SR 100, SR 100B

The latest budget priced bass and six string from Japan.

The readers' synth sound page, with patches for SCI Pro One, Yamaha DX7 and Casio CZ 101 instruments, plus reviews of anew DX RAM pack and another collection of sounds for sampling.

A guitar must be properly set up before it can do its player justice and nowhere is this more important than in the studio. H&SR shows you how.

Software For The 64

Hardware, software and evening wear for the 64

Music Percussion Computer

In-depth scrutiny

tasty tips from britain's cut-up kings - if it moves, sample it!

Why you can't keep a good man down... can you?

Japanese watch the tele

Keyboards

Soundintpix presents 'Swarm (Isn't it)', starring Dave Crombie as Henry Fonda and a yellow and black object that goes Buzz and strikes terror into the hearts of more expensive synthesiser manufacturers.

Once singer with The Pop Group, Mark Stewart has now joined forces with drummer Keith Leblanc and producer Adrian Sherwood under the title of The Maffia - Nicholas Rowland listens to the sounds of hell.

David Mellor reviews this sample library for the educated user.

Positive superlatives all over the place as Dave Blake's rhetoric embraces a couple of Ibanez instruments.

Use your Ears!

Regular contributor Martin Russ climbs onto the soapbox this month with a plea to use our ears!

Prick Up Your Ears

Stephen Bennett offers his views on the quality of recordings, studio monitoring, and domestic hi-fi.

Then After A Few Years I Think I'll Be A Producer

making a career of knob twiddling

Hugh and I (Dance With A Strangler). A short play by Adrian Deevoy

If buying secondhand guitars fills you with dread, follow our fault and flaw guide to dodgy instruments.

Probably humorous

Part 6: It's A Wrap! Composer/musician Robin Lumley packs away the manuscript paper, switches off the Steenbeck viewer and submits his final thoughts on writing music for films in this concluding episode of his series.