The Frankfurt Finale, courtesy of Curtis Schwartz

Kendall Wrightson rounds off his introduction to SMPTE with a look at its application in modern music production as exemplified by a synchronisation unit - the Friend Chip SRC.

A sampling delay/effects controller from TC Electronics, news of Roland's MKS100 'sampler in a box', a new range of micro effects from Akai, Audio Kinetics' Striper, Studiomaster Series III and Yamaha mixers are amongst the new crop of forthcoming products that you can read about here.

A rundown of the new products shown at the recent Frankfurt Music Fair.

Bel BD320 sampling delay

Ambiance

Ambiance 16/24-track studios

Datel Sound Sampler

Datel's Spectrum-compatible Sound Sampler offers a genuine introduction to the techniques of sound sampling. We listen in.

Samplercheck

Jim Betteridge gets sample minded again

Clock Recording Studios

Chris Maillard Clocks on to report on a new recordenhaus

SynthCheck

Tony Mills toys with the latest Korgi and gets enthusiastic

Reverberation - the key to professional recordings - is fully explained. How it's created, and how to use it.

Drums, Guitars, Effects, Keyboards

The Chocolate Factory

Wussell 'Wonka' Webb wins a visit to the Chocolate Factory

ART RXR Elite

Programmable reverb

A few words from the editor on how he uses, misuses and abuses effects.

Studio 99

Richard Walmsley takes a ferry across the Thames to this Woolwich based eight-track facility.

Kevin Hook

Kevin Hook describes his home recording set-up.

A preview of some of the goodies soon to be hitting our shops.

Korg DW8000 Polysynth

Korg's flagship poly gets a touch-sensitive keyboard, a built-in DDL, and a lot more besides. Simon Trask concludes it’s what the DW6000 should have been all along.

MDB Window Recorder

A specialised sampler for specialised tasks — but will the arrival of cheaper sampling keyboards diminish this rack-mount unit’s appeal? Annabel Scott finds out.

Alan Townsend braves an interview