The smart- looking device plugs into your Amiga's serial and parallel ports via two ribbon connectors. And before you ask 'but where will I plug my MIDI interface?', the Clarify incorporates MIDI In and Out ports, as well as stereo inputs and outputs (all phono sockets). As this is the first Amiga stereo 16-bit sampler, none of the currently available sample sequencers (Music X, Soundlracker, Octamed etc) can use its stereo samples or even benefit from the improved 16-bit resolution, as none use the Clarifys AVR file format: samples can be saved as IFF files, but that reduces them to standard 8-bit. Who knows, maybe new and updated sequencers may feature stereo and 16-bit options, but at the moment the Clarify must rely on its own software. This features the now-standard waveform displays, easy editing, looping and plenty of special effects including flange, echo, distortion and stereo AMOS-T WELCOME DISCOUNT Europress Software have reduced the price of their popular programming package AMOS Professional by almost 30%, from £69.99 to £49.99. AMOS has long been considered one of the most versatile programming tools around. PD libraries are full of first-class releases created using the language, and when used in conjunction with AMOS Compiler they run almost as fast as machine code! Europress have also released an updater disk, making AMOS Professional compatible with the A1200 and A4000 machines. This disk is Public Domain and can be obtained from most PD libraries. IN develop for the Amiga,’ he lamented, although one of my first duties in my new job will be setting up their UK office, so the Amiga situation may well change...' he added tantalisingly.