An exciting Music Maker special that uses state-of-the-art micro control.

How To Get Signed

Snatching that elusive deal — how four recent signings did it, and how you can too. Instant success story by Richard Walmsley (£3.5m advance, eight album deal)

Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare

Filling in the musical background, Ralph Denyer talks to Peter Tosh's back line, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

The Changing Scene

Dynamix Powermix II Powered Mixer

Just as MIDI itself has gone far beyond what its developers imagined, so MIDI Time Code has the potential to take MIDI technology into areas quite removed from the synthesis and sequencing worlds in which it has become so familiar. MTC user Paul D. Lehrman explains how.

(But Were Too Afraid To Ask!)

PART 11: Martin Russ explains how he overcame some puzzling MIDI problems on a Kawai R50 drum machine, and takes a SysEx eyes' view of the Alesis DataDisk.

If you undertook last month's project and converted your guitar to stereo, build a routing box to provide ultimate panning flexibility

Part 1: Martin Russ sets off on a wild and wacky expedition through the MIDI Programming Jungle.

CD player 3-way test

Denon, Pioneer, Vestax lock lasers

No television drama would be complete without a soundtrack, but how do you write them? Nicholas Rowland tunes in to the music channel.

First reviewed in prototype form over a year ago, the 360 has been the subject of some significant hardware modifications since then, and Paul White reports on a more recent production sample.

He was once the driving force behind Genesis, Yes and King Crimson, but now this brilliant percussionist has turned his attention to jazz - and new technology. Tim Goodyer talks to him.

Balancing Kits

an even sound for your setup

How To Write Lyrics

Richard Walmsley takes a look at the under-estimated art of lyric writing

More controversy and heated discussion on the subject of blank tape levies.

Bill lays bare his recording techniques and reveals the innermost secrets of his home studio 'The Echo Observatory' which has recently been upgraded to 16 track status. Now being used to record tracks fora forthcoming Nelson masterpiece.

With Martin Rushent just voted BBC Producer of the Year, our interview from his Genetic Sound Studio, where Human League recorded ‘Dare’, must be THE music feature of the month!

Frankfurt 86

The Frankfurt show seen from a diagonal position

Scanner I And II Radio Mic Systems

for PC Windows 3.1

Looking to take your first steps in multimedia production? Cot a PC and an idea? What are you waiting for?

The first in a major series of articles describing the design, construction and applications of the Programmable Digital Sound Generator, a music hardware add-on for the BBC Model B. Introduction by Alan Boothman.

Aural Training Software for Atari ST

Can you tell a minor third from a major seventh, or an augmented triad from a diminished triad? - Steinberg have a program to teach you how. Simon Trask lends an ear to a program with a difference.

Atari ST Software

One of software's greatest strengths is its ability to evolve. Ian Waugh looks at the refinements now available in one of the most popular sequencing/notation packages.