The Partridge Family

If you've ever wished you could sing a violin or hum a tune straight into your MIDI sequencer, this French "MIDI microphone" could be for you. Debbie Poyser sings something sampled.

People, Gear, Events, Gossip

happening people, gear, events, gossip

According to Laurie Anderson, language is a virus from outer space. Tim Goodyer examines the problems with and the justifications for technical jargon.

Sounding Out

Phil Walsh is in complete remote control, and tells you how to mix on a budget.

Sampler test

Three big names, but which one’s the best?

Throat Care

Vesta Kozo DIG-420

Following their DIG-411 delay line: Vesta Kozo have now introduced this unit that is first and foremost a sampler and it can be used under keyboard control.

Composing music for television can be both exciting and frustrating, as Ian Assersohn and Stephen Frost of Sequenza Music Production discovered when they began writing music for a documentary film about India.

An interview with, the BPI's Producer of the Year.

Culture Club producer Steve Levine discusses his attitudes to modern music-making, and how the new interface makes his life easier.

A unique E&MM design which allows interfacing between all commercially available synthesisers, sequencers and micros.

Another session in front of Maharishi Day and his all seeing wang bar.

A nicely rounded bottom?

keyboarding Crusader with words of wisdom

An explanation of PA complexities.

Hard disk care

Healthy disk, clean botty - but how to keep it that way

Jez Ford is seriously effected by Digitech's latest signal processor - the DSP-128

Filtering, Enveloping And Keyboard Sensing.

In the penultimate part of his series, designed to help you get the best from your sampling machines, keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen returns to his analogue roots to modify some samples.

What is a producer's role in making music? Come to that, what is a producer? With today's technology bringing the recording studio into peoples' homes, the rules are changing.