For those who produce music, hitting the limit of what a CPU can handle is a daily occurrence. So way back when, top-tier professionals demanded some...
If you ask musicians what they think of when it comes to an easy-to-use, all-in-one software studio, it's to guess what they'll say. Yet ever since Arturia's...
There's nothing that unusual about an established company like Digidesign jumping into the already-crowded DJ game with its own turntable-style sequencing...
If you've ever dreamt of becoming a rock star but thought you'd never make it due to a lack of funds, time or talent, now is a good time to think again....
Few companies explore the sonic frontiers as consistently as Cycling '74, and many of its products for example, Max/MSP, Pluggo and Radial are staples...
The principle of beat slicing is simple: By dividing a drum loop into the individual hits that comprise it, the resulting slices can then be rearranged...
Not a lot of people are running around with hardware samplers in their racks these days. With the proliferation of powerful host-based sampling available,...
Antares has given musicians some wonderful products, including the ubiquitous Auto-Tune plug-in a tool that has been used on practically every vocal in...
During the past few years, the industry has seen a significant and exciting shift in the types of virtual instruments hitting the store shelves. The initial...
After it modeled the Moog modular synthesizer, Arturia asked its users what instrument they'd like to see next as a soft synth. The answer was, overwhelmingly,...
It's a pretty safe bet to assume that programs like Propellerhead Reason and Native Instruments Reaktor are here to stay as part of most musicians' computer...
For sound design, quick stereo-file fixes, audio-file conversions and batch processing, BIAS Peak has been my go-to program for many years. Even though...
Tassman is Applied Acoustics' all-in-one solution for people who need software synths based on powerful physically modeled algorithms but who also need...
Ableton Live is just the kind of thing your mama warned you about: It's a real home wrecker. In fact, this program is so dangerously addictive, you might...
Will video kill the audio star or just create more wanna-bes? Hopefully neither, but when Apple introduced Final Cut Pro 4 in 2003, it also ushered in...
These days, it's all about the makeover: a tuck here, a stitch and staple there. In fact, if your girlfriend really cares about you, then five gay men...
Tempo-synched sonic sculptures that morph, twist and evolve these are the types of synthesizer presets everyone seems to be after. From underground ambient-dub...
Emagic has jumped into the world of software-based convolution reverbs with its new native plug-in Space Designer. Hardware-based convolution reverbs...
Long known for MIDI and audio interfaces as well as its popular digital audio sequencer, Digital Performer MOTU enters the universe of virtual instruments...
