Time Machine Rack Series

Three signal processors that are available either in kit form or ready built.

Fostex MC102 Keyboard Mixer/Cassette Recorder

What a good idea — a stereo mastering cassette machine and a mixer in a compact rack package!

DDA Interface Console

Yet another stratospheric studio name finds its way into the more modest recording setup; Paul White appreciates DDA's design for mixing.

Music

New products for the music business

(The best that is)

If you're planning to wire up a small studio, then this short series is for you. Part one looks at cable harnesses and associated problems.

Multitrack Recorder

Already established in hi-fi, Sansui have made their musical debut in the form of a number of multitrack cassette machines, among them the WSX1. Nigel Lord reckons the "studio in a box" is finally here.

4-track Cassette Recorder

Yamaha's new MT120 cassette 4-tracker improves further on their successful MT100, offering excellent features including 5-band graphic EQ; Dave Lockwood boldly goes where even the manual hasn't gone before.

If you're already running a MIDI studio on a budget and want to add a handful of tape tracks, the Vestax MR200 could be the answer. Nigel Lord checks out a cassette multitracker that won't cost you much more than £300.

Ken Scott muses on his journey from Bowie to Kajagoogoo. Chas de Whalley listens attentively

Eamonn Percival assesses the atributes of Amstrad's multi-track recorder

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

Eight track for the reel world

8 Track Recorder/Reproducer

Bass Traps

Phone booths into concert halls - if you can ace your bass, that is

Part 1: Introduction To PA

After the disaster that was the Linn 9000, why would anyone want to build another combined sampling drum machine and sequencer. Rick Davies has the answer.

DJM Studios

The story of a studio's struggle from being "in-house" to fully independent

Toa MR-8T 8-track Cassette Recorder

If you thought eight tracks on standard cassette was an impossibility, think again. David Mellor assesses the world's first 8-track cassette recorder. Will it do to 8-track tape machines what the portastudio did to 4-tracks? Read on and find out...

Not so much a budget console as a professional mixing desk at a surprisingly low price.