Yamaha MCS2 Control Station

Missing performance wheels on your MIDI instrument? Yamaha's MIDI Control Station could solve your expression problems, as Simon Trask reveals.

Your Razor Blade

Steve Howell covers the basics of good splicing practice in preparation for next month's article on creative remixing.

Once again our Cardiff correspondent gives us the benefit of his experience by describing how he put together an efficient and cost effective home studio for the recording of electronic music.

Studio Wiring

Studio Wiring - how to interconnect all that equipment you've been buying.

Editing

Presenting the cut and splice of real editing — that's the business with razor blades, tape and good idea

Entry-Level Sequencing For The ST

Paul Ireson takes a look at The Final Cut, a budget sequencing program for the Atari ST that offers the beginner more than the average entry-level program.

Featuring Alejandro Vinao and Richard Attree

Software for Commodore 64

Ian Waugh examines a new starter sequencer package designed to lure Commodore 64 users into the MIDI software habit. Is it friendly enough?

Mobile One

A spotlight on Europe's largest mobile studio and its home base in London.

MIDI Synchroniser

And on a less spectacular scale, Korg introduce a synchroniser that won't break the bank, though it'll still crack a lot of problems, as Trish McGrath finds out.

XRI Systems

This low-cost unit from XRI brings the power of true timecode synchronisation to the masses. Paul Ireson checks it out.

a novice engineer's guide to what all the knobs and switches on a mixing-desk do

Quietly but surely, synchronisation codes have become an essential part of MIDI recording, but what's all this SMPTE and FSK stuff really about? Chris Many looks at the different sync codes and why we need them.

Chris Baylis - another reader reveals the darkest secrets of his home studio set-up.

Combined 12-Channel Mixer/Recorder

Do you know why top recording artists like Toyah and Haircut 100 are going digital? Our article explains why.

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge takes on the Tascam V-700 cassette deck and comes out impressed

MIDI Time Code

MIDI Time Code, an overdue MIDI sync standard or a missed opportunity for musicians and manufacturers alike? Vic Lennard finds out what time it is.

Stephen Luscombe, Adrian Lee and Clare Hirst