It's down the shop/in the paper/round your mate's, but what should you look for, and how d'you know if it's a good 'un?

Links and syncs for synths

Setting Words to Music

Martin Russ dons his lab coat and deerstalker to investigate some of the unwanted features of MIDI.

If you've got problems with your power supply, you've got problems with your MIDI setup - you've probably got problems you never imagined. Mark Burletson plays at megalomania.

Danielle Dax

Richard Walmsley meets the Wolfgirl and discovers the Dax-sound

A step by step construction guide of this pitch splitting device.

String, sealing wax and solder combine to bring you circuits of appalling simplicity.

Designer of the revolutionary Prophet 5, prime mover behind MIDI and now one of Korg's chief designers, Dave Smith's career is unique in hi-tech music. Simon Trask conducts the exclusive MT interview.

Long-distance MIDI transmission is no longer a dream, now that Quark have developed a system that converts it into a more durable format. Annabel Scott reports.

Pocket Filter, Pedal & Merge

What's the size of a fag pocket, comes in enough varieties to ease almost any studio problem and isn't covered by British drug laws? Vic Lennard investigates a new line in MIDI effects.

Tense, nervous headache? Then you've probably got a patching problem in your studio. Vic Leonard looks at a cost-effective solution to MIDI-patching nightmares.

Using Sequencers with Modular Systems

Steve Howell looks at different methods of triggering modular sequencers from click-tracks on tape.

MIDI Synchroniser

And on a less spectacular scale, Korg introduce a synchroniser that won't break the bank, though it'll still crack a lot of problems, as Trish McGrath finds out.

Recording The Horn Section

The latest instalment deals with the recording of the horn section.

Manual Madness Roland Reply

Gary Checora of Roland Japan puts forward his views on the state of equipment manuals.

New Products Special

Frankfurt show report

AccessoryCheck

Another of those handy little things you wish you'd thought of investigated by Dave Burrluck.

SMPTE Processor

For the Pro24 user who found Steinberg's SMP24 a little pricey - David Pickering Pick checks out a dedicated synchroniser that should keep everything in time without breaking the bank.

A hot new discovery from one of Britain's oldest universities threatens to revolutionise music broadcasting. Tim Goodyer's exclusive on a development that could change the world - literally.

You ask us to review very old and strange instruments. We do it, naturally.

Digital's revolting

The hot poop from the Pop world