Paul Austin lends an ear to the Amiga's internal sound and looks ahead to how the chips may fall in the Autumn.

Getting philosophical about the new British hip hop. Tim "homeboy" Ponting raps with Wize man DJ Jemski about sampling, sequencing and bringing the drum kit into hip hop.

George Duke, Ross Middleton, Salvator Mulligan

Sampling clichés and how to avoid them.

Having made your decision to opt for a software-based MIDI music system, which computer do you choose? Which is best? Are they all the same? Mark Badger considers the three prime contenders.

Standing at one of the most exciting crossroads in musical history we look at the pros and cons of electronic music.

Flushed with the chart success of Close (To The Edit), the 'faceless' trio return with more talk of Art, Empire and Industry. Paul Gilby pushed the record button and monitored the noise levels...

This successful Reggae band discuss the recording of 'Labour Of Love' and their new studio.

Although still very young, keyboard player Guy Fletcher has a long list of album/single credits already under his belt for such artists as Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger and Dire Straits. Paul Gilby finds out how Guy landed such plum roles and learns more about the way Dire Straits make use of music technology in their recording.

The blurred fingers of the guitar star focussed by the blurred gaze of Richard Walmsley

Bronski Beat reveal all in The Garden, as their new album, Age of Consent, storms the charts.

Multi-Effects Unit

American trumpeter extraordinaire talks to John Diliberto about horns, electronics and Indian ragas; '60s experimentation meets '80s chic.

Digital Audio Workstation

Korg are well known for making musical instruments, but the Soundlink takes them into the new field of hard disk recording/editing. David Mellor watches the price of hard disk editors descend to breathable regions of the atmosphere.

Julian Woodford takes us across the sea to bring us a report on the state of MIDI in Canada

PEEK AND POKE: dubious guitar history/strap height/input overstrain??? CLEAR SCREEN

Reel-to-reel rabbit from the tittering typewriter of Adrian Deevoy

OCR music software for the PC

Imagine what it would be like to scan a piece of sheet music and have it turned into a MIDI file. Imagine the MIDIScan.