Sampling Keyboard

This is it. A 16-bit sampling keyboard for the price of a 12-bit one, with digital synthesis tacked on as a bonus. Jim Burgess gives his verdict in our exclusive review.

State of the hardware at AES, Young Adolf in Frankfurt

Cheap Electrics

Guitars from Sakura, Vox, Westone, Hondo...

Last month we gave you advice on choosing a computer for musical applications; as a follow on, this month Mike Barnes provides a comprehensive rundown of available music software for the Atari, Macintosh, IBM PC, and Amiga computers.

The assembled masses of the IM review department wax lyrical over their selected favourites from this year's music fair.

Long awaited and long overdue, the SY77 is Yamaha's real successor to the DX7; it combines advanced FM synthesis, AWM sound modelling, digital filtering and musical usefulness. Innovation with Simon Trask.

Aria Competition Answers, Portland Studios, Introducing News Notes

Goes Chrimbo Crazy

A special seasonal waft of your favourite news and gossip column, this time drifting through the whole magazine and including mini-interviews with the likes of China Crisis and jokes from the likes of us. The fun starts here.

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, updates, sounds, and samples