SynthCheck

Big brother of the Alpha Juno-1, Roland's latest addition to the new-look analogue Juno range has its ivories tickled by the estimable Jim Betteridge.

Mikecheck

Cheap; good; smart; a Shure recipe for success? Curtis Schwartz takes the mike

Eight-track reel-to-reel recorder

As 8-track tape recording takes its first steps onto cassette, Fostex introduce another revolutionary idea: the reel-to-reel tape deck with a detachable control panel. Vic Lennard does it from a distance.

Effects made simple: a users' guide to mushing and wanging.

Most pitch-tracking machines cost a second mortgage to get hold of, but Digisound's new offering offers CV/Gate compatibility for around £200. Paul White has the details.

Bill Collins gives us the latest news from the hi-tech percussion world

Another six string sorted

The Mix's terrestrial bulletin board

Francinstien Stereo Enhancement System

Beyond the BMF

Beyond the British Music Fair

Synthcheck

Jim Betteridge puts the new poly through its paces

Latest digital reverb from a company that's been making outboard effects gear longer than most. Paul White gives his first impressions.

Links and syncs for synths

Overwater's Chris May on Guitar Making

Custom Sound Cub Dual 100 combo

Signal Processor

A sophisticated approach to multi-effects processing comes from a new British company. Simon Trask finds out if it matches up to the stiff Japanese competition.

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After the disaster that was the Linn 9000, why would anyone want to build another combined sampling drum machine and sequencer. Rick Davies has the answer.

Those little snippets that make the musician's life worth living

Alesis Midifex

Now it can be told. This deceptively simple box of delay and reverb effects heralds a new era in push-button production treatments.

AmpCheck

Ampcheck

The slick, compact new power amp gets the Curtis Schwartz once over

What's new in the world of the Micro Musician