A compact, well-specified amplifier suitable for studio monitoring and small PA applications.

Microphones

The Teac 80-8 tape machine, Tascam Model 5 mixer, and dbx DX-8 noise-reduction unit.

September 1983 - January 1985

All articles ever featured in HSR from September 83 to January 85 listed for your delectation.

Geoff Twigg on how MIDI came about, what it does, and how it does it.

The gear piles up in your home studio, and you realise you can't manage another mix without a decent desk - but how can you afford it? Nigel "Mixmiser" Lord puts Fostex' budget desk through its paces.

If you're on the look-out for a compact 16-channel mixer which could do double duty in your home studio as well as on-stage, then the rack-mount M160 will definitely be of interest to you. Ian Gilby checks it out.

Electronic Drum Kit

DDA Interface Console

Yet another stratospheric studio name finds its way into the more modest recording setup; Paul White appreciates DDA's design for mixing.

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.

Miking up small percussion.

Equipment

Mixing Desk

Not quite a desk in a million - studio owner Gareth Stuart gets to grips with one of TAC's 73 possible variations in their Scorpion mixer range, the 16-8-2+16.

Hard Disk Recording System For The PC

Why is there such a fuss about this British-made multitrack hard disk recorder? Read our review to find out...

8-Track Tape Recorder

Since its dramatic drop in price, the C278 is an attractive proposition to the private user who puts quality before frills.

Behringer Composer and Autocom

Two models of compressor

Studio Test

Revolutionary REV-7 reviewed

JBL EON Power System

Putting It Together

The nitty gritty of choosing appropriate recording and sequencing equipment for use in a school environment.

Moving upmarket? David Pickering Pick presents this user report on Allen & Heath's Saber console.

Multiple output devices like drum machines and sequencers are placing new demands on mixer manufacturers to come up with increased input channel desks. One of the first to respond are Soundtracs with a new range of recording consoles. Dave Lockwood tries out the 24/8/2/model.

Our colourful glimpse of forthcoming and recently released new products from the hi-tech and recording fields.

Choosing Mixers For Live Sound

All mixers are fundamentally the same, aren't they? Dave Lockwood explains the differences between mixers designed for studio and stage.