Every month our UK and USA editions deliver consistently more pages than any competing title, packed full of in-depth product tests of Synthesizers, Keyboards & Rack Modules, Music Software, Samplers, Soundcards, Recording Systems, Mixing Consoles, Effects & Signal Processors and not forgetting studio essentials like Microphones and Monitors, plus the best Musician, Engineer, and Producer interviews you'll read anywhere. Our regular Tutorials and practical 'how to' Workshops offer no-nonsense advice for beginners and professionals alike, helping readers get the most from their equipment.

Reminiscent of 1970's soul music and combined with new millennium Hip Hop, Jazz and R&B, Neo-Soul has been steadily conquering clubs and airwaves the world over. It all started in the mid-1990's, when a handful of new artists looked back to more traditional sources of inspiration. Veteran producers and songwriters Josquin des Pres and Bernard Torelli team up here to deliver the definitive Neo Soul experience. A host of top players -- Carl Evans on keyboards (Stevie Wonder, Barry White, Fattburger); David Stark on guitar (Rick James, Teena Marie), and numerous others, heat up this simmering cauldron of construction kits, oozing Hip Hop and R&B at an ethereal level and celebrating soul music's resurgence with over 50 steamy compositions.

The follow-up to the blockbuster NYC Drumworks, Percussionworks is a 2 audio or 2 CD-ROM set featuring 7 of NYC's hottest percussionists. Hundreds of percussion samples, hits and loops, all meticulously recorded. Whether you're looking for that perfect conga part or a Hip-Hop tambourine groove, it's all here. The best part is that this library is totally interactive with NYC Drumworks (in tempo and style). Sammy Figueroa, George Jinda, Steve Thornton, Emedin Rivera, Mark Johnson, Todd Isler and Mark Johnson give it to you straight!