The Atari ST may currently be the most popular music computer, but a lot of music software is still being pioneered on the Apple Mac. Mike Collins visited MacWorld '89 for the latest musical developments.

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Wang Chung confess

A sneak preview of what you can expect to see at this year’s British Music Fair - the first to open its doors to the public for years.

What's going on? Turn to page 14 and find out

Active Tone Control Kit

Converting domestic instruments into professional ones. Plus an invitation to join the staff here at E&MM.

Another collection of readers' synth patches. If you've got a sound you're particularly proud of, why not begin your career as a programmer in MT? More on page 82.

Check out some of the forthcoming and recently released new products from the hi-tech and recording fields.

Atari ST Software

Following in the footsteps of their impressive FB01 editor, Ian Waugh reports that Quinsoft's latest editor is a cost-effective method of getting the most from 4-op FM.

Stereo Part 2 - Hexaphony and the Split Precision

Continuing the extensive guide to the many micros available

Communicate Studios

Our boy Pat Hunt takes the 2.30 to Epsom Downs and wins by a nose

Lift a lick, ripoff a riff — how much can you learn from guitar teaching tapes?

News from America compiled by Simon Braund

As Britain’s brightest electro-poppers climb back up the charts against all the odds, Tim Goodyer talks to Larry Steinbachek about beat, music composition on a QX1, and facing the world with a new voice.

Shure 55SH Series II Classic Dynamic Mic

It might look like a prop from Good Morning Vietnam, but underneath the 55SH is a serious vocal mic.

Studio Sound Techniques

John Harris draws on personal experience to reveal some of the problems encountered when recording TV pop music programmes.

By popular demand, the readers’ synth patch page returns with a new look and a new approach. This month, sounds for the Casio CZs, Roland Juno 106 and Yamaha DX7, plus news of a Korg cassette that offers 165 sampled sounds for under a tenner.

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Drum Stool Survey

Andy Duncan's bum qualifying survey of eight vital items in the drummer's front room

A review of PA Decoder's D50 ROM Vol II joins patches for the Ensoniq ESQ1, Kawai K1 and Korg DW6000 in this months' selection of readers' sounds.