September 1983 - January 1985

All articles ever featured in HSR from September 83 to January 85 listed for your delectation.

H&SR looks at Sony's tiny compact disc player and offers a few excuses for buying one.

A studio devoted to the service of the community.

the birth of loud

On studio, stage work, and future solo projects

Soundtracs Solo Logic Automated Mixing Console

A lot of bang for the bucks, and MIDI control too!

Reel To Reel - Your First Move?

More hints for your demos

The phenomenal rise to success of Gary Stevenson came about through his dynamic production work on the first Go West album. Ralph Denyer extracts the details of the saga and discovers what Gary has planned for the future.

Aces B1816

A cost effective in-line mixing console aimed at the budget 16-track user.

can synths do the samba

Amek Big By Langley Mixing Console

With Talking Recall and oodles of features, this top-end mixing desk should satisfy many private studio's needs.

E&MM contributor of old, Vince S. Hill, on Roland's DCB-standard digital keyboard recorder.

Ben Duncan dons his oil filled gumboots and stands on a pile of dry newspaper to give us an in depth report on this popular power amplifier.

A rundown of the new products shown at the recent Frankfurt Music Fair.

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.

Mark Unpronounceable puts a new graphic through its PA:CEs (what else?).

for Atari ST Computer

One of America's most innovative software houses comes up with its first program for a 16-bit computer, the Atari ST. Rick Davies takes it for a spin.

Electronics at East Anglia

A report on the electronic music studio at the University of East Anglia.

For A Few Dollars More...

What price a reputation? The Revox brand name is well established and very well respected, but the new model C278 8-track costs a lot more than the Fostex and Tascam equivalents. David Mellor asks whether it is worth the extra.

Studio Modules

The 100 Series is Yamaha's compact, cost- effective line of studio modules. Simon Trask tests a selection of units from mixer through effects to monitors.

MD511 • MD512 • MD515 • MD516

Alesis 3630 Compressor/Limiter & Alesis RA100 Reference Amplifier

Alesis made their name on high-quality, low-cost digital effects units, and their latest products offer the same affordable quality on two basic analogue units — a compressor and an amplifier. Dave Lockwood conducts the field test.

Your Razor Blade

Steve Howell covers the basics of good splicing practice in preparation for next month's article on creative remixing.