Multitapped Analogue Delay

More in the budget effects saga-an analogue delay line with a difference.

As a humble home studio hopeful who has never pointed a mic in earnest at anything outdoors before, James Walters goes in search of the basic equipment.

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

Paul Freeman gets composing with this notation package for the Amstrad

A Guide to Recording, Electronic Music and Popular Music Courses in Britain

The first ever published guide to all Recording, Electronic Music and Music Courses available in Britain today.

Want to be a recording engineer? Terry Holton provides an insight into the audio and video production training courses offered by London-based Media Production Services.

Musicians & Health

250 players reply to a smoking, drinking and drugs questionnaire

Our regular round-up of whats new in the world of hi-tech music and recording.

Steinberg Cubase Lite and C-Lab Notator Alpha Sequencers

Cubase Light and Notator Alpha are both streamlined versions of their more costly counterparts, designed to make MIDI sequencing on the Atari ST more approachable.

Gerry Taylor

start of a three month OTT investigation into recording desks. This issue - eight mixers up to £600

The Changing Scene

He's Welsh

An interview with one of Britain's most gifted keyboard players and programmers. He takes us through the various electronic instruments he's owned, and gives some insight into how to go about programming such complex polysynths as the Yamaha CS80 and Rhodes Chroma.

Accusations of replacing "real" musicians have shifted from drum machine to sampler, but there may be other changes upon us. Steve Wright investigates the significance of the sequencer.

Boogie Down Productions

music with a message from KRS-One

Sound engineer Gareth Stuart assesses this budget-conscious range of performance microphones.

A visit to a massive show devoted solely to this innovative micro, and a look at some of the hardware and software on display there.

The tuition course that breaks the barriers

WAP Spells Tuition — Lorna Read Investigates Music Course

for the Apple Mac

Ian Waugh logs in to a new Mac program that's a virtual CD player and virtually a sampler, allowing you to build your own library of alternatives to that irritating monkey squeak. What you do with your existing CD remote control is your own affair

Bob Dormon finds the Royal Academy moving with the times

Atari ST Software

This ST music analysis program was designed for educational use, but it also has the power to compose music to order. Tim Goodyer discovers one of pop's best-kept secrets.

Bosendorfer Recorder

When one of the world's most famous grand-piano manufacturers starts getting involved with digital sequence recording, the world had better take notice. Simon Croft reports.