From the American Dr Ts comes an Atari ST program capable of additive, FM, AM and multiwaveform synthesis as well as sample editing. Chris Meyer asks if facilities are everything.

How to record a cheap live album — an easy way out with direction courtesy Richard Elen.

Guitarcheck

That familiar old shape with an unfamiliar appendage

A European music co-operative explained by Henry Cow/Art Bears percussionist Chris Cutler.

What's new in the world of the Micro Musician

Gossip, chit-chat, bitching and backchat from the 'Biz. It's all here

Composer and studio owner Guy Fletcher had a dream: 'The European Suite' was the end result. Ted Fletcher details the work that went into its recording.

Programmable MIDI Patchbay

When your MIDI setup starts to look more like NASA's mission control than a music studio, a MIDI patchbay is essential. Vic Lennard tests one of the best.

A chance to check out some of the forthcoming new products that might tempt you to dig deeper into your pockets later this year.

Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Pat Benatar and AMM

Guitars For £150

Begin with a Bargain — reckon a new guitar for less than £150? We show you how

Texas Blues

Twelve-bars and whisky bars

The Texas TMS 5220 Speech Chip comes under scrutiny.

One Dove: Recording Their Debut Album

Martyn Ware flatters Fairlights

MIDI Sample Dump Standard

Chris Meyer reports on a new system that could revolutionise the way we treat sound samples - the MIDI Sample Dump Standard - and uncovers its usage in the Prophet 2000 sampler.

CD ROM Player

Expensive it maybe, but CD ROM storage is one way of making a sampler a much more powerful instrument. And if you're using a Roland S550, it may not be as expensive as you think, as Simon Trask discovers.

David Mellor concludes his 2-part review of the latest version of Steinberg's Cubase sequencing software with an investigation of some of its more complex features: the IPS, MIDI Mixer, and Logical Editing.

New products from the States

Software for the Atari ST

The competition for an industry-standard sequencing program to accompany the industry-standard computer hots up, as Simon Trask finds out when he picks up the mouse on C-Lab's contender.

British Music Fair '84

What captured our attention at the recent British Music Fair in London.

from Banshees to Creatures