Tired of scoring out your music by hand? Simon Trask investigates a computerised alternative and discovers it may try to muscle in on the composition.

and into writing music

Frohlich Freestyle Accompanist Software

Martin Russ gets to grips with Freestyle, an auto-accompaniment program with a winning combination of flexibility and customisation options.

D'you find that the basslines you put on your new songs are unadventurous? Here's some inspiration.

make your guitar sound like a balalaika

Pitch

Organ/synth poly combo

A look at Casio's portable keyboards and their applications for the home organist

Portable keyboards and their applications

Form and Structure

Setting Words to Music

The fourth part of our dance music series, with more drum patterns and basslines for you to programme yourself.

the new fast solution to your instrument probs

Twin channel three voice electronic piano with six band graphic

John Renwick plays around with a revolutionary new cartridge synth expander system for the Atari ST from Hybrid Arts

Just what happens when a group of keyboardists get together to improve their improvisation chops?

Casio CK-500

A four-track find or fraud? We pass judgement.

Auto-Accompaniment — With Style

Martin Russ gets inside version 4.1 of Band-In-A-Box — now with user styles!

Aural Training Software for Atari ST

Can you tell a minor third from a major seventh, or an augmented triad from a diminished triad? - Steinberg have a program to teach you how. Simon Trask lends an ear to a program with a difference.

CF10 DIGITAL FADER & CN20 MUSICAL ENTRY PAD

To complement their CM-series modules, Roland have released a Digital Fader and Musical Entry Pad - but anything MIDI has many uses. Vic Lennard becomes an accessory.

Programmable Personal Keyboard

A personal keyboard that lets the musician think for himself, from the people who make more of them than anybody else. But is it really more than just a toy? Vince S. Hill thinks he knows the answer.