Keyboard player to Rainbow, Black Sabbath and now Ozzy Osbourne, Don talks to Tim Oakes about his keyboards, how to Bark At The Moon, and life on the road with a werewolf...

Home recording heroes.

Modular synthesis

A plaintive request for a return to modular synthesis, what it means and what it can do for the creative musician.

Why isn't everybody happy with 16-bit sampling? Why are 20 bits better than 16? Kendall Wrightson looks at the technology in the latest generation of analogue-to-digital convertors.

Behringer De-Noiser

Give your recordings a spring clean

PCM Personal Keyboard

Far-Eastern giants Matsushita have now transferred their PCM-encoded instrument voices from console organs to personal keyboards. Nigel Gomme analyses how elegantly the transition has been accomplished.

Big Country's Mark Brzezicki tells how

Simmons Electronic Drums + Sequencer, Rick Palmer gets switched on

Oberheim Matrix 6

A six-voice version Matrix 12 for £1700? Yes, it’s true. Oberheim’s polysynth for the masses gets a rapturous welcome from a penniless Simon Trask.

Assorted items of news, nonsense and things people wish they hadn't said.

The latest from downtown trade and productsville

Jo Callis explains how one of popular music's top bands works

SynthCheck

A sampling synth for less than £180? Jim Betteridge stands back in amazement.

All the latest info on tomorrow's gear, and more free details if you need them.

Sound module giant test

E-mu Proteus FX, Korg X3R, Yamaha TG300 do battle

news from the front

new gear news

One of America’s leading session players takes a breather between TOA equipment demonstrations, and takes Tim Goodyer into his confidence over MIDI and a few of the behind-the-scenes goings-on in its administration.

Synthcheck

Mills and Boon. Tony Mills finds a love to last a lifetime