What's A Gate?

A gadget that only lets certain sounds through — geddit? Deeper analysis on page 20.

A look behind the scenes in one of the country's most respected voice-over studios.

Drawmer 1960 Dual Valve Compressor

Valves and chips combine to produce a compressor that is flexible, flattering and very friendly. But then it's built in Yorkshire, so it should be.

A Guide to Digital Reverbs, Delays and Multi-Effects Units

Julian Colbeck takes a look at what's on offer in the world of digital reverbs, delays and multi-effects units, and explains how to choose between them.

your problems dissolve as the experts swoop

Rocktron HUSH Intelligent Sound Processor

Paul White opts for the quiet life with this effective cure for hiss — and there's even an enhancer and compressor thrown in for good measure.

On this month's RE:MIX mixed-mode CD...

The words behind the sounds on this month’s CD and CD-ROM

and Frankfurt firsts

At the controls with one of Britain’s freshest guitar bands

Sneak Preview

Next year's new gear - Mag gives sneak preview

Gallien-Krueger's micro monsters

C-Lab's outstanding Notator and Creator sequencers have now been updated to version 3.0. Dave Lockwood checks out the new features.

the volume closes

New gear revealed. Plus on-the-spot report of how Yamaha in Japan treat the musicianly public.

PART 1

As Fairlight fight for survival the mighty Synclavier undergoes a dramatic upgrade. Chris Meyer takes us on the first of three tours of the new state-of-the-art Synclavier.

Tape Bias & Overloading

Noise Reduction

Noise reduction explained.

Roland SVC-350 Vocoder

voices in a rack

For people with very narrow studios, Boss have introduced a very narrow effects rack... Martin Sheehan investigates.

Wireless MIDI Piggyback

Tired of being tied down by MIDI cables? With the aid of a radio mic system, MIDIman's unique TransMIDI lets you transmit MIDI data over the airwaves. Paul Ireson gets a taste of freedom.