Sound card feature

There's a revolution going on in the high street. People with no musical experience can now write and record songs. All you require is a PC, a sound card... and MT's definitive guide. Ian Waugh is your dealer.

Never mind Starwars fx, this is the war of the star fx. Vic Lennard patches in Yamaha's latest budget multi-fx unit and likes what he hears.

Concluding our sideways look at the art and soul of sampling, Dom Foulsham covers N to Z in his alphabet of tips

Your chance to check out some of the new products launched at January’s NAMM

Miranda Sex Garden: Sampling The Nation's PA Systems

DrumCheck

Bob Henrit reviews the new Ludwig acrylics.

One Two listens to Stratists Jeff Beck, Adrian Belew and Richard Thompson. Plus a Hendrix compilation.

This month's colourful round up of new products to tempt and tantalise.

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, updates, sounds, and samples

Aphex Dominator

Is this the ultimate limiter?

Digital Signal Processor

The latest signal processor from Yamaha may be aimed primarily at guitarists but the small studio owner might prefer to look at it as an adaptation of the SPX90. Rick Davies finds out it has a few new twists as well as a slimline price tag.

Matthew Vosburgh reports on this unassuming little program that turns any Macintosh computer into a powerful sound sampler.

how to sing them, how to mic them, how to treat them, how to tape them...

Take five and come alive - we show you how

Thomas Dolby explains his new strategy

Is the hard disk about to crash? Kendall Wrightson looks at the latest developments in mass storage technology, and discovers an optical future.

Part 3 of this exciting digital signal processing project offering a 5 second delay program for your Sinclair Spectrum!

Tony Horkins lays his hands on Tom, Alanna and Joe and squeezes out the technical secrets

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into who does what, and how, in the making of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's classic synth-pop records.

If you saw an awkward figure stumbling between the stacks, that was Jim Betteridge

Mixing Desk