Shure EC2/58 radio mic

Sounds without the cables

Martin and Andy plot "It's Called A Heart" 45

AccessoryCheck

ROM wasn't built in a day opines Jim Betteridge

Jac Holzman

Roland Mother System

Roland's innovative MIDI set-up; Mother Keyboard, Planet-P piano voice module, Planet-S synth module, and the impressive Super Jupiter... an in-depth test.

Ampcheck

Costly but classy. Review by Paul Bacon

Reverb Unit

A budget reverb unit for budget studios - although big studios might like it too. John Renwick plugs it in and gets a pleasant ringing in his ears.

Looking back over ten years' worth of magazines, it seemed that there were certain moments worth reliving - here are the edited highlights.

The buyer's guide with a difference, with listings, prices, specifications, and comments from E&MM's reviewing team. Polysynths, expanders and controlling keyboards are this month's subject.

Synclavier

The updated Synclavier with new software. We take it for a test run.

Tony Visconti's studio, Good Earth, in the heart of London's West End owes its success to a combination of the right services and good management.

The new videola music and video format is taking music video into the next decade. T-Cut K talks to one of the genre's most technology-conscious acts about the medium and the message.

direct-to-disk recording system for the Atari Falcon

Budget DTD reaches the world of Atari.

...In March 1981, E&MM's publishers launched this magazine onto an unsuspecting musical public. Dan Goldstein looks back at the issue that started it all.

Zoom 9120 Advanced Sound Environment Processor

From the company that brought you effects units you could wear, comes a very serious reverb processor — that you can't wear!

What's been goin' on tradeside

Programmable Drum Machine

The world's cheapest programmable digital drum machine looks on paper to be a fine companion for Korg's similarly-priced Latin percussion machine. Paul White checks out the reality.

Alligator 200 watt electro-percussion combo in the studio.

Keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen brings you the latest developments on the Sequential sampling system: the new 2002 rack-mount, and the superb Digidesign visual editing software. He also takes a look at the Prophet 2000 and passes on some useful tips for using its 'mapping' function to the full.

Guitarcheck

An electro-acoustic and the cheapest Strat copy this side of War On Want. Review by Dave Burrluck

The column that throbs, the finger on the pulse