8-Track Digital Recorder

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

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.

a history of progressive rock - is there a new day dawning for the dinosaurs?

Sampling

This month we focus on the hows, whys and whats of sampling.

the instrumental side of touring

Riverside Recordings

Riverside Recordings — from bedroom Revoxes to 16-track slickness.

Dan Goldstein talks to chief Twin Tom Bailey about the virtues of playing pop and the dangers of relying too much on technology. But there’s more to this man than meets the eye.

Radio One - DJ Mix

the truth behind live sessions

London Calling

What makes great drummers great when they all use the same currency, the Beat?

Recording Vocals

In this lengthy article, Craig Anderton explains all the features found on sequencers, from the simple to the esoteric. It is intended for those who are trying to make an intelligent purchasing decision about a sequencer and don't fully understand all the options that are available.

David Mellor takes a day trip to the University College of North Wales in Bangor to visit the first studio in Britain to take delivery of an Akai DR1200 digital multitrack recorder.

producer of Sade, Everything But The Girl and more speaks acoustic-wise

the great acoustic guitar revival

Cheap images, part two

Dave Stewart gives the technology the human touch.

One Dove: Recording Their Debut Album

Arranger

Lone arranger Richard Walmsley analyses the profession's pros and cons

Multitrack Disk Recorder

Roland's S750 and S770 amply demonstrated their pro digital expertise; now the DM80 offers four or eight tracks of truly cost-effective hard disk recording. Wilf Smarties welcomes Roland's newest techno tool.

Phil and Paul Hartnoll are Orbital, and their pioneering brand of user-friendly electronic dance music is a lot more fluid than the traffic on the motorway that prompted the name. So Phil Ward avoids the M25 and heads straight for the heart of the P&P music factory

Real World

Real World music

A thorough study of the 'do's' and 'don'ts'.

Vangelis Speaks

Vangelis, one of the synthesiser world's most influential figures, reveals the long-hidden facts about his approach to modern music-making. Interview by Dan Goldstein.

Multi-Pattern Tube Microphone