Jim Murphy

Rural recordee in Farmhouse sex romp with raving reporter

Lexicon PCM70

Paul White gets to grips with the first digital reverb to be fully touch-sensitive over MIDI, and finds it throws a whole load of additional effects into the bargain.

We know something that you don't...

life histories for Gibsons jazz guitars

Modular Mixing Console

Does Soundcraft's new 200 Delta mixer succeed in being all things to all men? David Mellor finds out...

Magneto-optical Disk Recorder

Akai's DD1000 Magneto-optical recorder applies state-of-the-art technology to four-track dedicated digital editing. Vic Lennard sees the light at the end of the sample.

Etcetera

Looks like Fender without Leo is a bit like the Four Seasons without Frankie Vivaldi (anagram - 14 letters).

It's the latest. It's the greatest. It's the mostest. Oops

news from the equipment world

Another way of programming.

MX8 MIDI Patchbay/Processor

With so many low-cost MIDI-equipped units around, the days when you could make do with a Thru box and a few cables are long gone. A MIDI patchbay is now an essential purchase, and one of the best is the MX8 MIDI Patchbay/Processor from Digital Music Corp. Tony Hastings checks it out.

Music Transcription Program

Writing out full scores and individual parts for fellow musicians used to be a slavish occupation for a skilled select few. Now, with the benefit of low cost computers and music transcription programs like this one from DR.T, almost anyone can produce professional results that don't cost the earth. Amanda Stuart explores.

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

AKG K240DF headphones and AKG C535EB mic

Mike Skeet gives us his opinion on these monitor quality headphones. Are they really an alternative to mixing on speakers? Next he takes a look at the C535EB microphone.

Additions To Traditions

Tony Mills rips the lid off the latest in the land of the electrode; updates for Yamaha's CX5M, Greengate's DS:3, and the ever-popular Speccy.

MTR 6:4:2

A budget 6:4:2 mixer that is neither short on features nor costs the earth.

Where everything clicks

If it doesn’t work, it’s in the help file

National Music Day

Part 2: Mike Lethby prepares for National Music Day.

Full of Audio Promise

Modern developments in audio reproduction

Software for the Atari ST

This program could clear a few creative cobwebs and give your music a bit of a boost.

SMPTE/MIDI Processor

From soft to hard - Steinberg's latest package is a hardware combination of MIDI patchbay, merger, synchroniser and SMPTE reader rolled into one. It operates as a stand-alone unit or in conjunction with an Atari ST micro. But is it all that it's cracked up to be? Mark Badger investigates.