10-Track Recording Package

Combine two 6-track cassette recorders, one synchroniser and a 12:6:2 mixer, and what have you got? A rather appealing multitrack demo studio from Sansui. David Lockwood reports.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the world of music software.

Phil Brammer takes the Educational version of Steinberg's Pro-24 to the top of the class

Following his guide to using the B77, David Mellor offers some basic advice for newcomers to the Sony DTC1000ES.

Tape-to-MIDI Synchroniser

An American cost-effective alternative to SMPTE synchronisation; Rick Davies clocks an innocent-looking box designed with the budget studio in mind.

Recording system review

We talk to the man who produced himself, and find out who won.

The third instalment on Drive Unit speaker protection.

Mission In Action

Instead of recording their latest opus in expensive pro studios, the Mission have been laying tracks in a rural barn. It might seem they've fallen from grace; Robert Michael finds it ain't necessarily so.

Details of new MIDI software and something for all Fostex Model 80 owners are amongst the new products we have for you this month.

The underlying concepts of multitrack recording are explained from the bottom up.

The CLARION Home Studio — Best yet cassette?

A smashing offer

A Series By Warren Cann.

Multitrack Recorder

Already established in hi-fi, Sansui have made their musical debut in the form of a number of multitrack cassette machines, among them the WSX1. Nigel Lord reckons the "studio in a box" is finally here.

Home recording heroes.

Studio Test

Yamaha four-track cassette system — the sequel. The new, improved, updated, portastudio package, now with added Curtis Schwartz

MIDI Time Code Controller

With sequencing and tape recording becoming equally important to many musicians, any means of integrating the two is likely to be a welcome development. Vic Lennard looks at a unit that allows Fostex' R8 to be operated from within Steinberg's Cubase.

Sony TCD-D3 DAT Walkman

It is often said that the best things come in small packages — and the new Sony DAT Walkman is no exception to the rule. Simon Sanders takes a look at this miracle of micro electronics and asks, "Can anyone lend me £650?"

The latest from downtown trade and productsville

Studiotest

A dream or a mere luxury?

Instruments & Equipment

Reviewed

Software for the Atari ST

If your studio's musical output is largely synthetic in nature and you are considering an increase in tracks, then Steinberg Research's Pro-24 recording software for the Atari 520ST micro could prove a better option than a conventional tape recorder. Tony Hastings tells why.