Your Razor Blade

Steve Howell covers the basics of good splicing practice in preparation for next month's article on creative remixing.

Turtle Beach QuadStudio

Digital four-track for PC

BBE Sonic Maximiser

Modular mix enhancement

Synthcheck

Fingers on the joystick. Tony Mills at the controls

The art of remixing laid bare by DMC's top remixer.

Digital Reverb

Jim Betteridge gives Mack the Knife

Dual Sweep EQ & Stereo Reverb

Keyboard Mixer/Cassette Recorder

Cassette Deck

Multi-sampling & Overdubbing

Keyboard programmer Paul Wiffen draws to a close his popular series on the merits of sampling techniques with a close look at two means of extending your sample playback range.

subharmonic synthesiser

When you hear the beat go boom and you feel it in the pit of your stomach, look out for this black magic box

Addis Ababa

You don't have to go to Ethiopia to reach Addis Ababa, as Pete Gleadall discovers

Yamaha ProMix 01

The second part of our in-depth review

Mixing Desk

As more mixer manufacturers turn their attention to the home and pre-production studios, the cost-effective quality mixer becomes a reality. Tim Goodyer discovers that there's even room for luxury.

Your Paul Hardcastle Aspirations!

Steve Howell takes up his razor blade once again and explains the basis for extended remixes.

Does BBE's new box of psychoacoustic tricks offer a new way of livening up a mix? David Mellor takes his music to the max.

User Report

Fostex A8 eight track and 350 mixer.

Paul White again, with the first in a new series on ensuring your immaculate recording isn't ruined by a mediocre mix. This month: what not to do with mixing desks and outboard processors.

Individual Outs For The Drumatix

Dr Phil 'DIYnamic range' Walsh performs a bit of surgery on the Roland Drumatix

Multitrack Cassette Recorder

Affordable cassette multitrack with a few unexpectedly sophisticated features.

The new-wave sound

...'The first genuinely NEW keyboard since the DX7' proclaims our review. Mixing four different waveforms together in a technique christened 'vector synthesis', Sequential's new baby can create some stunningly different synth sounds. Could it be what the market's looking for? Mark Jenkins reports.