Shareware & Public Domain software

Mountains of useful programs can be yours for nothing! Well, it's a public service, innit? declares Ian Waugh.

Software for the Amiga

Dr T's programmers probably sieep as often as rust. Ian Waugh boots up the latest version of the successful Copyist scorewriting program - and finds that it's running on his Amiga.

Martyn Ware flatters Fairlights

Etcetera

Moog Series III

Moog's musical mountain - re-appraised

If you rely on the electric guitar in your recording but daren't annoy the neighbours, then this is what you've been dreaming about.

Although Michael Nyman's name and music became known through Peter Greenaway's extraordinary films, Prospero's Books may see not just the peak but also the end of their creative partnership. But Nyman has other strings to his bow, as Mark J. Prendergast discovers.

Software for the Apple Macintosh

Few software houses have been in the music business as long as Passport, yet only now have they designed a package for the sophisticated Apple Macintosh. Jim Burgess checks it out.

keyboard cures

Don Larking guides you through the various equipment that goes to make up a home studio.

Sony DTC77ES Four-Head DAT Recorder

Four heads can be better than one — and they needn't tax your overdraft, as Derek Johnson discovers with Sony's latest DAT recorder.

What the hell's a MIDI Performance System? David Mellor does his level best to explain.

The live workaholics explain to Andy Hughes that success is more than image-deep

Nicholas Rowland guides us through the tricky process of choosing the best sequencer for our money

Multiple Loops & Timestretch

In this final part of the series, Akai product specialist Steve Howell explores sample editing using multiple loops, and the S1000’s new timestretch feature.

Lots of chords, including the diminished fifth modified dominant seventh.

Back in 1985, Propaganda made an astonishing debut with 'Dr. Mabuse' and the classic album 'A Secret Wish'. After years of silence, a split with ZTT records, and the departure of three-quarters of the original line-up, Michael Mertens is back with a new-look Propaganda, and feeds the party line to Nigel Humberstone.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the world of music software.

David Mellor straps on his vintage Stratocaster and plugs into the effects unit of the future.

who does it where to whom and with what

Programmable Polysynth with Sequencer

The Californians introduce a followup to the inventive but mixed-bag SixTrak. Simon Trask checks it out.