Making new music from old. Simon Trask talks to the musicians and DJs who made a No. 1 hit from a drum machine and other peoples' records.

EQ Tutorial

Perfecting your sound with a little equalisation

Multitrack Mixer

With features enough for a low-end one-inch 24-track studio, and a price low enough for the top end of the quarter-inch 8-track market, Dave Lockwood finds the Allen & Heath GS3 too good to be ignored.

more tips towards better stage monitoring

Using MIDI Continuous Controllers

Marion Systems Prosynth

Multi-timbral analogue monster

Alphabet Coup

the importance of being alphabetical

Digital Rhythm Module

If you've ever wanted to trade some of your drum machine's sequence memory for sound memory, the DRM1 could be the beat box for you. Matt Isaacson sounds it out.

Hitmakers Heaven 17 reveal how they've harnessed the hardware on How Men Are.

Production Tips & Techniques

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at their global light and sound show

Spendor SP2/3

The big monitors with the burly chassis

The Mercedes of bends The perfect Precision ports?

Recording Chris de Burgh

Stephen Tayler tells Richard Buskin all about recording and mixing Chris de Burgh's recent single, 'By My Side'.

You could just have dived from computer keyboard to synth keyboard for the last time. Tim Goodyer looks at a useful Atari remote which takes sequencer control wherever you want it.

Forsaking guitars and drums for a wall of keyboards and racked modules, Sub Sub turned a home studio into a hit factory. ‘Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)’ peaked at Number 3 and took everyone by surprise - except Phil Ward, who heard the single pre-release and contacted the band immediately.

For people with very narrow studios, Boss have introduced a very narrow effects rack... Martin Sheehan investigates.

Absolute Beginners

Neville and Val Pearson pass on their experience in equipping a home studio. Following their advice could save you from making more than one costly mistake.

Janet Angus and Mark Dearnley discuss various facets of the recording industry including his production work with AC/DC.

Studiomaster Power House Vision 8

Powered mixer with effects

This man, responsible for the string arrangements on numerous albums by Supertramp, Cliff Richard and Diana Ross, also happens to be the creative genius behind disco/funk hit makers, the RAH Band. His latest album 'Mystery' released this month, was successfully recorded in his home studio using an ACES 24-track system and we went along to see how he achieved it.

...On A Shoestring Budget

Having a problem getting your music listened to by film production companies? Paul D. Lehrman tells the tale of how he put together a showreel of his music without it costing him the earth.

Sabine FBX900 Feedback Exterminator

Another exclusive in which Beck reveals his true colours