Full circuit design for this very high quality, low-noise preamplifier.

Phil and Paul Hartnoll are Orbital, and their pioneering brand of user-friendly electronic dance music is a lot more fluid than the traffic on the motorway that prompted the name. So Phil Ward avoids the M25 and heads straight for the heart of the P&P music factory

Castleridge Studios

H&SR takes a look at its first Australian studio. The locals couldn't give a Castleridgexxx for anything else.

Instruments and Equipment

guitar jazz at a thrash

H&SR names the winners and Mark Fishlock reports on the proceedings.

The Mix's information bulletin board

David Bowie

Roland Juno 60, Roland SH-101, Korg Trident II

A rundown of the new products shown at the recent Frankfurt Music Fair.

Oktava MK011

Condenser mic from the East

Secondhand Polysynth Guide

Whether you can't afford to indulge yourself in this month's Polysynth Checklist or simply prefer something that's now out of production, E&MM's guide to things secondhand could save you a lot of time and trouble.

Tom Newman - tubular Tom raps with our own dread feller.

can have an Edge like this

The Edge describes sounds and styles

Gigsound

A British handmade acoustic for £195? — The Pilgrim made us suspicious - we checked it ruthlessly.

Just how these little boxes became part of our everyday life.

More bits that won't be at Frankfurt

We look at new bands with a buzz going on them. This month, Harlot and FBI

Atari ST Software

Recently we looked at the theoretic applications of fractal maths in music. This month Ian Waugh composes a complex number with this ST software...