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Sep 1, 2006
FOCUSRITE SAFFIRE LE FIREWIRE AUDIO INTERFACE Focusrite may be a smaller name in the computer audio-interface game, but its reputation for quality audio...
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Sep 1, 2006
If you're an outspoken house-music fan, you probably know this scenario all too well. You get all excited about a new banger, and some former devotee...
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Sep 1, 2006
Over the past decade, many studio monitors have included some method for adjusting the equalization of the loudspeaker to taste, typically in the form...
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Sep 1, 2006
I took the usual route in becoming a band manager: stealing big brother's Bowie and Velvet Underground albums; buying the first Clash, Ramones and Steel...
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Sep 1, 2006
The possibility and growing practicality of fully mobile, laptop-based studios has changed the paradigm for music production at the same time that comprehensive...
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Sep 1, 2006
J DILLA The Shining (BBE) Shine on, Jay Early in 2006, beloved producer J Dilla, aka Jay Dee, almost completed the last album he would ever work on before...
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Sep 1, 2006
LOOPMASTERS BROKEN BREAKS A LITTLE CRAZY GLUE WILL DO YA The value-marketed Loopmasters soundware doesn't typically shell out the largest bounty of samples...
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Sep 1, 2006
If you like learning production and performance science from the likes of Marley Marl, Rockwilder and DJ Spooky, then this year's Remix Hotel event in...
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Sep 1, 2006
In 1983, the world was introduced to a collective of musical misfits that would forever change the sound of music and the way that musicians were perceived....
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Sep 1, 2006
Style/Genre: Dance rock, electro/disco/punk Established: Founded in NYC in 1999 by Oliver Stumm and Dominique Clausen. A Touch of Class (aka ATOC) is...
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Sep 1, 2006
The oppressive heat in Austin, Texas during the 2006 Summer NAMM convention from July 14-16 may have contributed to the show's more relaxed, languid pace...
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Sep 1, 2006
HEAR THE DRUM, GET WICKED Something is in the water in Portland, Oregon. Something funky. Bridgetown Breaks Vol. 2 ($13; www.bridgetownbreaks.com), available...
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Sep 1, 2006
I think that maybe at first, when you start out making music, there's a certain romance to playing and being in a band there's a lot of firsts, muses...
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Sep 1, 2006
Uptown on Harlem's West Side, there's a quiet block of newly renovated brownstones where everyone from Usher to Nina Sky has sought the deft touch of...
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Sep 1, 2006
Rotterdam, Holland's Ferry Corsten is often placed alongside DJs like Tisto, Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren as a king of the trance genre. His recordings...
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Sep 1, 2006
Wrapping up a mixtape session at a Los Angeles studio, Nu-Mark has no problem explaining the gang of outside producers Scott Storch, Salaam Remi, Exile...
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Sep 1, 2006
It seems like many of the tools and tricks of the digital DJ world are becoming more and more system exclusive with each company outdoing the other with...
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Sep 1, 2006
Everyone has to operate on a budget. Even P. Diddy, Moby or Madonna have bottoms to their bank accounts, although they'd be more concerned with the price...
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Sep 1, 2006
What are the makings of a legend? Throughout the history of contemporary recorded music, precious few bands and artists have faced the seemingly insurmountable...
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Sep 1, 2006
It's about that time! As Onksi and B Fats from I'm Chillin' would say, Time to bust a rhyme? Time for Gertrude Stein? Naw, Bizee. It's time for another...
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Sep 1, 2006
It's been a long-standing tradition to pay homage to influential bands and artists, often by covering one of their songs. More subtle tactics include...
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Sep 1, 2006
Until very recently, putting music and sound to picture required a lot of gear and technical know-how. From Sony Betacam decks to tapes striped with SMPTE...
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Sep 1, 2006
While other manufacturers seem to be caught up in repackaging yesterday's news, Korg has made huge inroads with its cutting-edge Multi Modeling Technology...
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Sep 1, 2006
The quest for fresh sounds is eternal for a music producer of any genre. Just ask old-school legends such as Sir George Martin, Alan Parsons, Trevor Horn...
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Sep 1, 2006
In the world of audio technology, it's natural for people to make comparisons between different pieces of gear; just as people often describe music as...
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