Latest news from the world of music technology, with Roland and Yamaha taking centre-stage with the announcement of new polysynths.

Due to popular demand we have extended our coverage this month to bring you even more inside news, views and hot gossip!

Due to popular demand we have extended our coverage this month to bring you even more hot news, views and juicy gossip!

So tell me, Newsworth, what's there to news anyway? The king broke a string, did that warrant five curtain calls? - obscure 70s Greenslade lyric.

Read all about it. From Yamaha’s £180 sampling keyboard to the latest American reverbs, from Korg’s ’86 catalogue to a break-in at E&MM. If it’s news, it’s here.

News from the front, where the Personal Computer World show steals most of the thunder, with new - and musical - releases from Amstrad, Atari and Apple.

...and a pay rise, as news of the latest equipment, developments and events floods in. Anyone for keyboard stands or even a MIDI-controlled kitchen?

The winners of the Quiz of the Decade are named, plus all the music technology news that's fit to print, and isn't covered by our show reports.

If there was ever to be an International Jean-Michel Jarre Day, it would be big news. So would a really good book on DAT. And the launch of some very serious equipment leads...

They're still at it - even the Christmas post has failed to slow the news of samplers, software and other developments in the world of hi-tech music reaching the MT office.

Take a welcome break from Gulf reports and indulge yourself in a little hi-tech news coverage, as the music industry prepares for the annual Frankfurt Musik-Messe.

Our extended coverage this month brings you even more inside news, views and hot gossip including our Giant Summer Competition results.

As we approach this year's APRS show, news from the music equipment manufacturers is coming in thick 'n' fast. There's some good kit on the horizon.

MIDI for the Juno 6 and 60, further software developments from Joreth, and a series of electronic music concerts in London are among April's hot news items.

You have the questions, we have the answers - Casio FZ1 sample disks, Atari vs Amiga, the latest news on Ultravox - all in MTs exclusive advice column.

Watching the news and not eating your tea / A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls... - an entertaining lyric from Paul Weller's Jam days.

More readers' news and views. If you've got a point to raise, this is the place to raise it.

Latest news of developments and events in the world of hi-tech music - you read it first in Music Technology.

I can't believe the news today / I can't close my eyes and make it go away - anguished U2 lyric from 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'.

Kick out the gloom / Kick down the blues / Tear out the pages / With all the bad news... A Cure for those Doing The Unstuck.

P&O dispute continues... famous defector dies... Swindon declares independence and invades Bolivia... Read all the latest news in Music Technology. Every month.

News from the front about new Emulators, schools for the inquisitive, and a preview of this year's British Music Fair - all in Newsdesk.

More news of the latest developments and events in the world of hi-tech music - remember: you read it first in Music Technology.

All the latest electronic music news, plus a photographic appendix to last month's Frankfurt Music Fair report.

Have you heard the news? The Music Technology newsdesk keeps bringing you up-to-date with current musical events and technological developments.