An investigation of this revolutionary 'new' audio metering device.

Introducing The Dots...

If you haven't got perfect pitch yet, tune in again to Radio Dave Stewart and try your hand at the quiz that will prove once and for all whether your tone is deaf.

Go Active!

Phil Walsh promotes an active life

Fairlight, Drumulator, MIDI software.

More keyboard tips, useful exercises, and a chord of the month.

MIDI Patchbay

Audio Architecture's Function Junction range of MIDI patchbays offers up to 16 x 64 MIDI routing with MIDI merging, sophisticated MIDI processing and mother keyboard emulation. Kendall Wrightson investigates.

Playing Keys With Shakespear's Sister

The Compact Disc

Dave Stewart puts the case for phlakaton phlakaton, as opposed to boum kaf boum kaf (yes, it's drum music time!), in the latest of his carefully worded, skillfully constructed, er...

60 whats? Asks reviewer

What the knobs mean on the average desk, and which ones kill.

explains Ambisonic recording (3D sound)

CD-ROM sample player

The CD Side of sampling.

Music Mate, Mainframe's Apple sound sampler and updates for the Synergy.

Polyphonic Sampling Keyboard

Put six S612 modules in a box, stick a keyboard on it, add some new features, and you've got Akai's contender in the budget sampling keyboard stakes. Simon Trask takes notes.

...while Tim Goodyer checks out the production version of Akai’s contender and cocks an ear in the direction of some factory sound disks.

A Thorne in the side of Tony Mills

This premier producer, conductor and arranger discusses his solo album 'The Best of the Alan Parsons Project'

We start a new series on synthesis for the complete beginner. Steve Howell is the man at the helm.

The eagerly-awaited 16-bit digital stereo audio processing system for the Atari ST has arrived. Scott Gershin checks it out and acquires a new outlook on sound sampling.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the MIDI standard but were afraid to ask - Paul Overaa explains all

What's hard disk data storage, and what can it do for you? Stefan Lipson looks at the advantages of hard disks and how they can make your computer music system more efficient.

Bailey and Betteridge get together for a banter