Do you live in peace with your cassette recorder? Or is your life full of mangled tape misery and longings for lost high frequencies? Confirmed reel-to-reelie David Mellor explains the problems that bedevil the cassette format, and offers some advice to make the medium work for you rather than against you.

Mixing Desk

Q: Just what is a Minister Without Portfolio? A: A leading member of the Government who hasn't got Soundcraft's nifty new portable mixer, that's what. Nicholas Rowland raises questions in The House

Roland M480 & M240R Rackmount Line Mixers

The competition to squeeze the maximum number of inputs and effects busses into the smallest possible rack space continues, as Kendall Wrightson discovers.

JBL MR825S

Last month’s review re-born

Part 2: The Edit

Last month we looked at how you can use a domestic format like S-VHS to shoot footage good enough for use in a video demo. But getting the right footage is only half the battle as Paul Wiffen and Darrin Williamson found out. This month we follow them through the editing stage.

Foreign phrases for tour survival

handy phrases for foreign tours

Chick Corea has helped pioneer the use of electronic instruments in jazz music - now 49 LPs down the line, he believes there's still more ground to cover. Scott Wilkinson talks to a musical legend.

Yet another show. Organised by the Audio Engineering Society, this 4-day show displayed the latest advancements in recording technology.

Recording 'Ordinary World'

The big names have more in common with home recording than you might think — most of this album was recorded in the guitarist's lounge!

Einsturzende Neuplatten

Later with Jools Holland

Behind the scenes at TV’s premier music show

Careers In The Music Industry

The first in a series exploring careers and opportunities in the audio industry, starting at the world-famous Abbey Road studios.

Carlsbro CDX 8:2 Powered Mixer

A lot of power, a lot of mixer and a versatile digital reverb in a very portable package.

In the dog-eat-dog world of professional recording studios, the Strongroom has proved that you don't necessarily need an SSL mixing desk to stay in business! Paul Calderon pays a visit to this thriving centre of creativity.

Could the arrival of new storage media such as magneto-optical disks change the way we perceive music?

Yamaha ProMix 01

Groundbreaking digital mixer

If there was ever to be an International Jean-Michel Jarre Day, it would be big news. So would a really good book on DAT. And the launch of some very serious equipment leads...

When is a record not a record? Tim Goodyer discusses the effects of the media upon which music is recorded on the music itself.

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As musical equipment evolves, so does the music that is made with it. But what of the musicians - how is their evolution determined by a microchip?

The Atari ST may currently be the most popular music computer, but a lot of music software is still being pioneered on the Apple Mac. Mike Collins visited MacWorld '89 for the latest musical developments.