Guitarcheck

An electro-acoustic and the cheapest Strat copy this side of War On Want. Review by Dave Burrluck

Akai S900 Sampler

State-of-the-art sampling at a state-of-the-building society account price.

Korg's DS8 presented FM synthesis in a more friendly light than originators Yamaha. Now their latest synth makes the price more friendly too. Simon Trask looks at a sine of the times.

Titanic sunk, Hindenburg lost — yes, it's the news section

Carlsbro Sound Centres

Improvements and additions to the SY77 concept have produced a new instrument — the SY99. Martin Russ Looks at Yamaha's new flagship synth.

How To Be A Non-Musician

An invaluable guide for the anti-instrumentalist.

In the last part of Ben Duncan's series, he examines the acoustic properties on Live End/Dead End studios.

five stars pick their fave sounds

Vince Clarke, Jon Lord, Steve Levine, Bill Nelson, John Foxx... five heroes of the keyboard nominate their favourite synth tracks and sounds

Guitar Synthesiser

Roland's latest guitar synthesiser is quickly earning a reputation as the most playable guitar synth yet built. Aaron Hallas turns from widdly-widdly merchant to MlDdly-widdly merchant.

In this, the next of our Buyers Guides we look at electric pianos, string synths and electric keyboards in general.

The Mellotron: A Historical Perspective

Squeaking Boots got soul?

RS-PCM Keyboards

Responding to the demand for accessible synthesisers, Roland's Rhodes division has come up with the first of a series of "playable" instruments. Simon Trask checks their performance.

UK Electronica

It was once the UK's biggest celebration of live electronic music, but it didn't fare too well in 1985. Dan Goldstein reports.

Cross Wave Synthesizer

The onboard 8-track sequencer and sampled waveforms of the ESQ-1 make it a hard act for any manufacturer to follow. So what further features does Ensoniq's new SQ-80 synthesizer have that could possibly outshine its stablemate? Craig Anderton explores...

Synthcheck

Mills and Boon. Tony Mills finds a love to last a lifetime

interactive music controllers

You move - it programs. A first step towards virtual reality music?

Direct from the Far East, we bring you news of Yamaha's first 'pro' sampler, Roland's 16-bit digital reverb, Akai's low-cost digital multitrack and more...

New keyboards, guitars and effects in the US