Stereo Recording

Special mic techniques employed on stereo recording are explained this month.

the next part in our comprehensive survey, this month between £650 and £1500

Phonic PMX1600A Mixer

Another month's worth of hot products.

The sort you don’t want — noisy, howlround stuff — and how to stop it

SoftwareCheck

Sometimes Musical Micro just ain't big enough to hold down a piece of really macho software... Tony Mills grabs a suddenly floppy disk, and enters the cage.

Two four-track, six-channel machines rated

Running your own studio, writing your own soundtracks and surviving someone else's Hollywood. William Orbit speaks.

Four-track Cassette Recorder

A new mid-price four-track machine from the people Tascam love to hate. Paul White finds it to be elegant, well designed, and startlingly good value.

We've waited patiently for Roland's super sampler - but now it's here, and every bit as hot as expected. Simon Trask asks if Roland have set a new standard in digital samplers.

Ian Gilby reviews a truly ingenious programmable patchbay that takes all the hard workout of MIDI equipment routing in the studio - the Sycologic M16 MIDI Matrix.

JBL Control 1 Monitors

Small monitors; small price; big sound.

Studio Test

The portastudio that would be Nassau

Zenon Schoepe gets to grips with the latest jewel in Soundcraft's crown, a personal desk with top-flight facilities and quality.

Richard Allan RA8 Monitors and RA12 Sub-Bass Units

By combining two of their compact RA8 monitors with a pair of sub-bass units, RA have come up with an earth-shaking system at a realistic price.

Studiomaster P7 Multitrack Mixing Console

Studiomaster have at last entered the in-line console fray with this well-specified and attractively-priced desk. RM checks it out.

Rack Mixer

DJs know Phonic's mini-mixers well. Will the musician take to their new 16-channel, rackmounted offering? Nicholas Rowland racks his brains

Etcetera

and Frankfurt firsts

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions take the high road to Glasgow; Stuart Gillan gets the lowdown

Yamaha EMX3500 Powered Mixer

The British Music Fair