Archimedes Software

The Archimedes computer continues its bid for musical acceptance with Armadeus - a hardware/software package that allows it to sample sound. Ian Waugh goes soft on sampling.

Atari ST Sampler

If you fancy turning the processing power of your Atari ST to the delicate art of sampling, AVR's Pro-Series 12 could be for you. Vic Lennard soft samples.

Sampling The Emulator

Share reality with Culture Club producer Steve Levine, the Attractions' Steve Nieve, and keyboard whizz Dave Stewart.

Archimedes Software

It's been a long time coming, and there have been problems along the way, but there's now a pro sequencer for Acorn's Archimedes. Ian Waugh opens Pandora's box.

Have you always wanted a 24-track studio but could never afford the gear? Well now, maybe you can. David Mellor looks at a package of equipment that offers 24 tape tracks at a budget price.

...Including the A-Z of Analogue

PC Hard Disk Recording System

It's British designed and built, but is it the best?

MIDI is often perceived as being incredibly complicated, but learning to use it can be quite painless.

This is brilliant — a program that'll generate random patches for the DX21. Well weird!

Sound Mastering

Ace Records' re-mastering engineers reveal the secrets of acoustic restoration

Akai DR4d Hard Disk Recorder

Offering 4 tracks of instantaneous cut-and-paste, Akai's £1600 digital recorder looks like being a real winner.

The Padded Cell

The Padded Cell give Pat Hunt the hard sell

Opcode Claire

Music tuition on the Mac

...and Phil South stays friends with his Amiga.

Three jam-packed pages of hot new products.

Moog Multimoog

In trying to follow the immortal Minimoog, Moog produced a series of innovative mono synths. Peter Forrest & Tim Goodyer revive two of the best.

Score writer for the PC

Settling scores on the PC

Although expensive, digital audio workstations are a pointer to the kind of features we can expect to see on the next generation of 'affordable' hi-tech instruments. Craig Anderton takes a look at one of the very latest workstations to appear, the AudioFrame.

News of the latest activity on the musicians' electronic communications network.

What happens after MIDI? The question has often been asked but never answered. Scott "Compatibility" Wilkinson looks into a system that incorporates MIDI and a whole lot more.

The second, and final part of Jay Chapman's Monitor program for E&MM's own BBC-MIDI interface. This month's instalment gives the program listing and explains how it was written.

An extended feature this month to incorporate many of the new products shown at NAMM and the Frankfurt Music Fair.