Making up chords with the Gretsch collector.

Shock discovery for instrument makers - funny you should say that.

Aswad's top ranking hombre meets Mikey Hrano

Equipment

Mel Lambert takes the Prokit Mixer kit to the ends of the earth (well, Kensington) and finishes up with saved ackers and a useful board.

Sorry! I mean drums (what else?) Peter Randall puts Premier in perspective with a glance at their production methods.

Mik Sweeney talks about his guitars and Sal Solo describes how he is acquiring production skills.

Bill lays bare his recording techniques and reveals the innermost secrets of his home studio 'The Echo Observatory' which has recently been upgraded to 16 track status. Now being used to record tracks fora forthcoming Nelson masterpiece.

Keyboardcheck

A marriage of technology and elegance. Yes, Dave Foister has written another review

What's new in the world of the Micro Musician

At home with Chris Hughes

The former Tears For Fears producer invites us in for a cuppa

It has been predicted that by the year 2020, the world will be entirely covered by a ten metre deep layer of home recording equipment. David Mellor begins a new series that offers advice on how to set up your home studio.

As film music becomes a more popular means for composers to earn a living, Tim Goodyer talks to soundtrack expert Steve Parsons about his work on the new British film, 'Empire State'.

New Products Special

Frankfurt show report

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Obscure orchestra leader, Simon Jeffes intrigues Paul Tingen with stories of self-discovery in Japan, and finding music in one note.

Jay Chapman takes a bold step for novice programmers, as he presents a Pascal program that converts musical note values into a language computers can understand. Don't worry if it leaves you standing.

Akai S612 MIDI Sampler

Akai's first sampler - with its own 'Quick Disk' facility.

A chance to check out some of the forthcoming new products that might force you to dig deeper into your pockets later this year.

CHECKA

Phil Walsh takes time off from watching DIY nasty to design a lead tester, plug prober, mike checker, buttock fondler. Oh all right, we lied about the last one

At last the instructions

A straightforward guide to producing Dance Mixes using budget equipment.

Building A Rack

Part 4: Building a 19" rack. There is only so high a temporary stack of equipment can get before it becomes a danger to life and limb. David Mellor explains how to give your rackmount gear a happy home.

Software for the Atari ST

After his recent jaunt on BBC TV's 'Micro Live' show, Atari ST owner Tony Hastings tries out Steinberg Research's new editing software for the Akai S900 sampler.

The Ghost of Japan?

The members of Japan have come together once more, as Rain Tree Crow, after a 9-year hiatus. Nigel Humberstone talks to David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri about the biggest reunification since Germany.