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The 8-Track Challenge

The 8-track challenge: with the release of a new Tascam machine and the recent price cut on the Fostex E8, we thought it opportune to compare the two models. David Mellor adjudicates in the battle of the budget 8-tracks.

Confused about DAT? Vic Lennard guides you gently through the ins and outs, the pros and cons and the whys and wherefores of Digital Audio Tape.

Technolust!

Rowland Jones mounts the soapbox this month to sound off about 'technolust'!

Studio Test

Richard Walmsley reports on an operation to smash the majors... and all other persons of rank?

Geoff Adams tells us what you can do with a broom cupboard and a little imagination...

Multitrack Cassette Recorder

Neville Unwin puts this sophisticated home studio package through its paces.

More on Using Sequencers

The last instalment, not only of Steve Howell's look at using sequencers, but also of the series as a whole.

Songwriters's Special

Lorna Read Explains 'How To Sell Your Songs'

Highlights from America's West Coast instrument expo. Hot scoops.

Sequencercheck

How to sync without a trace. Review by Curtis Schwartz

Vintage technology strikes back

The Mellotron lives on

This hardware/software system attempts to bring the sophistication of automated mixing to your existing recording setup. Chris Many put his feet up and lets the machines do the work.

Sequencercheck

Casio get further into the pro market, Chris Jenkins gets into their newie

SERVICING THE MIDWEST

Music

New products for the music business

David Yorath is one of those fortunate people who have turned their hobby of recording into a career. Paul White caught up with him at his studio.

Jim Betteridge takes a lesson in love

4-Track Recording

PART 4: David Mellor takes a first step into the wide world of multitrack recording with an explanation of cassette-based 4-track techniques.