As the name implies, this first in a promised long line of optional plug-ins for the Solid State Logic (SSL) Duende DSP platform combines dynamics and...
D16 GROUP NEPHETON DEFINITELY AN 808 STATE Hot off recovering from this Polish company's 909 emulator, Drumazon, D16 dropped another hit of acid, this...
The new Vestax VCI-100 DJ MIDI controller takes a giant leap forward. The latest in a recent flurry of digital DJ-targeted controllers and the first of...
One year ago, Korg released the Radias synthesizer, which expanded on the company's Multi-Modeling Technology (MMT) synthesis across 24-note polyphony....
If you're working on a cheap pair of monitors, you might think you have a good handle on your sound, but chances are there's stuff going on in your music...
Poor iPod. It's kind of hard to feel sorry for the No. 1 gadget of the decade (or any inanimate object, for that matter), but the iPod is sort of like...
Although it may sport a distinctly unsexy and disarmingly simple interface, Mackie Tracktion 3 Ultimate Bundle is an elegant, powerful and comprehensive...
Busy producers and engineers know that the monitors you choose for audio work can have a profound impact on the quality of both your final product and...
XFONIC/ZERO-GDEGREES OF ABSTRACT LEFT-FIELD BREAKS FOR A DOWNTEMPO SOUNDTRACK As a bit of a mad scientist sound designer at heart, this is my kind of...
Are computers the worst planned-obsolescence racket since the lightbulb? Maybe, but I still want a new one. I always want a new one; that's the point....
During the past seven years, Digidesign's 001 and 002 families have consecutively set the hardware benchmark for Pro Tools LE systems. As technology progressed,...
Slinging vinyl is sexy, no doubt about it. Black wax has a certain je ne sais quoi that tickles those nostalgic neurons deep in our psyche, creating a...
As a lifelong piano player, I've played and performed on pretty much everything from the worst out-of-tune pianos to opulent 9-foot Steinways. With the...
Roland's Juno and Jupiter series are two of the most honored and respected in synthesizer history. Launched in 1981, the flagship Jupiter-8 fell smack...
The move from hardware to software instruments as the predominant production and performance palette for most musicians hasn't been as seamless as many...
Roland has rolled out the red carpet to introduce the MV-8800, the latest addition to its MV-Series. With the look and feel of a master sequencing machine,...
Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) made its mark creating the highest-quality orchestral sample libraries for world-class film composers and arrangers. Its...
AUDIO BOMB/BEST SERVICE DANCEHALL VIBES VOL. 1 HOT AS JERKY, SMOOTH AS RUM In the midst of literally hundreds of hip-hop libraries covering styles from...
Several manufacturers' attention to compact control surfaces more specifically, single-fader packs has sparked a controller showdown of late. Getting...
Remix reviews AudioRealism Bass Line 2, ABL2, plug-in emulator of the Roland TB-303. The Bass Line 2 is a virtual emulation of the classic TB-303 and promises to bring the magic of the litle silver box to your VST- or Audio Units-compatible host sequencer....
SAMPLE MAGIC BREAKBUSTERS ALL THE FUNK 'N' FILTH YOU CAN HANDLE Following the commercial dance appeal of Funky House Grooves, relative newcomer Sample...
It's possible, and sometimes pleasurable, to swim against the current, which these days is definitely flowing toward the widespread adoption of computer-based...
Here we are, a good number of years into the digital audio-production and there are a whole lot of options available for the computer-based recording...
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