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.

The School of Sound Recording could be just what you need to put you on the right track and now you have an opportunity to win a free place on one of their courses.

Window Recorder

An AMS quality sampler

Songwriter/musician Nick Graham gets to grips with the MC500

Software for Apple Macintosh

After the Jam Factory comes "M", an advanced music composition and manipulation system for the Mac. Jim Burgess investigates a variation on the theme of MIDI recording.

Paul Overaa sees what the new Atari laptop, The Stacy, has to offer

Martin Russ speculates on the end of the music industry as we know it.

An intriguing insight into just what is required of the home recordist when setting out to cut your first disc.

Software for the Atari ST

Music by design?

Digital Sampler

Following in the footsteps of their successful S900 sampler, Akai's new baby looks likely to set new standards in sampling hardware. Simon Trask's thrilled to bits.

MIDI Synchroniser

As tape synchronisation becomes an indispensable part of modern music making, the demand for cost-effective sync boxes grows... Simon Trask discovers that it takes more than Tipp-Ex on the tape to throw the MTS30 off the track.

New Casios, Sharp Music Processor, Bel DDL

Being a brief glance back at the fascinating history of tape recorders, from mono to digital

VECTOR STUDIO

A disk full of sounds from Signal to Noise for the Yamaha SY22 and TG33 stars in this month's Patchwork. Vic Lennard Vectors in on someone else's patch.

As sound-sampling becomes accepted as a technique, what will musicians do with their machines after the novelty has worn off? Chris Meyer takes a sideways look.

ART Multi-fx Processor

As even the most modest MIDI studio becomes a powerful tool for the creation and recording of music, sound processing becomes a more essential part of it. Tim Goodyer checks out ART's latest multi-fx processor.

Yet another selection of recently announced new products to whet your appetite!

How To Get The Most From Your Sampler

Building E&MM's MIDI interface for the Beeb? Jay Chapman's got some further information you should know.

Dynamic Bitimbric Polysynth

It boasts a list of features as long as your arm and a price tag that makes it one of the most accessible MIDI polysynths, but does the musical reality fulfil the paper promises? Trish McGrath reports.

A plethora of new hi-tech products to whet your appetite.

Martin Russ orchestrates his way through two fascinating ST programs from French software house, Digigram.

Rhythm Workstation

The drum machine's reply to the keyboard workstation is Korg's S3 Rhythm Workstation. Simon Trask looks at the first of a new breed of drum machine, sequencer and effects processor.

Ever wondered what goes on in a commercial 16-track studio once the red light comes on? Roger Jackson of West Coast Music reveals all...