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Take It From The Top

Tony Mills with more up and downmarket software

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

why drummer stephen morris prefers programming computers to bashing skins

Up to the minute and down to the nitty gritty

The big boys of the synchronising world have sat back and observed the appearance of budget systems from Fostex and SMPL over the past six months. Now Audio Kinetics dip their not in considerable toe in the water with the launch of their own low-cost chase synchroniser system, the Pacer. David Mellor checks it out.

If no news is good news this is baaad

Founder of Ultravox, John Foxx talks here about his new projects, new album and his return to the live stage.

People, Gear, Events, Gossip

happening people, gear, events, gossip

The Jones boy finally agrees to talk to us. Tony Horkins plays the diplomatic attaché

No television drama would be complete without a soundtrack, but how do you write them? Nicholas Rowland tunes in to the music channel.

The cousin of Kevin tells Richard Walmsley of his life as a lone tone

Well established as sampling innovators, the Art Of Noise have just released their fourth LP. David Bradwell talks to the Art's JJ Jeczalik about Fairlights and fairplay.

Questions & Answers

PART 8: David Mellor expands on some of the points that have arisen so far in the series and looks at some alternative patchbays from Connectronics.

Tim Goodyer talks to Carl Marsh, guitarist with E&MM's idiosyncratic cover artists, about Oil and Gold, rock and roll, and the Jupiter 8 versus the DX7.

Luca of Snap chats about all things multimedia

shrugs and knock 'n' knowall

Wrenched from video filming (with a ballerina no less) and quizzed on gear and blushes.

From his Vox Continental days with Elvis Costello, to a regular spot on Jonathan Ross' The Last Resort, and now on to film scores, Steve Nieve has retained an objective approach to technology.

Tim Goodyer talks to the man who's programmed Peter Gabriel's synths, recorded a host of electronic albums under the name Synergy, and started up his own record label for instrumental music.

Two ways to control video images using the existing musical interface.

Sound and video post production engineer

...of Trilion Video talks about the differences in recording techniques between audio and video.

PART 3; David Mellor looks at how the requirements of different types of music for TV and film can dictate the sophistication of your synchronising capabilities, and at how machine synchronisation works in practice.

Orinoco Studio

Another studio receives a visit from a roving MT reporter. This time the intrepid Dan Goldstein drops in on South East London's Orinoco Studios.

Sleuth journalist Tim Goodyer tracks down video nasties Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in a disreputable part of town. Raymond Chandler would turn in his grave.