Dawn Scout Nearfield Studio Monitors

Honesty and integrity are what it's all about with these latest nearfield monitors from Dawn Audio. Paul White gives them a listen.

Samson MPL2242

Live/recording mixer

Samson Servo 150

Studio power for your monitoring

All the Fun of the Fair

What's new in the way of equipment including the latest from the Frankfurt show.

— Dat is de Question

Paul White does his level best to unscrew the inscrutable.

Jethro Tull’s leading light opens the door to his new ‘home studio’.

If you've the tenacity to take on and beat the (ex-)GLC, then putting together an upmarket 24-track studio is a piece of cake! Tony Hastings visited this South London studio to glean the details of how it came to be and what it offers.

Cutec Multirecorder

A very basic 4-track cassette multitracker for those who place sound quality above gadgets and frills.

Exclusive guide to recording electronic music

Allen & Heath Brenell

As musical equipment evolves, so does the music that is made with it. But what of the musicians - how is their evolution determined by a microchip?

Studiomaster Star System Mixer

Is it an analogue modular synth? No! It's a mixer with a difference.

Readers may suspect that Richard Dean's lapses into metaphysical metaphor result from a peyote button every five paragraphs. Yet this first article in his new series is full of useful tips beyond mere sound-on-sound.

Part wall

More DIY acoustics

David Yorath is one of those fortunate people who have turned their hobby of recording into a career. Paul White caught up with him at his studio.

Eight-track reel-to-reel recorder

As 8-track tape recording takes its first steps onto cassette, Fostex introduce another revolutionary idea: the reel-to-reel tape deck with a detachable control panel. Vic Lennard does it from a distance.

The Workhouse Studios

The Workhouse schows Schwartz itsch schuperschtudios

Ephos 16:2 mixer

Compact desktop mixer

Soundcraft Spirit Folio 4 Mixing Console

Soundcraft's ultra quiet mixer goes multitrack.

No hype, no waffle — just tomorrow's products today

The latest products previewed

Three 4-tracks

Is it possible to get expensive sounds from inexpensive equipment or is the poor person's multitrack merely an expensive toy? David Mellor looks at three entry-level recorders - Tascam Porta 05, Fostex X30, and Yamaha MT2X - and asks 'Which one would you choose?'.

MIDI Time Code Controller

With sequencing and tape recording becoming equally important to many musicians, any means of integrating the two is likely to be a welcome development. Vic Lennard looks at a unit that allows Fostex' R8 to be operated from within Steinberg's Cubase.

Multiple output devices like drum machines and sequencers are placing new demands on mixer manufacturers to come up with increased input channel desks. One of the first to respond are Soundtracs with a new range of recording consoles. Dave Lockwood tries out the 24/8/2/model.