Software for the Atari ST

Sampling is the name of the game, but without the equipment you can't play. Simon Trask investigates a unit that wil turn your Atari into a sampler for under eighty quid.

mixed-mode CD tracklist

The words behind the sounds on this month's CD and CD-ROM

Digital Sonic Modulator

Following hot on the heels of the DPS-D7 and R7 digital delay and reverb units comes a third dedicated processor in Sony's DPS series — the DPS-M7. David Mellor wonders whether this marks the end of the line for multiple effects units.

Masterclass - Drum Machines

Not all sampler owners have access to every instrument they might wish to sample, hence the appearance of Sample CDs containing all manner of digitally recorded sounds. But how useful are they? Are they value for money? Keyboardist Dave Stewart recently spent many hours sorting the wheat from the chaff. Here are his findings.

Vital system updates

From Canada comes Mandala, the first instrument capable of translating video images into MIDI data - and vice versa. Jim Burgess points some pretty pictures and assesses the implications.

A look behind the scenes in one of the country's most respected voice-over studios.

Will there be a rush to purchase Siel's new CMK 49 computer gizmo? We pass judgement.

Richard Walmsley reports on an operation to smash the majors... and all other persons of rank?

Loop Create software for the Greengate DS:3.

New looping software for the Greengate DS:3.

Add-on for BBC Micro

David Ellis casts a critical eye over a new music keyboard for the BBC Micro that controls the computer's internal sound chip and is compatible with Acorn's Music 500 synth add-on.

We talk to synth punk band Attrition. Will they wear you down?

Music

According to Turnkey

An Introduction to the Art Form

Producer/jingle composer Robin Lumley commences a new series that explores the role and function of music in the visual world.

RSP Intelliverb VIrtual Room Processor

By putting quality before quantity, Rocktron have come up with a professional-quality digital reverb at a mid-market price.

The section where MT readers submit their own synth sounds. Featured machines this month include the Korg Poly 800, Roland Alpha Juno 2 and Yamaha DX7.

A review of the Desert Island sample collection for the Mirage joins readers' own patches for the Roland D110, Ensoniq ESQ1 and Casio CZ5000 in this month's action-packed edition of Patchwork.

Paul Gilby scrutinises the world's cheapest MIDI controlled stereo digital reverb, the MIDIVERB.