Mike Skeet reveals everything you need to know to get your final master tape ready for mass duplication.

A focus on this computer-based band, their home studio and newly-developed sound sampling device that is changing the way they record.

Stereo Recording

Special mic techniques employed on stereo recording are explained this month.

Paul Young's Royal Family

Guitarist Steve Bolton and bass player Pino Palladino explain the importance of being a Swedish Chef.

He was once the driving force behind Genesis, Yes and King Crimson, but now this brilliant percussionist has turned his attention to jazz - and new technology. Tim Goodyer talks to him.

Established as a top keyboard player in Deep Purple and Whitesnake, our interview analyses the music of his new LP ‘Before I Forget’.

By Dave Gregory, XTC.

Back To Basics

Back To Basics: Part 4. After a brief absence, Jay Chapman continues the series where he left off two months ago with a further explanation of how Real-Time commands are used by MIDI.

Stoking up the soul train

Could You Be A Guitar Tech?

The Fishman guide to DIY synths

4 Into 2 does go!

Everything you ever wanted to know about the MIDI standard but were afraid to ask - Paul Overaa explains all

Band in a Box Studio

'Band In A Box' who have put their home studio to commercial use, voice their opinions on tea and biscuits.

From Charlie Parker to writing his own software, jazz saxophonist and technophile Steve Coleman has a unique insight into music. Simon Trask tunes in.

After five years at the top of the electropop tree, Basildon boys Martin Gore and Alan Wilder talk tech with Paul Tingen.

keyboards through the ages

A step-by-step guide to the workings of a typical mixing console.

Over The Tracks With The Big Express

making The Big Express and strumming guitars

Dead or Alive's Tim Lever surrounds himself with new technology as the band prepare for world domination. Tim Goodyer gets the word on writing, recording and performing.

Bill lays bare his recording techniques and reveals the innermost secrets of his home studio 'The Echo Observatory' which has recently been upgraded to 16 track status. Now being used to record tracks fora forthcoming Nelson masterpiece.

The Easy Life

Phil 'DO or DIY' Walsh with a neat and tidy solution to footswitch overkill

A mixer from Simmons? Why not? The application of MIDI control to audio mixers is resulting in a radical departure from traditional designs, as Tony Hastings found out when he road-tested the SPM8:2 recently.