Budget 24-Track

One for the DIY fans. In this new series, Martin Russ penetrates deep into the heart of MIDI equipment and explores how they work, what chips they use and more...

Madness man Woody gets home and turns on the eight-track. Jonathan James peers in the window

Recording Electric Guitar

How to get the best in your studio from an electric guitar.

Angel Recordings

Angel Recordings, Hull.

Bass Guitar and how to record it.

Dave Stewart

Eurythmics’s main man rips the lid off

Paul White again, with the first in a new series on ensuring your immaculate recording isn't ruined by a mediocre mix. This month: what not to do with mixing desks and outboard processors.

With the increased use of direct-injected sound sources like drum machines on modern recordings, the role of the humble noise gate has gradually shifted from a purely corrective to a creative one. Sound engineer Dave Lockwood discovered even more creative applications when he tested this American four-channel expander/gate from US Audio.

John Foxx at his studio

or: What to do 'til your processor arrives.

Tanrak System

The first of a two-part review of Tantek's rack-mounting signal processors. Ian Waugh looks at a modular system that comes ready-built or in kit form for construction enthusiasts.

Digital Drum Machine

Paul Colbert decides that the smaller brother of the R100 digital drum machine is a very clever piece of work.

Build a sync to MIDI interface

Take the successful MIDIverb, remove the MIDI bit, reduce the number of programs to 16, and you've got the cheapest digital reverb in the world. Paul White lends it an ear.

Syco's Analogue to Digital Interface is less than half the price of its nearest competitor. But does it match the quality? We investigate.

Vie Marshall raps with the bad young brother himself about Ataris, Creator and reader-friendly manuals

All the latest topical bulletins from the trade

According to Turnkey

Getting started on a project to build a MIDI interface for a BBC micro and a DX21 synth

An Empty Wallet

Budget effects units for those of us with tight wallets.

Noise reduction is an essential part of any professional recording; but there's more than one way of providing it and more than one way of using it. Silence is golden to Vic Lennard.

Simon Croft interviews the versatile Gerry Kitchingham whose track record includes work with A-Ha.

Vie Marshall talks to record producer Simon Harris, but will he show her his Yo-Yo?