Rhythmcheck

A neat effects pedal housing the sound of your choice

Two guys with a home studio and some racks of realty nice gear. Plus two albums of unique electronic music. Simon Trask meets them

Severed Heads mainman Tom Ellard in conversation with Dan Goldstein - no one in the modern music industry is safe.

David Yorath is one of those fortunate people who have turned their hobby of recording into a career. Paul White caught up with him at his studio.

We start a new series on synthesis for the complete beginner. Steve Howell is the man at the helm.

...was the title of The South Bank Show's much-criticised electronic music extravaganza of a couple of months back. Here the programme's musical consultant, composer Tim Souster, argues the case in favour of the show's content.

The price guide to end all price guides. This time, we return to drum machines and electronic drum kits, and find a lot has changed in three months.

...Beating Like This

...Beating Like This forever, and so Matt Isaacson's examination of "drum bugs" (and other nasties) and their applications for triggering electronic drum brains brings this series to a close.

Keyboard Mixer/Cassette Recorder

Producing String Sounds

A new in depth look at building up complex patches

Rikki Sylvan

Drumcheck

Bob Henrit models the modules of the separated Simmons

THE STORY OF AN INDEPENDENT RECORD

The story of how one of this country's lesser-known synthesists took the bold step of forming his own record label to independently release his fourth album 'Phoenix'. Paul Gilby documents the process.

Playing Live

Electronic music live - a special focus

SOS Online

Paul Gilby reports on SOS activities on the run-up to the launch of The Music Network.

Tomorrow's Technology Today

A talk on the cheap side as the duo explain the democratisation of electronic music, and what they use to achieve it. (Including a preview of the UMI-2B interface).

first news from the American gear show computer mailed from Chicago