Steve Gray, Keith Levene and Nick Rhodes

Brian Heywood puts the new Aries PC through its paces

Computercheck

A roundup of all the available music software including Island Logic, Greengate and MusiCal.

Games Feature

Now that computer games are available on CD, they’re no longer restricted to naff sound effects and music. We talk to games producers Ocean and composer Debbie Wiseman about the arrival of serious sound for games...

In the first part of a major new series, Jim Grant attempts the impossible by trying to explain the workings of the Fairlight CMI in terms that mere mortal musicians can understand. In-depth simply isn't the word...

Clive Grace reviews KCS - One of the most transported sequencer packages around.

MIDI Hardware and Software for RS232 Interface Standard

A MIDI utility hardware and software package for any RS232-equipped micro. Review by Simon Trask, who’s thinking of having RS232 fitted to himself.

Ian Waugh examines a package for the PC that should please all who come into contact with musos from the "old school"

We highlight three recording studios that place the emphasis on music hardware rather than expensive recording equipment: in order of price, East London Community Studio, Hollow Sun, and Computer Music Studios.

Nicholas Rowland guides us through the tricky process of choosing the best sequencer for our money

Delving ever further into the Computer Musical Instrument from down-under, Jim Grant samples the delights of Page 9's real-time sequencer.

Add-on for BBC Micro

David Ellis casts a critical eye over a new music keyboard for the BBC Micro that controls the computer's internal sound chip and is compatible with Acorn's Music 500 synth add-on.

Mistaken Identity

The critic under criticism.

John Renwick puts this sequencer/sound module through its paces

Forthcoming new products from the hi-tech music recording field.

Fairlight's Father Flies In!

An offbeat package for Mac owners with an artistic slant

Roland Desk Top Media Press Conference

Closer to home in West Germany, PPG are putting the finishing touches to a new computer music system that could revolutionise the way we go about programming sounds. Dan Goldstein reports.

Review of various educational music programs from America

Jay Chapman sets the scene for a regular series written to help you better understand the practicalities of life with the Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

Jim Grant gives an outline of how the Fairlight CMI copes with performance effects.

Steinberg Research are responsible for some of the most significant developments in computer music systems in recent years. Nigel Lord talks tech with Charlie Steinberg on a rare visit to Britain.

SynthAxe

Approx. £7,000 worth