A look at what's new in the recording and hi-tech equipment fields including Applied Microsystem's new synchroniser, Oberheim's rack-mount Matrix-6 expander and more...

Future Memories Live

We analyse his 'Future Memories Live' LP.

At home with the semi-detached Georgians

Geoff Mitcham's account of how he set up his own mobile recording studio.

Mobile One

A spotlight on Europe's largest mobile studio and its home base in London.

If you want something done, sometimes you've just got to do it yourself... Genie Cosmas explains why and how she recorded and released 'Rep Sunset', her band's debut album.

YESTERYEAR'S GEAR: fender duo sonic guitar

a classic fender guitar with a dixons price-tag

John Foxx at his studio

the experts help

Still in his early 30s, yet a man who's worked with The Police, Genesis, Bowie and McCartney, Padgham is one of the most successful young producers in the world. Paul Tingen coaxes him into revealing a few secrets.

A worthy successor to the long running 250 and at no extra cost.

Moog Taurus Pedals

Ultimate bass? Legendary synth pioneers Moog once made the best bass synth on the planet: Paul Ward reassesses the power of Taurus in the light of '90s bass mania.

interacting with the future

This month’s words on future worlds

Trish McGrath gets the lowdown on a whole stack of readers' own synth sounds, while Paul Wiffen gives an appraisal of a new library of samples for the Ensoniq Mirage.

Francinstien Stereo Enhancement System

A deity speaks

From the profound to the downright silly, we wind up a year's chit-chat

The column that throbs, the finger on the pulse

At great risk to the magazine’s circulation, we present a guide to spending your evenings playing music instead of reading about it. Your local may never be the same again.

In the last part of Ben Duncan's series, he examines the acoustic properties on Live End/Dead End studios.

SynthCheck

A sampling synth for less than £180? Jim Betteridge stands back in amazement.

Simon Jeffes, leader of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, loves acoustic instruments...so why are we talking to him? Because we think he's got some pretty sound theories...