Part 6. Resident software specialist Jay Chapman clears up some misleading terminology first, then moves on to relate how the MIDI protocol organises such matters as Program Changes in those humble synthesizers we all take for granted.

The Atari ST may currently be the most popular music computer, but a lot of music software is still being pioneered on the Apple Mac. Mike Collins visited MacWorld '89 for the latest musical developments.

4 Channel Multitrack Tape Deck

Now it can be told. Martin Sheehan tells reporters of his secret life with a Teac A3440.

Capital Keyboard Centre

Easy Guitar Tab

A sneak preview of what you can expect to see at this year’s British Music Fair - the first to open its doors to the public for years.

would we lie to you

sequencer for the PC

For many people, the definitive sequencing software for the PC has yet to be written. Could this be it?

Calum Malcolm: Going to Caledonia

Digital Drum Module

We preview the most sophisticated electronic percussion system yet devised. It's incredibly versatile, but it doesn't come cheap, as Paul Wiffen reveals.

Talking musical morsels, and how not to mince them

Music

This month the Wiggly marks and funny numbers of musical notation are explained proper, like.

Digital for £300

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

Roland RSS System

Three-D sound placement from two speakers - that's the secret of Roland's revolutionary Sound Space system. Vic Lennard looks at the technology and the theory.

Roland Electronic Drums

Paul White picks up his sticks and puts Roland’s electronic kit through its paces. Can it hold its head up against some stiff competition?

Digidesign MacProteus And InVision ProtoLogic

Kendall Wrightson looks at two new Proteus-related products — the ProtoLogic Sound Memory Expansion Unit from InVision, and Digidesign's MacProteus NuBus card for the Apple Macintosh II.

Tascam Porta Two

Gareth Stuart has been bouncing, syncing and generally laying down tracks with Tascam's new mid-priced 4-track Ministudio. Find out what he thought of it.

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge on Seck... drugs and Rock'n' Roll?

If you’re tired of playing keyboards and want a more imaginative way to create music, then this mouse-driven MIDI controller may prove an ideal alternative. Martin Russ investigates.

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge finds that small is beautiful and that the Roland Micro Rack series is very desirable

Multi-sampling & Overdubbing

Keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen draws to a close his popular series on the merits of sampling techniques with a close look at two means of extending your sample playback range.

A facelift for Argents plus some interesting new software launches at the budget end of the market