Bass Sounds

Fostex Foundation 2000

DrumCheck

A cardboard kit? That doesn't need tuning? And professionals love? Bob Henrit has the facts

N.A.M.M. Winter Market at Anaheim

A special guitar report from the N.A.M.M. show

And what news there is. A special preview on the Frankfurt fair, lifting the veil on 1987's most important gear.

Grand Piano

For everyone who's ever wished they could play their favourite synthesiser patch from a grand piano, Yamaha have the answer. Simon Trask discovers that old and new technology can co-exist in harmony.

An interview with Ralf Hutter

...And finally

the great acoustic guitar revival

An Avalanche of new gear will be hitting the shops soon, following the British Music Fair. MUSIC U.K. brings you a complete look at what's on the way

A friend and protege of Klaus Schulze, Robert Schroder builds his own equipment, and is much more than a Schulze clone.

With their second album just released, Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe take a rest to talk here about the trials of their rise to fame, and their musical and equipment plans for the future. Dan Goldstein (a trifle agog) listens in...

A big Austrian event that focuses on electronic music.

bass and guitar talk

Tascam M2600

Cosmopolitan eight-buss console

The world-conquering sound of Ronnie James' band rests on its rock solid rhythm section. Tony Reed talks to the men who make the Dio metal machine move

Ben Duncan explains this most useful gadget.

U.K.'s top drummer on skins v. synths

Keyboardcheck

More money means Mirage-mangling, maybe? Tony Mills sizes up the latest sampling supersynth

Synth Module

Synth Revival, Sounds Realistic, er... Stop Rashes

The Rupert Hine Approach to Record Producing

You may be surprised to learn that as a producer, Rupert Hine has some sixty-five albums credited to him, though it is only in recent times that his name has started to mean anything outside of the record business. Something that has come about largely through his successful associations with Howard Jones and Tina Turner. David Etheridge chatted to him in the studio about his career to date and his approach to record production.

how the world's only remaining non-MIDI keyboard was developed

As musicians demand ever more from their samplers, Akai replace the studio-standard S900 with an enhanced machine. Vic Lennard samples the march of progress.

Engineer Jim Ebdon shares some secrets about getting a heavy live sound, and Andrew Levy explains the band’s approach to recording