A problem shared is a problem solved

Continuing our series that looks at hi-tech companies and design personnel working in the field of music and recording technology, Paul Gilby talks to Marco Alpert, Director of Marketing & Sales for E-mu Systems of America - the company behind the Emulator and Emax samplers.

Computer Music System

Gerry Queen brings us an exclusive preview of what will be Britain's first custom-designed computer music system - from the people who brought you the OSCar monosynth. It's capable of combining analogue, digital and sampled sound sources, and it's cheap.

Pete Harris, engineer, producer and programmer talks to Paul White about working in the Zomba empire.

They're stylish, they're cute, they're magnetically shielded - but how do they sound?

Peter Gunn

Jim Betteridge plays 'Hunt the Aled Jones sample.'

Declaring Independence

Once part of Talkin Loud's capuccino-flavoured jazz/rap fraternity, K-Creative now find themselves out on their own. But, after meeting Simon Trask, they admit that things are still OK and getting ever more Creative

Record label spotlight on the innovatory people who bring you Brian Eno and numerous others.

TechTalk: Kim Ryrie

In an exclusive interview, the co-founder of the Fairlight company and father of the CMI talks about the machine's development, and outlines his plans for the future. Simon Trask pops the questions.

A church, a portastudio, and a blue hippopotamus? Well, what do you expect from a band called Sam-I-Am?

Part 1 of a two part in-depth interview with Brian Eno and his latest collaborator Harold Budd.

Richard Dean tells how to get all the wires in the right places.

Newsdesk as was - news as is

Organ Master/Island Logic

An add-on sound board, and a comprehensive disc-based music system for the Beeb micro.

Techno music, the true successor to late seventies synth-pop, translates the desolation of post-Motown Detroit into electronic dance rhythms. Simon Trask listens to the programmer's tale.

Digital Drum Machine

Kendall Wrightson examines a new range of SCSI storage devices from Diki Devices, designed for use with the latest generation of high quality samplers and the new direct to disk and random access recorder/editors.

Ten years ago Incognito's first LP heralded a new British jazz funk movement; today their second celebrates a world-wide dance movement. Tim Goodyer asks Bluey Maunick if the song remains the same.

Since introducing the world to the delights of pure synth-pop in 1981, Vince Clarke has continued to demonstrate his mastery of the popular song form through the medium of synth technology. Paul Ireson investigates.

Hansa Berlin

Hansa Berlin can produce quality demos on a Yamaha MT-44. Martin Moody got right on the case

Improving your MIDI Environment

In part one of this two-part article, Martin Russ looks at how the right software can make the difference between a studio full of lonely synths, samplers and other gadgets, and a powerful integrated setup.

The latest reports from the lands of Trade and Product

Our unique buyers' guide lists dedicated sequencers, software packages and computer music systems. Nothing else comes close.

With Richard Burgess And John Walters

Richard Burgess and John Walters talk about the make-up of Landscape.

Picking up the signals from the world of music and technology...