Ian Waugh looks at the new PC-based synth editor from Poke Systems

PPG

PPG designers interviewed

Britannia Row

A major hire company of legendary status

Mark Badger sets his baud rate for the heart of the sun and goes 'on-line' to America to interview Perry Leopold, founder of PAN - a unique communications network for hi-tech musicians.

A look at the shape of things to come in the recording world.

Scanner I And II Radio Mic Systems

Dual port programmable MIDI remote controller

MIDI control from the ground up

Programmable Digital Delay

First of several new products from Dynacord is this rack-mounting digital delay line. Paul White managed to find time to review it.

Another acoustic drum manufacturer gives tradition the thumbs down and goes electronic. Paul White takes an in-depth look at Pearl's first futuristic percussion offering.

Guitarcheck

That familiar old shape with an unfamiliar appendage

Electronic drum kits give superb sound separation for the studio engineer - but he still has to mike up the cymbals. We investigate a novel application for the C-ducer contact strip microphone, which helps alleviate this problem.

Taking the hard option... everything you need to know about hard disks - and then some. Ian Waugh is your guide.

Sequencer survival guide

Overdubbing With The Sony PCM F1

Steinberg MusicStation

Entry-level music software

The world's best known engineer

Ray Dolby's name appears on almost every recording device imaginable, yet few people outside the industry know much about this most famous engineer. In a rare interview he talks to David Mellor and explains the evolution of Dolby noise reduction.

John Renwick gets his axe out and processes it with the aid of this rack-mount unit from Digitech

The Compact Disc

Last years' gear making next year's sounds - courtesy of some creative mixing.