An in-depth dissection of electro-pop; how to create it, how to adapt it but not how to dance to it.

Atari ST Software

Organising song files seems tedious - until you can't find the patterns you need. Vic Lennard boots up a program which makes housekeeping Creator/Notator files easy.

Digital Audio Recorder

David Mellor explores the higher echelons of audio technology and finds a machine which is destined to become a classic of its time: Soundstation II from Digital Audio Research.

Jay Chapman continues his 'back to basics' description of MIDI with a light-hearted pot-pourri of handy hints and tips.

Drumcheck

An elongated addition to the Royale range at a reasonable price. Bob Henrit puts it through its paces

Guitars, Amps + major keyboards survey.

Exclusive reviews of two avant garde music festivals that saw technology pushed to its creative limits, Ars Electronica at Linz and the International Computer Music Conference at IRCAM, Paris.

Making music on mainframe computers

If you are serious about electronic music, then you'll appreciate this study report.

DREAM MACHINE: ludwig snare

the return of the ludwig black beauty snare drum

Mark Jenkins pins down the expert synthesist/programmer best known for his work with Peter Gabriel, and discusses the release of his eighth solo album - 'Metropolitan Suite'.

Where everything clicks

Your questions answered

Last month we explained the development and requirements of VCA-based mixer automation systems. This month, Graham Hinton scrutinises three retrofittable automation systems - the Twister PAC, MegaMix, and J.L. Cooper MidiMation - and asks 'How good are they?'

Our colourful round-up of whats new in hi-tech music and recording.

David Ellis buys a Commodore Amiga and looks at the latest software written for it. The music is good, the graphics are better - but what does the future hold?

Micropolis A/V drive

Seriously big hard disk

Ian Gilby collates the more interesting responses to his editorial request for manufacturers and retailers to look towards the 'video manual' as a complement to printed equipment manuals.

For Recording Engineering

Educated sound engineer David Mellor assesses the value of training for a career in recording.

Digital Filtering

PART 3: In this final part, Jim Grant builds upon the basic DSP operations of arithmetic and delay, covered in the previous articles, and concentrates on some modern day applications.

Getting it together

PCB overlay and pricing details, plus apologies for the gremlins that crept into part one of David Ellis' description of this digital percussion sampling device.

Digital Keyboard

How can the principles of Artificial Intelligence be employed to make a computer musical instrument sound like a grand piano? David Ellis delves deep into the workings of a £10,000+ Stateside keyboard.

Multi-effects Processor

Our regular readers' demo page is packed with invaluable tips on how to record the perfect demo.