An in-depth assessment

A round-up of the latest music programs for the BBC B

A visit to a massive show devoted solely to this innovative micro, and a look at some of the hardware and software on display there.

Add-on for BBC Micro

David Ellis casts a critical eye over a new music keyboard for the BBC Micro that controls the computer's internal sound chip and is compatible with Acorn's Music 500 synth add-on.

Pitch Training On The BBC Micro

A new pitch trainer for the BBC B

Scaling Heights On The BBC Micro

Software for BBC Micro

New software for the BBC B and E&MM's analogue and digital percussion modules: it can be used with or without the OMDAC project. Designer Dave Burden describes the system.

for the BBC Micro

The first commercially-developed MIDI software for the BBC Micro is now being manufactured by Electromusic Research. David Ellis analyses its potential.

Synthesiser Hardware and Software for the BBC Micro

Acorn's first venture into music synthesis boasts some good-looking synthesis hardware and a music composition language - AMPLE - that grows with the user. David Ellis has the advance details.

Software writer Jim Grant and hardware designer Tim Orr begin our two-part coverage of a new interface that can connect an MCS1 to a BBC Micro using non-MIDI codes

A utility program enabling storage of MCS1 sound samples on a BBC disk drive, among other things. Jim Grant and Tim Orr take us through it step by step.

Organ Master/Island Logic

An add-on sound board, and a comprehensive disc-based music system for the Beeb micro.

A six page feature that shows you how to make music with the aid of the BBC Micro

The unique demands on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop have placed it in the forefront of developments in high technology music. Their latest development- a new style of MIDI suite - is an innovation not only in terms of the technology that's employed, but also in the geography’ of the working environment. Richard Elen takes an exclusive first look at the new studio.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Plenty has changed since E&MM last ventured into the hallowed chambers of Maida Vale. Simon Trask reports from the studio that started it all, but now seems aloof from the modern music scene.

A Soft Touch

Jay Chapman discovers why this 16 track MIDI sequencer package for the BBC B micro, described as the musical equivalent of the humble word processor, is receiving so much acclaim from studio users.

Acorn Electron scrutinised

The first published survey of micros for music making.

'Play' your home computer

Computer Music System

Noel Williams compares Hybrid Technology's latest BBC music add-on to its predecessor, the Music 500. Is it the friendlier beast its designers claim it to be?

ADD-ON KEYBOARDS

Tony Mills weighs up the pros and cons of augmenting your home micro with an add-on keyboard

Software For The 64

Hardware, software and evening wear for the 64

Continuing the extensive guide to the many micros available

Concise guide