Big Country's Mark Brzezicki tells how

Jim Betteridge, The Damned and the man who made Eloise

Geoff Nicholls traces the style and influence of two drummers who've recently copped it — Buddy Rich and Carlton Barrett

All profits from Tony Horkins' features go to Live Aid

A new sampled drum machine, available as a kit or finished item.

What the knobs mean on the average desk, and which ones kill.

Peter Randall bashes a Tama Superstar into shape.

DrumCheck

Bob Henrit reviews the new Ludwig acrylics.

Percussion Voice Expander

No space left in the rack for another Simmons module? After testing their latest percussion voice unit, Nick Rowland suggests you buy another rack to make room for it.

Paul White takes a look at what's involved when you start taking on paying customers in your studio.

Acoustic Drums 2

To continue the saga of recording acoustic drums, this month we look at ways of treating the recorded sound.

from Banshees to Creatures

In seeking bands with a buzz going for them the IM team travelled to Nottingham to meet Terrapin and Carlo Santanna (no relation).

Simmons 800 Series electronic drums

Simmons’ budget range of new electronic drums

Getting the best out of Tandy's Realistic PZM microphones.

Simmons SDS7 and SDS8

In a special report, Ultravox drummer Warren Cann takes a look at two new electronic drum-kits from Simmons - the people who started it all. One is a straight forward 'Simmons-sound-on-a-budget' model, the other a sophisticated modular system employing both analogue and digital sound-generation, as well as versatile user-programmability.

Worth its weight in microphones and Gaffa tape.

Stereo

A brief look at the difference between true stereo and panned mono with a few mixing hints thrown in.

Drummers delight suffers Rick Palmer assault course

Yamaha RY20

Beatbox rejuvenated

a budget kit 'first'

Drums and Percussion

Nowhere is the correct use of reverb more important than in the treatment of drum and percussion sounds. We reveal all — and we tell you a bit about reverb too.