The techno punk duo on U2, sampling theft, virtual reality, CDI, and getting the machines to rock.

Drums get beaten, synths tinkled and demos hammered in the encapsulated everything section this month

Designer Paul Williams outlines the construction of a simple project to simulate damped-string effects on both guitars and synthesisers. A complete kit of parts is available direct from E&MM.

house of valves

John Morrish listens to the radio

who controls the radio waves?

The Prefab Spirit

the screening of Steve McQueen

The Fall and Rise of Technology in Music

Steering this magazine through the '80s made Dan Goldstein a prominent character in the music industry. Putting aside 90 Minutes he gives a personal view of the last decade in music, technology and Music Technology.

Second instalment: the bender gets acne.

Acid jazz of the counter-culture

Northern electronic music exponent Ian Boddy answers questions from Tim Goodyer about the recording of his new album, live performance, and music synthesis.

Tucked away in one corner of the Frankfurt Music Fair was an astonishing sound-sampling device with origins in Eastern Europe. Paul White and Dan Goldstein have managed to get their hands on the first model to appear in the West.

Life after Limahl

In a world that's constantly changing

If the major record companies won't give you the deal you know you deserve, you could do worse than to do it yourself. David Bradwell investigates the pros and cons of pressing your own single.

Digital Audio

How tapeless recording works and what advantages it has over conventional recording systems.

Much has been said on the subject of MIDI delays, but so far the truth has been difficult to uncover beneath a flurry of rumour and debate. Chris Meyer gives us the lowdown.

Readers' replies to the second half of our survey, analysed by David Ellis.

Marlin Spiked and loads more new goodies inside

Digidesign SampleCell II

Mac-driven sampling re-defined

Playing with Time

MCS stands for MIDI Controlled Sampler, E&MM's most exciting build-it-yourself project yet. Tim Orr gets the ball rolling with a discussion of the effects this Powertran unit can be used to produce.

Minimalist extraordinaire

An ex-music critic turns prolific avant garde composer and finds himself in demand from the Time Out fraternity. Dan Goldstein talks to the man everyone calls a systems music composer—wrongly.

I used to work with this prat once who thought that I'd mis-spelt compleat when I used it in an article - sometimes you just can't win, can you? Dave Hastilow, however, is well sussed and brings you sound at a stroke.

A survey of electronic treatments