And you thought PCM was a medical complaint...

A Preview

A guide to some of the new gear to be released at this year's APRS show.

Part 1 Nobby Line builds 8-track Tascam rig

Studios and Recording

Pages to the power of three, taking in Stevie's Peavey, CB, guitar gallery, and more.

Jim Betteridge takes his purple paisley shirt down to Wembley, and catches small but perfectly-formed American Prince in the act

There's not a MIDI socket in sight on this range of German studio units. They are simply good solid audio processors. Dave Lockwood checks them out.

User Report

Fostex A8 eight track and 350 mixer.

The CLARION Home Studio — Best yet cassette?

4-Track Recording

PART 4: David Mellor takes a first step into the wide world of multitrack recording with an explanation of cassette-based 4-track techniques.

A spotlight on the new products, including the latest in digital technology, at this year's Festival.

A chance to check out some of the forthcoming new products that might tempt you to dig deeper into your pockets later this year.

Home recording goes modular.

Having fun with digital delays.

Aces HS24MT

Not so much a review... more a user report. Dave Simpson relates his experiences with what is undoubtedly the least expensive 24 — track recorder currently available.

8-Track Digital Recorder

It's finally here, it's available and it works!

Latest equipment news from the States

Insert Points & Aux Sends

Last minute bargains: Guided tour around typical multitrack desk, stopping at all notable features. Bed, breakfast and evening meal not provided.

Digital Compact Cassette Recorder

Philips hope that their new cassette-based DCC format will succeed where DAT failed — becoming the new consumer digital recording medium. Derek Johnson evaluates the world's first first DCC recorder.

Tape Recorder

Pressing Records

Paul Gilby visits SRT Records & Tapes to unearth the 'inside views' of its managing director David Richardson, whose profound words shatter some of the illusions and myths that surround the record manufacturing industry.

Studio Focus

Brother to the MT44D multitrack recorder, this little mixer has stood the test of time.

Goldsmiths' College, University of London

Goldsmiths' College in London was the first higher education institute to set up its own electronic music studio and offer a course. That was back in the late 1960s. Today, it has an even wider range of specialist courses and a much better equipped complex of studios to offer prospective students the training facilities necessary for a longterm career.