Remix’s Thanks for the Memories technical feature. Using Redmatica AutoSampler, you can easily record DAW-ready sample libraries from hardware and software synthesizers. AutoSampler automatically records sample libraries from any hardware or virtual instrument playable via MIDI and creates DAW-ready EXS24 instruments to load into a software sampler...
Learn how limiters differ from compressors and some pointers on using them well. “Limiting Lowdown” explains the main limiter controls: threshold, ratio, attack, release and output gain....
Read the Remix cover story on Busta Rhymes. Busta Rhymes and producers Cool & Dre talk about the trials, tribulations and ’80s inspiration that brought about Rhymes’ latest album, Blessed....
Read the Remix feature on Sound Tribe Sector 9. STS9’s Hunter Brown describes the process of attempting to create the same energy from the band’s live shows for its new album, Peaceblaster....
Remix’s Covert Ops technical feature. This article secret musical weapons such as quirky effects processor and ethnic percussion that can give your tunes the character and mystique to stand out from the masses...
Remix August 2008 New Products. Check out the latest music and DJ gear, including software synths, software plug-ins, audio interfaces, control surfaces, microphones and studio monitors...
Remix reviews Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center sampling workstation. The Akai MPC5000 adds a new virtual analog synthesizer, 8-track hard-disk recorder, new effects and much more to the classic series of sampling workstations...
Remix reviews Apogee Duet portable FireWire audio interface. The Duet combines pristine audio quality from Apogee with lock-step integration with Apple software such as Logic and GarageBand, all in a portable FireWire interface...
Read the Remix feature on instrumental electronic-rock duo Ratatat. Mike Stroud and Evan Mast discuss how they meshed many polar-opposite sounds together to create an oddly complementary mix on LP3...
Remix One Shots August 2008: Quick reviews of Sample Magic Around the World in 80 Raves, Ohm Force Ohmicide: Melohman 1.1 and Sony Creative Software The Electronic Music Manuscript: Richard Devine Collection...
Read the Remix article on Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti’s son, Seun Kuti. Seun Kuti and producer Martin Meissonnier discuss recording Kuti and his father’s band Egypt 80’s debut album in Nigeria and France...
Remix’s Divide and Conquer technical feature. This article explains Mid/side (M/S) processing for mastering, which splits stereo audio into the left, right and center channels, letting you effect that material separately....
Read the Remix article on DJ/producer Metaform, who recently released his album, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Metaform talks in detail about 10 tracks he loves...
Hackin’ the Box: Take control of your performances like never before by modding or building your own MIDI controller; it’s easier than you may think. Learn about creating a prefab modular MIDI controller or adding custom controllers to mass-market controllers...
Remix Rotations CD reviews. Remix writers review the latest CDs, including those from Tricky, Jean Grae, The Faint, Shawn Jackson, Azeem, The Black Ghosts, Leila, Fakts One, Noisia, Sonny J...
Read the Remix “Band Aid” column on film composer Andrew Hollander. Hollander talks about his company, Sugarbox, and the process of recording, collaborating and trying to tie conflicting visions together for a film-scoring project...
Read the Remix profile on Flying Lotus. The chopped, twisted samples and unsteady breakbeats of Flying Lotus are garnering praise from the likes of Portishead's Geoff Barrow. Dropping his sophomore release on Warp, titled Los Angeles, Flying Lotus discusses his ideas and gear behind his trip-hop sound...
Read the Remix article on Kansas City band, The Republic Tigers. Singer Kenn Jankowski talks about the trials and tribulations of recording Keep Color...
Check the specs on composing for film and video within Apple Logic Pro 8. This article tells you how to overwrite the soundtrack of a QuickTime movie with your Logic session, drop video scene markers within Logic and more...
LETTER OF THE MONTH DIAGNOSIS: INDIER-THAN-THOU COMPLEX In a recent issue of Remix, I read an interview of a fairly well-known band (well-known by Remix...
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Thanks for the Memories | AutoSampler
One-Shots, September 2008
Phantom Power | Limiting Lowdown
Art of Appreciation: Busta Rhymes
Liven It Up: Sound Tribe Sector 9
Covert Ops
New Products, August 2008
Review: Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center
Editor's Note: Preparing for the Unexpected
Review: Apogee Duet
Strange Brew: Ratatat
One-Shots, August 2008
Imprint: Buzzin' Fly
Frequency: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Divide and Conquer
Perfect 10: Metaform
Sonar's Musical Gazpacho
Digital DJ: One-Bill Control
Rotations, August 2008
Band Aid: Complete Picture
Frequency: Flying Lotus
Frequency: The Republic Tigers
Phantom Power: Logical Scoring
The Balancing Act
