Simon Croft interviews the versatile Gerry Kitchingham whose track record includes work with A-Ha.

Resident 'DJ' Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Explains his complex minimalism

Talks guitars, amps and playing to Tony Bacon

Not a household name perhaps, but this man is behind quite a lot of musical projects that you will no doubt recognise - as Janet Angus explains.

Alesis Quadraverb 2

New version of multi-effects classic

Digital Audio For The Atari ST

Kendall Wrightson examines an inexpensive Atari-based tapeless recorder offering digital audio editing, plus MIDI controlled hard disk recording with Notator/Creator, Cubase/Cubeat or Virtuoso.

Passport AudioTrax

MIDI and hard disk recording on the Mac for only £260? It sounds too good to be true, but Paul Wiffen pinches himself and finds he is awake!

Keyboards — the next generation.

Take It From The Top

Tony Mills with more up and downmarket software

Cassette magazine

A potted history of this popular electronic music cassette magazine, by its co-founder Dennis Emsley

the instrumental side of touring

When you come across a hi-tech band who won't even use commercial synths for fear of being imitated, they must have something special to protect. Simon Trask pays a visit to Leeds to check out the mysterious Nightmares on Wax.

A Software Sequencing Tutorial

Continuing from last month's step-by-step guide to sequencer recording, we look at the more advanced features and facilities of a typical sequencing system.

Over The Tracks With The Big Express

making The Big Express and strumming guitars

with MEH and the roadies of rock's greatest band.

in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Session player Julian Colbeck tells the tale of how he got the gig as support keyboard player for Rick Wakeman on the recent Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe world tour, and runs through the instrumentation he and Rick used on stage.

Why has this top record producer - the man behind Culture Club's phenomenal success on vinyl - given up using the Fairlight in favour of a Steinberg Pro-24 system? Why is he so upset about the myths that surround digital recording? Ralph Denyer went along to Levine's new studio to find out...

Whether you like his music or not, nobody can knock Paul McCartney's achievements as the world's most successful songwriter. In a rare interview he talks to Patrick Humphries about the music, recordings and personalities that combined to produce his first solo album for three years - 'Press To Play'.

Breaking a prolonged silence, one of the eighties' most successful solo pop songwriters talks to Tim Goodyer about his new home, his new album, and an ever-expanding collection of synthesisers.

Yet another selection of recently announced new products to whet your appetite!

Software for the Atari ST

This is the first British pro music software to be released for the Atari ST range of computers, and the first to really make full use of the Atari's GEM graphics operating system, according to the manufacturer. Martin Russ checks out their claims.

The cousin of Kevin tells Richard Walmsley of his life as a lone tone

Lexicon PCM 80

Studio reverb, sucessor to the PCM 70