Logical priorities

Jones & Crossland, Birmingham.

Roedelius explains the necessity of home recording and why he's addicted to the colour green!

The Nightcatchers

First of an occasional series on the twilight zone between recording first demos and collecting that first gold disc. Birmingham's Nightcatchers talk to Tim Goodyer about tight budgets and big-name producers.

A first hand report on the trials and joys of setting up your own electronic music studio.

Steve Howell reveals the inner secrets behind the planning stage of your home studio.

can you tell a real drummer?

The X30's a typical example of how organ manufacturers are applying today's technology to traditional instruments - but will the new-found features make it as popular among 'serious' musicians? Paul White finds out.

A super-spy comes clean, but the questions go on

Very fair question. A few of the many answers are printed in clear type on page 18. Get down.

Paul Ireson previews this new British 32-track MIDI sequencer for the Atari ST.

D.I.Y. Studio Door

Building a soundproof studio door

or: What to do 'til your processor arrives.

Battery Studios

Jive Records' own Battery Studio complex has to accommodate acts as diverse as Schooly D, Mark Shreeve and Samantha Fox. David Bradwell raps technology.

A program to convert aftertouch data from a KX5 into controller data for a DX21, Crikey!

Recording your own music is only the first step to getting it heard; to do that, you need to deal with A&R people at record companies. Paul Tingen meets them, and discovers why so few bands succeed in impressing them.

Martyn Ware has been spending a lot of time producing other people's projects since Heaven 17 faded away, but now a second BEF album is in progress. Interview by Paul Ireson.

E&MM contributor of old, Vince S. Hill, on Roland's DCB-standard digital keyboard recorder.

The art of packing high tech facilities into micro musical instruments is reaching a peak. We take a look at some of the latest innovations to emerge and a few that we can hope to see in 1984.

Rhythmcheck

Never has the term 'drum machine' been so misused. Bob Henrit samples freely

Shake with disbelief as you find out Korg have produced a 12 oscillator, 64 memory polyphonic for under a grand.

RhythmCheck

Future perfect and future possibilities. Bob Henrit on Simmons' new trigger unit