Tired of scoring out your music by hand? Simon Trask investigates a computerised alternative and discovers it may try to muscle in on the composition.

Speakers

Marvin Caesar, the president of Aphex speaks about how the Aural Exciter came into being, and for the first time reveals news of some forthcoming interesting new products...

Digital Audio Production System

Today's high-end tools for the professional are tomorrows affordable tools for the musician in the street. David Mellor explores a Macintosh-based digital recording and editing system from a company best known for their analogue tape recorders.

Direct from the Far East, we bring you news of Yamaha's first 'pro' sampler, Roland's 16-bit digital reverb, Akai's low-cost digital multitrack and more...

In The Kitchen Of Sound

new album, new gear, know how

Picking up the signals from the world of music and technology...

A look at some forthcoming products from the world of hi-tech music and recording.

A new studio standard?

The Musical Micro

Tony Mills gets up to Yankee panky with some Stateside software

General MIDI sound module

Is there more to CM than meets the ear?

Auto-Accompaniment — With Style

Martin Russ gets inside version 4.1 of Band-In-A-Box — now with user styles!

More meaty studio hints and tips to get your teeth into.

Digital Drum focus

Linn Sequencer

From the creators of the first digital drum machine comes the world's most powerful MIDI controller - the new Linn Sequencer. Mark Jenkins believes it could well cause a lot of us to re-think the way we record.

Beyer microphones

Want to know how the electret principle functions? Or the difference between pressure and pressure-gradient microphones? Then read the review, as recording engineer Gareth Stuart field tests the most recent additions to the famous Beyer range.

Mark Fishlock expounds.

Music Software

In the second part of his review of the new Yamaha C1 music computer, Ian Gilby provides a rundown of the different types of music programs available for the C1 and explores the sequencing and MIDI utility program's that are bundled free with the computer.

Regular round-up of what's new in the world of hi-tech music and recording.

BMF Report

Lager bottle in hand, the Editor guides you through the gallery of new music technology on demonstration at last month's newly-public British Music Fair. Plus lots of photographs so that those who missed it can find out what the gear looks like.

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge finds that small is beautiful and that the Roland Micro Rack series is very desirable

PC sequencing and notation software

16-track sequencing and notation software for the PC. Especially for those who know the score...

The start of a new series designed to guide musicians through the intricacies of computer programming. Jay Chapman takes the first steps.

A subjective and selective round-up of drum machines, old and new, by Mark Jenkins.