The two man band out manoeuvring in the USA put Tony Mills in the picture

Cassette magazine

A potted history of this popular electronic music cassette magazine, by its co-founder Dennis Emsley

The PA Console

Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow - getting away from the 120bpm machine gun, Nigel Lord concentrates on those downtempo numbers in MT's regular drum programming series.

Dave Lockwood reviews this aptly named add-on audio triggering unit for C-Lab's highly popular Creator/Notator sequencing system.

Casio's first foray into the digital drum machine market, the RZ-1, offers all the usual rhythm features plus one extra - the facility to sample four of your own sounds. Mark Jenkins finds out if it matches his expectations.

The drums, the drums, everywhere I go I hear drums. Nigel Lord presents another selection of rhythm killers for you to program into your drum machine or sequencer.

An Audience With Aziz

Leading session guitarist Aziz talks to John Harris about playing, recording, and hi-tech guitar processors.

D-to-D software triple-test

Software for Mac, PC and Falcon

Sound engineer with Sky chats about his work and gives advice about recording.

Sounds, samples, & software upgrades for the modern studio

New software, systems, sounds, updates

attachable four-string extra

Over The Tracks With The Big Express

making The Big Express and strumming guitars

Lexicon Alex Digital Effects

How much did you say that new Lexicon will set me back? Unprecedented low price for a most excellent name!

Brother to the MT44D multitrack recorder, this little mixer has stood the test of time.

Ambient, techno and the internet

London Calling

Britain's biggest, busiest and noisiest music fair is over for another year. So what did we get for our money and our aching feet? Report by Simon Trask.

Marillion's guitarist talks to John Harris about the band's home studio and about getting great guitar sounds on tape...

Space Cadet

Electronic music is one area where independent status is the general rule. Ian Boddy is one of the UK's foremost electronic musicians, with a label he set up especially for his own releases. David Hughes gets the full story.

Cassette Multitrack

It is said that small is beautiful - and Tascam's new personal multitrack machine is certainly small. Nik Newark dubs his demos and road tests Tascam's latest four-track cassette machine.

Bill lays bare his recording techniques and reveals the innermost secrets of his home studio 'The Echo Observatory' which has recently been upgraded to 16 track status. Now being used to record tracks fora forthcoming Nelson masterpiece.

M&A K2.7D

M&A's new electronic drum kit

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