Studio Test

A new name to challenge the Auratones of this world? Curtis Schwartz reports

Build and modify this versatile effects unit

Just when you thought all DDLs were the same, Ibanez come up with a budget model that still manages to incorporate a maximum delay time of over three-and-a-half seconds. Review by Paul White.

John Renwick gives in to the temptation of the MTR Series III mixer

Sound Workshop

Paul White takes you on a guided tour of the features and facilities of a typical multitrack mixer.

Part three.

Keyboard Mixer/Cassette Recorder

Generating envelopes

interactive music controllers

You move - it programs. A first step towards virtual reality music?

Sound Workshop

What's a compressor? Why do you need one? How do you use it? Paul White reveals all.

Spirit Folio Lite

Miniature mixer

Bokse US-8 Synchroniser

This British product solves a surprising number of interfacing problems between machines designed to run on different time code systems. Peter Roythorne investigates.

A really neat 16 into four mixing desk.

Mackie 1202 Compact Mixer

Mackie Designs' 1202 mixer offers supreme flexibility, and the same standard of design and construction that distinguished the 1604. Dave Lockwood finds proof that the best things come in small packages.

A simple-to-build project that lets you match the recording levels of your mixer and multitrack tape recorder.

MIDI Patchbay Processor

From America: a 1U-high black box which combines MIDI patching, merging and processing capabilities. Vic Lennard encounters a new twist in MIDI processing.

Practical hints and tips for the modern recording musician. Martin Russ shares some of his hi-tech pearls of wisdom.

More sounds, less pounds