.

Philips DCC 900 Digital Cassette Recorder

Philips' new consumer tape format tested under studio conditions.

Crate, Hughes & Kettner, ART Guitar Preamps

We take the H&K Metal Master, ART Powerplant, and Crate TDP recording guitar preamps into the studio in search of that elusive valve sound.