Hard Disks & Hard Facts

Systems programmer and musician David Hughes reveals the hard facts about hard disks.

Sample Editing Via Midi

Why is it there are so many computer-based sample editing packages being released? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they make working with a sampler considerably easier. Jay Chapman ponders their worth.

Steinberg Pro 16 Sequencer

It’s been a while coming, but now the Commodore 64 has a software package to rival the BBC’s UMI. Simon Trask checks out an incredible MIDI sequencer, and lists what it can do.

Ray Elder details a way of creating new programs of your own on Yamaha's TX7 expander without having to use a DX7. All you need is a Spectrum computer, some DX7 voice editing software and the free advice contained within this article!

How to line up your mixer and recorder for improved recordings.

An interesting name for a very interesting MIDI computer product from Flinton Instruments of Oxford. Jay Chapman tells you what it does and how it can be used.

Multimedia PC Sound Card

A visit to a massive show devoted solely to this innovative micro, and a look at some of the hardware and software on display there.

The hard facts

S1100 Expansion Unit

If a single S1100 isn't enough for you, Akai's S11OOEX offers an easy way to expand your sampling power. David Mellor meets an ideal partner for his main studio sampler.

This month: Farfisa to Fuller.

Brings news of a new British sound sampling drum machine, a digital signal processor from Eventide, and more.

Studios & Recording

Three pages of news including Bowie synthesisers and goodies from APRS.

LED Wall Art - Visual Environment Machine

As MIDI's failings become all too apparent to thousands of musicians, Roland take the bull by the horns and come up with four processing units to make life easier. Simon Trask gives them a trial run.

Mac Audio Utility

How To Save £54,800

Tony Mills makes a meal of the most interesting musical microprocessing around.

New synthesisers from across the Atlantic

for the BBC Micro

The first commercially-developed MIDI software for the BBC Micro is now being manufactured by Electromusic Research. David Ellis analyses its potential.

Chris Jenkins and Simon Trask examine the musical implications of Commodore’s 16-bit monster computer. Will it be simply a haven for the gamesters and the accountants, or will it find a place on the shelves of music shops?

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