First consider looking at the very excellent and essential A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers by Peter Forest. If you are serious about buying he gives details of many faults you are almost guaranteed to find with...
Yamaha DJX Mk1 I cannot say anything bad about this machine - it almost lacks nothing unless you are a home organist looking for auto-RHUMBA arrangements. The DJX is full of rave and electro type rhythms...
Where do I begin! I have been a professional sound engineer for several years and also have qualifications in sound engineering, I also run a sound lighting hire sales company! The first rule is always; do...
Casio DH-100 The Casio DH-100 is a monophonic MIDI instrument with 6 tones : Saxaphone,Trumpet,Synth Reed,Oboe,Clarinet,Flute. All of the tone's timbre changes depending on the breath control from the...
Digital Voice Recorders Portable Dictation Machines With analogue or tape based dictation systems becoming obsolete, many of the people who are looking at replacing their dictaphones or audio recording...
Propellerheads Reason really is the defining 'all-in-one' music production package. It offers a powerful but intuative interface based on modelling hardware devices rather than complicated software operations....
Yamaha DX 100 The DX100 is a small keyed 4 octave keyboard with basically the same FM synthesis method as the classic DX7 - there are only 8 algorithms and 4 operators - but this is really enough to create...
Casio HT700 The Casio HT700 is a small keyed non-touch sensitive stereo DCO[Digitally Controlled Oscilator](PCM[Pulse Code Modulation]) keyboard. The DCO system has 31 waves to create the sound. This is...
CASIO CZ-1000 The CASIO CZ-1000 and it's smaller playmate the CZ-101,which is a mini-keys version - both use PHASE Distortion synthesis - this is often traded as "rather like Yamaha DX",but it is a...
How To Sound Like The Jonny Greenwood Of Radiohead Thrifty Beatnik has decided to design a guide to allow the budding guitarist to sound like their favourite band/artist as cheaply as possible. There will be...