Warwick 'Thumb' Bass

Voltage Controlled Filters Part 2

George Martin 5th Beatle/2nd Part

Not only did Roland's Super Jupiter make a worthy replacement for the Jupiter 8, it is still a sought-after instrument today, as Steve Howell is happy to report.

An all-analogue electronic drum kit with built-in sequencer. Made in Britain by Magic Music: tested by Paul White.

Richard Walmsley takes a ride with BSA down the R'n'B route and finds out how a green band avoid the Blues

By combining plenty of different sounds with the built-in percussion voices and digital reverb, Roland's MT32 multitimbral expander makes the ideal add-on for any sequencer. But it really takes a software editing program to get the very best out of it. Brian Howarth shows you how.

More keyboard tips, useful exercises, and a chord of the month.

preset poly

Roland JV880 Synth Module

Reader Marek Bokowietz has constructed a complete electronic drum kit from E&MM's own percussion modules, the Syntom, Synbal and Synclap.

Delightful Dobros, Scintillating C-Ducer, Luscious Lighting, Captivating Canons and much more super schmutter

All creatures great and small: Dave Crombie glides from the huge Yamaha GX-1 to the minute Korg Micro Preset.

Part 2, ARP to Buchla. Buchla? Yep, Buchla

Mikecheck

Curtis Schwartz checks over three of the new Sennheiser range and is pleasantly surprised

Stereo Recording

Special mic techniques employed on stereo recording are explained this month.

For the DX7II

Grey Matter Response's E! expansion for the DX7 virtually gave it the power of the DX7II; E! for the DX7II represents another quantum leap in DX capability. Chris Many checks it out.

Synthesiser Module

Remember the module? It's like a synth but it's got no keys. Weird, huh? Simon Trask takes a look at the new 1U, half-rack, 16-bit, MIDI box of sounds from Kawai.

Alembic is a word guaranteed to set bassists' teeth a-gnashing with envy. Steve York supplies the necessary.

What the knobs mean on the average desk, and which ones kill.