A mixer that is equally at home on the road and in the studio.

New gear to cheer.

Mackie LM 3204

16 stereo channel rackmount mixer

cassettes, and how to avoid going around in circles

hear no evil, speak no evil, C-no60... which cassette?

How to understand those mixer type things that put all the noises through the PA. S'easy.

If you're on the look-out for a compact 16-channel mixer which could do double duty in your home studio as well as on-stage, then the rack-mount M160 will definitely be of interest to you. Ian Gilby checks it out.

12 channel mixer for £300???

A simple-to-build and inexpensive design capable of powering up to 200 microphones!

An explanation of PA complexities.

Who's using what

A breakdown of the gear that will be on stage at the Jazz and Blues festival at Reading this year.

Paul Austin reports on a low-cost direct-to-disk recording board for the Amiga.

Yet another selection of recently announced new products to whet your appetite!

Harrison mixer amp – Hit or Miss?

Gloria Estefan live in Miami

Digital Reverb Unit

Digital reverberation technology is recognised for making reverb units cheap, but the same technology means a little more money buys a lot more power. Vic Lennard reflects on the R880.

start of a three month OTT investigation into recording desks. This issue - eight mixers up to £600

Alesis are known, more than anything, for their digital signal processing expertise, yet their new mixer is an all analogue 16:2:2 design - but employing a revolutionary construction technique. Paul Ireson lends an ear.

The Summer NAMM show may be losing some of its importance in the world arena but it didn't stop manufacturers from launching new products. Craig Anderton was there to check them out.

Delightful Dobros, Scintillating C-Ducer, Luscious Lighting, Captivating Canons and much more super schmutter

A sneak look at what you could well be buying in the forthcoming financial year

Studiomaster were one of the first established mixer manufacturers to incorporate MIDI facilities in one of their desks and to mate it to a personal computer. Mark Badger assesses whether the marriage is successful.