If you've the tenacity to take on and beat the (ex-)GLC, then putting together an upmarket 24-track studio is a piece of cake! Tony Hastings visited this South London studio to glean the details of how it came to be and what it offers.

A straightforward guide to producing Dance Mixes using budget equipment.

now the cheaper sequencer

Ian Waugh looks at the new PC-based synth editor from Poke Systems

Dynamix Powermix II Powered Mixer

Composer for the TI-99/4A

Programmable digital drum machine

Following the Drumtraks in vocation and the MAX in appearance comes TOM, Sequential’s latest. Simon Trask finds out if reverse drum samples really do have a use.

flash keyboard chords

midi sound module

obtaining the best from MIDI sequencers

David Mellor takes an acknowledged classic effects unit for a road test.

clever sound manipulation

Ideas, asides, impertinences, and that.

Studio tales

Unforgettable out-takes from the rock'n'roll hall of shame

Zoom 9120 Advanced Sound Environment Processor

From the company that brought you effects units you could wear, comes a very serious reverb processor — that you can't wear!

A collection of CDs which should be the sampler's delight are the stars of this month's Patchwork. If your music needs a boost from Ed Stratton, Coldcut or Pascal Gabriel, check out these disks.

An exclusive interview with the innovator of electronic music and mentor of today's stars, Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Simple complex, very dire straits

PA Decoder's D50 ROM cartridge joins a selection of readers' own sounds in this month's Patchwork. If you're short of a sound, or simply short of inspiration, read on.

Vesta DIG-420

Vesta's new sampler delay

Software for the Atari ST

A new sequencer program for the Atari ST from British company Hollis Research sets out to be powerful and friendly without breaking the bank. Ian Waugh reckons it's on the right track (man).

Zenon Schoepe gets to grips with this 16-channel MIDI controllable gate/mute processor.