Rockfield has a long and colourful history stretching back to the era of hippies and free festivals. Paul White finds out what goes on there now.

DrumCheck

Argent's Bob Henrit takes a Pearl kit apart

Puts the home in home recording.

Upcoming systems music composer chats to Simon Trask about modern technology, Renaissance music and Belgian pop.

Why the valve gave way to the transistor. And why some people still don't believe it.

Add-ons for small computers are getting more and more professional in their facilities, their quality and their presentation, as Chris Jenkins discovers.

Budget 24-Track

Syntron Software

Trish McGrath investigates a software package for the Commodore 64 dedicated to the delicate art of rhythm programming. It sounds better than you'd think.

Cool notes, hot gossip and tepid talk

Accessorycheck

More preset voices for FM fans. Curtis Schwartz takes his ROMs home

Gig Tactics

famous names relate horror stories

Milton Keynes adman draws up Draughtsman's Contract

Bill Nelson compiles a desert island discography.

five stars pick their fave sounds

Vince Clarke, Jon Lord, Steve Levine, Bill Nelson, John Foxx... five heroes of the keyboard nominate their favourite synth tracks and sounds

Greengate DS3

With the DS 3 - a sound-sampling expansion for the Apple II computer. Access to expensive sounds at a reasonable price.

They're a brilliant Soul band. A dub-Reggae band. An avant-garde band. And they don't know how they do it. Or do they? Tony Reed asks the questions...

Pro-Amp Viper 100 watt Combo: Dual-Concentric amp for Influential Circles?

Stereo enhancer

It may be a monster but it can breathe life into your mix

Atari ST Software

Using a Roland MT32 or any Roland CM modules and looking to get into sequencing on an Atari? Ian Waugh reckons that there's a particular piece of software you should check out.

Bob Henrit tours the Zildjian factory, looking at success cymbals

Fuses