Electronic Percussion System

Marketed in the US as E-Drums, these Swedish-built percussion units combine high quality digital samples with immense constructional sturdiness. Dan Goldstein again.

Bigger Means Better

Reasons for our increase in cover price.

As Yamaha's London R&D Centre opens its doors, we ask if it's reasonable to expect musicians to know what they want anyway.

Studio Layout & Acoustics

PART 7: Badly positioned equipment in your home studio can mean the difference between a good working environment and a bad one. This month, David Mellor provides some useful guidelines to help make your home studio as efficient as possible.

inside the potentiometer

'IT'S ALIVE!- Editor reveals all!!

Cities in Concert Paris, La Defense

Jean-Michel Jarre recently trod the boards in magnificent style in Paris to mark the occasion of Bastille Day - report in full from Mark Jenkins.

Soundproofing Doors And Windows

writing for MIDI

The Clavinet revisited

Ever wished you had a stereo guitar? If so, here's haw to get it.

Masterly tricks for simulating stereo from mono or for stretching stereo beyond the boundaries of your loudspeakers!

Two hit wonders rattle 'n' roll

Getting a professional electric guitar sound onto tape is not difficult — if you follow a few simple rules.

Another winter, another spate of musical instrument shows. They mean a lot for business, but what do they mean to music as a whole?

Equalisation

Equalisation in the studio is a major aspect of most recording work. We take you through the basics and give a guide to some of the better buys.

A PZM Mic for under £20. Sound value?

Mackie 1202 Compact Mixer

Mackie Designs' 1202 mixer offers supreme flexibility, and the same standard of design and construction that distinguished the 1604. Dave Lockwood finds proof that the best things come in small packages.

Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow - getting away from the 120bpm machine gun, Nigel Lord concentrates on those downtempo numbers in MT's regular drum programming series.

Books

Eddie Cochran-White dispels those post-summertime blues with some cherished memories of recent good reads.