Producer John Walters discusses how those noughts and ones will affect us musiciany beings.

If you're short of a new source of samples you could do worse than to turn to the glass (not the bottle). Tom McLaughlin explains how a wine glass can provide a wide variety of unusual tone colours.

SynthCheck

A sampling synth for less than £180? Jim Betteridge stands back in amazement.

Colin Campsie & George McFarlane

Chas de Whalley chats to Colin Campsie and George McFarlane, aka The Quick

news from the front

new gear news

Digital Quality — Analogue Feel

Roland's acclaimed S770 sampler has been quietly growing in popularity, and the release of version 2.0 software and the floppy drive-only S750 should ensure that Roland samplers become still more popular. Wilf Smarties explains why.

Filtering, Enveloping And Keyboard Sensing.

In the penultimate part of his series, designed to help you get the best from your sampling machines, keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen returns to his analogue roots to modify some samples.

Checking up on what's going down

The Doctor Click is one of the synthesiser world's most comprehensive universal interface units, but its price puts it beyond the reach of most musicians. Ian Gilby examines a new, cheaper alternative from the same manufacturer.

E&MM's unique buyer's guide spreads its wings, with a round-up of what's around in the world of sound-sampling.

New York was the setting for the 83rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, where audio manufacturers gathered to show off their new wares. Craig Anderton provides a rundown of the main highlights.

E&MM interviews Dave Rossum, the man behind E-mu designs

gear-speak from all the band's men

Helden, Laurie Anderson, Fad Gadget, The Enid

Been puzzled by references to just intoned or even tempered scales, or wondered exactly what the DX7II's "microtonality" is all about? Robert Rich has the answers.

Sample sultan Wilf Smarties reports on the latest sample CDs.

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

Over the last few years musicians have consistently been more excited over the latest MIDI hardware developments than they have over MIDI software. Whilst other micros have come and gone, the Atari ST and Macintosh micros have quietly become the established computers for making music with MIDI. Ed Jones reveals why with a look at Steinberg's Pro-24 (V2.1) and Mark Of The Unicorn's Performer (V2.2) programs.

Software for the Atari ST

Simultaneously making the transition from Mac to Atari ST and crossing the Atlantic, this software package gives sampling a new slant. Chris Jenkins boots it up.

APRS Report

The latest developments in the recording world brought the industry, press and public flocking to Olympia 2 recently. Simon Trask records the event.

Shadow MIDI Guitar

Geoff Twigg takes a look at the latest guitar synth technology. Now you can have a Synclavier system behind the strings of your old acoustic.

Hans Zimmer is the complete antithesis of the serious German synthesist - he smiles a lot for a start! As co-founder of Lillie Yard studio and the proud owner of a surviving Moog Series 8 modular synth, his approach to sound synthesis is a refreshingly traditional one eschewing the very thought of ever using an unmodified factory preset on any of his work! Ralph Denyer explains why.

Wally Badarou gets together with Chas de Whalley and puzzles over their possible family relationship

Yamaha SY99 Sample Disks

session guitar from Heaven 17 to Art Garfunkel