Advance information on some of the developments due to appear at this year's Frankfurt music show appears in this month's helping of news from the hi-tech music industry.

London gets the treatment this month, with proposals for a new computer music centre, a new retail outlet for Yamaha, and new premises for an established music store. Among many other things, of course.

More pages, more stories, more details. We put the spotlight on some new DX7 ROMs, a MIDI sequencer package for the Apple Macintosh, and the belated commercial appearance of the 4X digital processor — plus a good bit more besides.

News of Akai's Roadshow, Pro24 for the Amiga and a studio that specialises in drum machines; if it's newsworthy, catch it here, in Music Technology's regular news service.

Hot on the heels of the news of England's World Cup win comes news of equal importance about the hi-tech music industry. (Well, this was written in early June.)

I've got some bad news for you, Sunshine / Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel / and they've sent us along as a surrogate band / we're going to find out where you fans really stand - fleshy Pink Floyd lyric.

Armadillo sampling board for the Archimedes computer... Music of the Spheres music course... Cord Control Kit... name change for Steinberg's Cubit program... The MT news teleprinter is never silent.

Latest pre-Frankfurt equipment news, word of more software for Yamaha's new C1 computer and additions to Alesis' range of micro effects are only part of MT's regular news pages.

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

Fallen hero, what were you trying to prove? Fallen hero, all you got was front page news. -OTT Vixen lyric.

As the 'London Daily News' is closed down and 'Today' is sold off, MT's news pages go from strength to strength.

I read the news today, oh boy/10,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire/And though the holes were rather small/They had to count them all/Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall - profound Beatles lyric.

"No news is good news", runs the old adage. Well, make up your own mind as Casio and Korg announce new gear at the BMF, Simmons go under, the Soundscape competition winner is announced, and MVs Editor hits the airwaves.

News by hand, news by fax, news of a rack-mount Emulator III, a new Turnkey shop, Akai and FZ1 samples... Hot news beats the postal strike.

Information Technology they call it; it deals with everything from the weather to the payroll. Meet Music (Information) Technology, MT's monthly roundup of news and events in hi-tech music.

Upcoming electronic music products and events.

Upcoming electronic music products and events.

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Newsdesk Special

The Frankfurt Fair is still weeks away — but we’ve gathered together a whole mass of advance information on the new instruments that will make this year’s event the most competitive yet.

British Music Fair '84

What captured our attention at the recent British Music Fair in London.

As 'Newsdesk' takes a month's breather in the wake of the Frankfurt Musik Messe, we devote an extra page to your comments and queries.

Readers send in their own synth sounds and details of how to play them. Sounds this month for the SCI Six-Trak, Roland JX3P, and a rather special patch for Yamaha's DX series.