If you want something done, sometimes you've just got to do it yourself... Genie Cosmas explains why and how she recorded and released 'Rep Sunset', her band's debut album.

Sound Sampling System for Apple II/IIe

Mainframe's sound-sampling add-on for the Apple is now available to the general public. David Ellis puts the system through its paces.

The Music 500 receives an AMPLE voicing and sequencing program to tempt junior programmers into getting their feet wet.

Another world first for E&MM: Jim Grant takes us through the creation of a sound without using the CMI's sampling facility.

Yet another selection of recently announced new products to whet your appetite!

Newsdesk as was - news as is

NAMM Winter Market, Anaheim

Paul Wiffen, hotfoot from California, reports on the machines that made headlines at the US music industry's winter shindig...

Electronic Musical Keyboard

UMI 2B Software

The 1B version was good, but Simon Trask has spent a month with its successor, and reckons it deserves its reputation as the most professional sequencing package designed round a home computer.

Not only vocalist, composer, dancer, choreographer, but also producer for her new album 'The Dreaming', Kate talks about her approach to composition and her newly acquired Fairlight CMI.

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

sample city

Yamaha smash new price barriers with their latest FM synths - the DX100 and DX27. Mark Jenkins assesses their performance as stand-alone keyboards and as compact MIDI expanders.

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

Software, sounds and samples

MicroComposing with Roland

The new MC-202 MicroComposer examined in depth

swiss rock 'n' roll - or pop with a precision movement

Evolution Procyon Pro

Budget sequencing for PC

A nostalgic look back at 1985 by the people who bring E&MM to you each month. Was it really that bad?

Remember, you'll read it here first!

TX816 Rack, QX1 Digital Sequencer, KX88 Master Keyboard

At last, a detailed appraisal of Yamaha's state-of-the-art MIDI system. FM rack, digital keyboard recorder and master keyboard come under David Ellis' careful scrutiny.

A definitive af-a-glance guide to MIDI and Music Orientated Peripherals.

Sound sampling Dodolator and the Kaleidosound picture machine for the Apple

ES&CM's guide to MIDI and MOPS.

An at-a-glance guide to MIDI and MOPS (Music-orientated Peripherals.)

The cousin of Kevin tells Richard Walmsley of his life as a lone tone