More new products from the Music Messe '83

Touch-Sensitive Polyphonic Synthesiser

The new Sequential Circuits touch sensitive programmable poly synth

A Gibson / A Fairlight

so simple even an Australian could do it

at five

12-page pull-out: all you need to know

What's new in the world of the Micro Musician

Korg Poly 800II Polysynth

Korg's popular polyphonic synthesiser gets a new coat of paint and a built-in digital delay line. Dan Goldstein finds out if it's still top of the budget synth tree.

Multireviews.

A fly on the wall account of a mega-group amidst a mega-tour. Michael Smolen does the buzzing

Reports on recent appearances by two widely revered names in electro-music, Klaus Schulze and King Crimson.

A new personal keyboard with 'stereo symphonic' voices.

Grow misty eyed as vintage revisitors Tokai call up the sounds of 1954.

PART 2: Microphones. David Mellor cuts through the mythology of microphone techniques with some practical advice.

Guitarcheck

Two guitars from a once legendary stable. Burrluck assesses the form

Guitarcheck

That familiar old shape with an unfamiliar appendage

The Tokyo Expo is normally a fairly low-key domestic affair, but this year several major new products were unveiled for the first time ever. Our man in Japan, Paul Wiffen, was there to report on some of the hi-tech instruments that will be vying for your money in the coming year; including Yamaha's new mega-synth, the SY77

Chris Jenkins again, with a new program that lets Commodore owners look inside the Yamaha-licensed FM sound chip. A DX7 for sixpence?

New Orleans

A special report from the New Orleans trade show

Scaling Heights On The BBC Micro

Still trapped in the MIDI maze? Never fear - Vic Lennard has found another way Out

Fender Facts

The true story, told at last!

Duran man Andy Taylor gives Chris Maillard a Station announcement

Yamaha's QX1 Sequencer, KX88 Master Keyboard, TX816 Modules

Yamaha's professional FM sequencer master keyboard and FM modules.