Never one to use a word when an acronym will do, Dr T's have christened their new sequencer The Integrated Graphic Editor and Recorder. Glen Darcy puts a Tiger in his tank.

Studio Test

RPQ-10 PREAMP/EQ, RSD-10 DIGITAL SAMPLER/DELAY Two hot new additions to the home-effects range. Tony Reed reports

A Bad Job

This month we take a look at salvage techniques. What to do when you have to re-mix someone else's less than ideal master tape.

Speakers

Where everything clicks

Your questions answered

Guitarcheck

Carbon, but no copy concludes Dave Burrluck

Cassette Copying

Clive Brooks shows how to turn pleasure into profit. This month it's cassette duplication.

Vintage technology strikes back

The Mellotron lives on

In an exclusive preview of Roland's forthcoming W30 workstation, Bob O'Donnell checks out Roland's idea of the facilities a MIDI workstation should offer.

Bits of old wood with rusty chrome and split plastic bits are analysed by our resident expert.

Recording Electric Guitar

How to get the best in your studio from an electric guitar.

Well, not quite, but a hardware add-on for the original Powertran DDL that brings it up to scratch in the contemporary world of sound-sampling. Circuit designer Patrick Shipsey reveals all.

DJM Studios

The story of a studio's struggle from being "in-house" to fully independent

Introducing The Dots...

Is 4 getting you down? Dave Stewart puts rhythm in easy lingo.

all the gossip that's fit to hint

Sold on the 3-Minute Song

Erasure's fifth album sees the duo of Vince Clarke and Andy Bell going from strength to strength, delivering electro-pop at its finest. But the doyens of synthesizer pop recorded Chorus with almost no MIDI instruments at all. Vince Clarke tells Paul Ireson how he made a hit album with 10-year old technology.

guitar and pickup combination

Single channel design

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the world of music software.

DIN Connectors

Big sound from a compact micro