Wendy Carlos still loves digital synthesis. Through her pioneering soundtrack work on movies like Tron, and her synthesised interpretations of the classics, she has done as much as Jarre, Kraftwerk and Eno in making synthesisers both respectable and popular. She also used to be Walter Carlos. Daniel Rue investigates

What to expect at the Big Show in June

Beyond the Groove

A plethora of new hi-tech products to whet your appetite.

Behringer De-Noiser

Give your recordings a spring clean

Neville Unwin talks to Talk Talk about their approach to music.

AES Convention 1988

Los Angeles' recent AES convention pointed the way ahead for recording technology. Bob O'Donnell takes a trip to the fair and finds the rides to his liking.

MTR have designed their own pro noise gate and it turns in a very convincing performance.

Mike Collins reports on what's new for Macintosh owners at the recent Mac World show in the States

Where everything clicks

Your questions answered

Yamaha PS6100

The Yamaha PS6100 - portable F.M. power to the People.

Exclusive instrument review

Eastern Intrigue

A last visit to the land of micro-chips and rice crackers. Simon Trask pays an enquiring visit to the Yamaha organisation before waving a fond farewell to the rising sun.

Your chance to catch up on the latest releases from the world of hi-tech music and recording.

Pete Harris, engineer, producer and programmer talks to Paul White about working in the Zomba empire.

Sound quality has long been a grey area in the world of sampling. Chris Meyer finds out it takes more than "bits" to make a sampler sound good.

A round-up of the best recording-related books on the market.

...And finally

With DAT poised to make the leap from the professional recording studio to the high street, David Mellor looks at the benefits of the format to home recording.

Although the title 'maintenance engineer' does not have the glamour of 'producer', it is an essential job. Paul Ward tells us why.

Who says multitrack hard disk recording has to cost the earth? Digidesign's Deck allows four tracks of digital audio to be played back and mixed on a Macintosh II, with full 16-bit/44.1khz digital fidelity. Paul D. Lehrman investigates.

Straight to the source, Jon Lewin quizzes Sennheiser technicians on what goes where.

Mint Jam Studios

A new breed of studio is emerging, ignoring the major record companies and putting their own product out there... Mint Jam is one of them