Casio CT6000

Casio's CT6000. A first foray into the pro market.

Making Music's perfect dealer speaks (grunts, actually).

Keyboards

No free ads for the Superman film here (woops), but the dynamic Duo from Hohner (Pianet and Clavinet combined) finds favour with frolicking Dave Crombie.

The problems and thrills of shopping around for the best deal for your first piece of public vinyl, by Paul Riley, bass player for Survivor.

Your sequencer could be having more of an effect on your music than your synths do. Wilf Smarties wonders whether you should be giving your MC50 a co-writing credit...

American pitch-to MIDI

The place where MT readers exchange synth sounds with their fellow programmers; this month's featured instruments include the Akai AX73, the EMS AKS, and the Ensoniq ESQ1. Plus an assessment of storing sound data on CD.

Guitars

Guitars in ES&CM? There's a reason... as we look at the Bond and Steinberger guitars.

Programmable Percussion Machine

The Latin percussion variant of Korg's new budget drum machine duo comes under the scrutiny of Trish McGrath. Is its beauty more than skin deep?

A brief look at the basics of this important synchronisation system.

Alan Hoida road tests a portable video studio.

Lighting Effects on Stage — Update

Phil 'Princess DIY' Walsh sheds a little light on stage effects

BETT '92

Paul Gilby reports from the show devoted to educational technology.

Sampling Classic Electro Sounds

Nothing seems to be more demanding of a sampler than the sound of the bass drum on a TR808 drum machine. Why should a piece of primitive retro-tech pose problems for so many respectable and apparently ultimate quality machines? Wilf Smarties explains.

Upcoming electronic music products and events.

Every sussed studio should have one - which?

Prophet 2000

An exclusive preview of Sequential's attempt at combining an analogue polysynth with a digital sampling keyboard. It could turn the market on its head yet again, says Dan Goldstein.

PART 2: Microphones. David Mellor cuts through the mythology of microphone techniques with some practical advice.

JHS Tubeman

Guitar DI/Preamp with wider applications

Want to write a masterpiece? Who doesn't, but will this 32-track sequencer software package from Sonus for the Atari ST, be helpful in any way? David Mellor puts away his quill pen and manuscript paper and attempts a quick concerto...

One of the first and principal exponents of computer music interviewed.

Computer music at Goldsmith's College