'Master Series' By John Entwistle

Mackie LM 3204

16 stereo channel rackmount mixer

Forsaking guitars and drums for a wall of keyboards and racked modules, Sub Sub turned a home studio into a hit factory. ‘Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)’ peaked at Number 3 and took everyone by surprise - except Phil Ward, who heard the single pre-release and contacted the band immediately.

Absolute Beginners

Neville and Val Pearson pass on their experience in equipping a home studio. Following their advice could save you from making more than one costly mistake.

Walls have Ears...

DIY soundproofing and acoustic treatment for walls.

MIDI has been with us for almost a decade, yet most users still labour under Misconceptions about what it actually can and cannot do. Paul D. Lehrman explodes some of the more common myths about MIDI.

for Lower Noise

Compact Disc Recorder

Recording CDs at home reaches the "affordable" level - at under £4000, CD Recordable moves into the realm of the home studio. Tim Goodyer primes the laser.

A utility program enabling storage of MCS1 sound samples on a BBC disk drive, among other things. Jim Grant and Tim Orr take us through it step by step.

Floyd's Wright — on keyboards, lessons and the band

Oktava MK011

Condenser mic from the East

the hot American bass

E&MM's latest piece of MIDI software is a program that intercepts MIDI communication between instruments and displays it on a computer monitor for all to see. Introduction by Jay Chapman.

Roland SBX80 S.M.P.T.E./MIDI Sync Box

Paul Gilby outlines JVC's AV Graphic Synthesizer which has some rather novel ways of representing music in a visual sense.

Switched, single rail

Hints, Tips & News From The World of Music Software

This month, helpful hints for users of Steinberg, Opcode, and Dr. T music software.

Can computers improve or even replace current styles of notation?

Jezz Woodroffe explains

updated drum module for Commodore

An OTT survey

a dozen checked

Electronic Drum Kit

How to record a cheap live album — an easy way out with direction courtesy Richard Elen.

your bass enquiries answered