Miranda Sex Garden: Sampling The Nation's PA Systems

How To Get The Most From Your Sampler

Jethro Tull's main man takes us behind the fish farmer exterior and into his home studio.

MIDI Mixing System

MIDI up your mix

Already renowned for producing high-quality budget equipment, Alesis have introduced a new 16-channel mixer. Ian Waugh discovers Monolithic Circuit Technology is behind the 1622's amazing performance.

Part 12: Equalisation, there are equalisers, and there are equalisers. David Mellor wonders whether some are more equal than others.

Dual Reverberation Devices

A no-nonsense, rack-mount multitracker with an attractive price tag.

Not so much a home studio as a studio in the home.

Studiomaster Star System Mixer

Is it an analogue modular synth? No! It's a mixer with a difference.

Bigger & Better Than Ever!

The Secret World Tour

A behind the scenes look at how Gabriel steamed up Earl's Court with his hot new stage show.

MIDI Mixer

This new 24-input desk has an in-line tape monitor section doubling as additional line inputs and the benefit of MIDI muting. Dave Lockwood sounds it out.

Alesis are known, more than anything, for their digital signal processing expertise, yet their new mixer is an all analogue 16:2:2 design - but employing a revolutionary construction technique. Paul Ireson lends an ear.

E&MM's latest project that creates single, multiple, ensemble claps with pitch control and ambience

Korg Wavestation A/D

Korg add new samples, a vocoder and a pair of audio inputs to their highly acclaimed Advanced Vector synthesizer, and put the result in a rack. Kendall Wrightson says the Wavestation A/D is a TV/film composer's dream machine.

The CLARION Home Studio — Best yet cassette?

Hendrix rises again - thanks to two musicians, a helpful bureaucrat, and a rack-full of Akais

Have you always wanted a 24-track studio but could never afford the gear? Well now, maybe you can. David Mellor looks at a package of equipment that offers 24 tape tracks at a budget price.

MIDI Sampling Hardware and Software for Commodore 64

In which a long-awaited, British-built sampling hardware/software package for the CBM64 catches MIDI and makes it to the review stage. Simon Trask reports.

New products from the States

Creating The Future

Anyone can dream about the studio of the future, but it takes a unique talent to build it in the present. Wally Badarou's personal studio defies conventional ideas of studio design, substituting voice-controlled DMP11s for a large console, and putting the musician first. Paul Tingen listens in.