Intelligent Harmoniser

With four independent harmonies and its 'intelligent harmonising', Digitech's VHM5 pitch shifter promises much. Rowland Jones puts it to the test.

Video Value

Hotlicks team on silver screen.

the school of self-education

your queries sorted by the BBC TV experts

You Never Knew About The Police

15 things you never knew about them.

PC Music Notation Software

Coda's Finale is well established as a respected Mac scorewriting program. Peter Cudmore looks at the long-awaited version for the PC.

Frontline pedals — More for Less?

Turn your Atari ST into a complete software music system for well under a ton. Ian Waugh fires up a new all-in-one music program from an independent British company.

Mixing

making sense of written music

E&MM contributor of old, Vince S. Hill, on Roland's DCB-standard digital keyboard recorder.

Reminiscences of the Guitar

This well respected jazz guitarist talks about the origins and technique of the guitar; plus free pull-out music: "After Hours" - one of his pieces to play

Historic and faintly embarrassing pix of Jeff Beck and John Paul Jones. Another exclusive!

Shake with disbelief as you find out Korg have produced a 12 oscillator, 64 memory polyphonic for under a grand.

Keyboard Practising Hints

Practice round-up with keyboardists from Madness, Steel Pulse, Feargal Sharkey, Prefab Sprout and Tangerine Dream

keyboard, cassette and radio

Studio Test

A bargain? From Lexicon? Curtis Schwartz thinks so

Man Versus Machine

Part 2: Famed keyboardist Dave Stewart continues his monthly column, designed to get you thinking about your music.

Revenge of the tremolo, returned to pitch.