Offended by the contents of Tim Goodyer's editorial? Think MT's music coverage should be extended to cover amateur musos? This and other readers' points covered in this month's letters pages.

What have a toasters called Jeffrey and Zippy and an anonymous rice cooker got in common with a collection of Wishbone Ash LPs? Check out this month's readers' letters for the answer.

More letters from the front: a dealer defends himself, a reader attacks the blank tape levy, onlookers rally to Steve Lipson's cause and pop and serious music clash over technology.

Samplers that dissect sound and the misrepresentation of acoustic instruments feature in this month's readers letters page - if you've got a problem or an opinion on music or hi-technology, this is your soap box.

Dear Anne Robinson, I've heard that Music Technology's readers' letters page is a hotbed of hi-tech intercourse, and yet it's freely available to children of all ages - can I order an extra copy?

It's old favourites time, with Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sampling ethics the main topics of debate in MT's letters page. Is sampling really the aesthetic and ethic of the age?

In this month's postbag there are letters about musical literacy, musical ability, musical creativity, musical integrity... And a fax for the Assistant Editor.

Judging by the calls and letters received at MTHQ, MT's back issues are a highly desirable commodity. Here's what you may have missed - one of life's few second chances.

The Write Stuff

In Tune info

You may know what the letters 'AAD' or 'DDD' on your CDs mean, but did you know that you won't be seeing them anymore? And just how much information is relevant or useful to the listener?

Man vs. Machine — Ed. Hits Out!

SOS Online

Paul Gilby reports on SOS on-line activities on Europe's new electronic communications system.

Learning morse by computer.

Supplementary Information

Further details on this unusual project.