Part 6: The final episode of our series for FM synth owners, in which Martin Russ removes the mystique from FM programming. Operators at the ready!

CEM 3372 - A Versatile Building Block

New CEM 3372 chip applications

Ben Duncan waxes lyrical in his own immortal style.

Using a Calculator to Find Frequencies From Notes and Vice Versa

More circuits for the practical musician

Hire Companies And R&D

Hire companies and R&D — Richard Goldblatt of Audio FX takes up the gauntlet recently thrown down by the British Record Producers' Guild.

Ampcheck

Paul Francis goes scouting for the cubs

Mini Manhattan semi-acoustic

If buying secondhand guitars fills you with dread, follow our fault and flaw guide to dodgy instruments.

Never mind Starwars fx, this is the war of the star fx. Vic Lennard patches in Yamaha's latest budget multi-fx unit and likes what he hears.

Sound Sampler for Sinclair Spectrum

If you've got access to a Spectrum, sound sampling can be yours for under £200. Mike Drane reports on a revolutionary British development.

Want to simulate clap effects without spending a small fortune? Paul White shows you how.

Chris Davis, Our Sax Maniac Reports

A new British company, Logitech, have just announced the world's cheapest pitch-tracking sampler. If you've a CV synth you'll be quids in — or will you? Paul White reports.

Recording guitar

Fade away and radiate with Primal Scream's engineer Brian O'Shaughnessy

Polyphonic synth

Miking applications for this novel transducer that will turn your electric bass 'acoustic'!

SDD-2000

Korg's sampling digital delay

Roland SDE330 Dimensional Delay

One of the smallest and cheapest practice amps ever - plus its own distortion effect for guitarists.

One Two listens to Stratists Jeff Beck, Adrian Belew and Richard Thompson. Plus a Hendrix compilation.