DrumCheck

The cheapest—and ugliest—way to add sampled sounds you your acoustic drums or drum machine. Tony Reed reports

If no news is good news, how come this is so wonderful?

Bill Collins gives us the latest news from the hi-tech percussion world

U.K.'s top drummer on skins v. synths

electronic drums

Cheap guitars, new samplers, drum machines, synths and more - plus free details if you want them

the truth about touring

A quick gaze at the crystal ball reveals a new MIDI mixer from Simmons, a digital reverb/effects processor from AKG, a MIDI-CV module from Tantek, and plenty more...

Thomas Dolby Part 2

the rhythm composers

Once he prayed to the beat behind Re-flex, he's since become versed in high technology and worked with artists as diverse as Kate Bush and Mory Kante. Ollie Crooke talks to a rhythm programmer extraordinaire.

Drums get beaten, synths tinkled and demos hammered in the encapsulated everything section this month

DrumCheck

Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase 'beat box'... Tony Reed tries Roland's sound six-pack

Read the innermost thoughts of four of the land's most closely followed guitarists — Stephen Fellows (Comsat Angels), Dave Gregory (XTC), Kelly Johnson (Girlschool) and Andy Taylor (Duran Duran).

Geoff Dugmore

Geoff Dugmore discusses drums

alternative percussion sounds

Bruford & Moraz

Dissecting an unusual fusion

John Walters, Tom Bailey and Frank Tovey

A preview of a new electronic drum kit that's designed to hit the competition where it hurts.

Pearl DRX-1 Electronic Drums

Pearl's late entry into the electronic drum kit stakes looks like a winner - eight kits can be programmed into its memory.

Paul White takes a look at a new Dutch 'black box' that promises to bring digital percussion sampling within the reach of the common people.