Mirage

An exclusive review of the Mirage Sampling Synth — A price breakthrough?

Roger Wilson.

Scales and hints on pedal playing

Scales in their various forms, including Major, Minor and Chromatic, and some helpful hints for pedal board players.

pop under the hammer

Another year, another host of hardware to look back on. We take you through the goodies and the baddies that came out during '84, just in case you missed any of them.

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

the hot American bass

Software for Sinclair Spectrum

Music software for the Sinclair Spectrum is alive and well. Simon Trask reports on a ten-track sequencer package from Swedish company 10 Systems.

Alan Townsend braves an interview

A fresh look at the production model of the Akai S612 MIDI controlled sound sampler by Steve Howell.

The long-awaited inclusion of a protocol to allow MIDI control of multitrack tape machines is just one of the recent additions to the MIDI spec. Vic Lennard offers a MIDI update.

PA History

Gibson Explorer Synth

If you want Roland guitar synth sounds, you can now choose what guitar you use to play them. Paul White looks at a Gibson with a difference.

Repairing MOSFET Power Amplifiers

Power Amp Surgery

Martin Russ checks out this update to the popular ST Replay sampler.

Kendall Wrightson reports from the Mac front line.

Recording Tips

KeyboardCheck

The big sampling surprise from Frankfurt gets the Curtis Schwartz seal of approval

How to be an engineer, what happened at these two trade shows and why John Lennon would turn in his grave

Northern electronic music exponent Ian Boddy answers questions from Tim Goodyer about the recording of his new album, live performance, and music synthesis.

Don Larking