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Paul Francis goes scouting for the cubs

In this first article of a new series, John Harris examines basic song arrangement.

Akai S612 MIDI Sampler

Akai's first sampler - with its own 'Quick Disk' facility.

Just what have the Japanese done to the Engrish Ranguage?

Martin Russ looks at how you can make the most of your computer power, through a range of software and hardware.

SOS Online

Flanging, phasing, echo and reverb etc. all described in full.

Sessionmen Special

Part two of studiotime, with bassist Paul Westwood and guitarist Tim Renwick.

Amek Einstein

Simple But Not Obvious

Part 3: Famed keyboardist Dave Stewart continues his monthly column designed to get you thinking more about your music.

Electronic Percussion System

The company that pioneered the electronic drum kit bring us the next generation of electronic percussion. Nicholas Rowland investigates Zone Intelligence and tracker balls.

'Are Friends Electric?' and 'Cars' will go down in the musical history books as classics of their genre but the writer of those hits, Gary Numan, has yet to match his early successes. Mark Jenkins met up with him during sessions for a forthcoming album at Rock City studios, Shepperton, only to discover that the Numan of today is finding it tough to get airplay for his recent work...

Bill Nelson's been out of the public eye recently, touring America and refurbishing his studio. Now he's back and talking to us.

PEOPLE, GEAR, EVENTS, GOSSIP

including the bmf, pet shop boys and the latest competition winner

Get creative with Brush and Canvas.

Happy Christmas?!

Tony Mills looks back at Xmas 85, to see whether what you got for it was worth getting

Uncle Tom gives studio advice, from a Portastudio to a great big 24-track.

Multi Signal Processor

cheap SMPTE coding