Rhythmcheck

An invention to make Bob Henrit's digital 'jogging' watch obsolete

GOSSIP, FIBS, STUFF AND NONSENSE

guess what?

Artistic Control

Who keeps it when you sign your deal? You, or the record companies? Does it matter anyway? Keith Grant sounds out opinion from both sides of the Biz

Yamaha MT1X 4-Track Cassette Recorder

MIDI 4-track recorder

The Changing Scene

You'll be hard pushed to find a UK studio that isn't choc-a-bloc with Japanese studio equipment, but have you ever wondered what they use? David Mellor takes a slow boat that bypasses China, and visits two Tokyo studios to find out.

Studio Test

The long-awaited successor to the 250 is welcomed by Jim Betteridge

sound card for the PC

An MT exclusive on a card set to make waves in PC music.

The second part

Workstation Synthesiser

Did Gem fix it?

for the Apple Mac

Ian Waugh logs in to a new Mac program that's a virtual CD player and virtually a sampler, allowing you to build your own library of alternatives to that irritating monkey squeak. What you do with your existing CD remote control is your own affair

Digital Phase Modulation Synthesizer

Cutec Multirecorder

A very basic 4-track cassette multitracker for those who place sound quality above gadgets and frills.

SynthCheck

A Fairlight small enough to slip into your 501's? Well, nearly. Jim Betteridge warms to Casio's supercheap sampler

More dispatches from the music wars

Allen & Heath Brenell

Basscheck

Dave 'King little finger' Burrluck back again with a bass 'specially for you slap-happy types

Immaculate Fools' man in a suit is immaculate certainly, but no fool concludes Mike Hrano

Transmission Line Monitor

Birmingham's Triangle Media & Arts Centre houses what is probably the largest 8-track recording facility in the country. It also runs some interesting extra-curricula activities in the form of a Rock Recording course. We asked the man in charge, Bruce Hart, to tell us more about it.

This exciting six voice polyphonic synth comes under scrutiny.

Phonic PMX1600A Mixer

Shure Beta Green

Rumour has it that the BG prefix on this complete new range from Shure stands for Bloody Good. Our reviewer thinks so.