Computer control for MIDI-equipped instruments

The originator of acid house claims the secrets of good music are feel and emotion rather than a Roland Bassline and an Akai sampler. Simon Trask gets in the mood.

Aphex Aural Exciter Type C

Adventure on the high Cs.

Equipment

Synthcheck

A remote keyboard and modules with frighteningly good sounds

Nev Barker explains the workings of his private studio and why the name met with so much resistance.

World of music and dance

A brief look at the new bits and pieces that make life interesting.

are today's micros really helping

Digital Delay, Dynamic Control and Arpeggiation emerge from the MIDI jungle. Paul Gilby observes this rare species.

The latest gear

Recording Electric Guitar

Recording electric guitar; the theory and practice behind miking up guitar amps.

CMC 24 Mixer

On the cheapest computer-assisted mixer yet, the AHB CMC 24. We take a look.

New products from the music business

Copies of Fender Precisions and Gibson Les Pauls perused, praised, panned and punctiliously plucked by our hand-picked panel of perspicacious pickers.

Part 1: The Casio CZ Series

Baffled by MIDI Mode 4 on the Casio CZ synths? Paul Wiffen plots a path through one of modern technology's minefields, and explains how to get the best from it.

On the Emax Hard Disk Sampler

Unlike some samplers, Emax has stayed the course since its introduction over 18 months ago and has developed into a mature, well groomed specimen. Having released a Hard Disk version of the machine almost a year ago, Emu Systems have recently given Emax yet another lease of life with their Spectrum Synthesis upgrade, which turns the sampler into a powerful additive synthesizer. David Hughes tries it out

The Return Of The Single Effects Unit?

David Mellor looks at an effects processor which can't produce three dozen effects simultaneously. Is this the start of a new trend?

Interactive music workstation

The workstation bites the bullet and goes all the way, with sophisticated auto-accompaniment to add to the i3's already copious features based on the X3.

Exclusive interview with all three ecstatic persons, who chat amiably about office fave "Skylarking".

Glorious finale

He's Welsh