The birth of club music was a murky affair. There is one record, however, that is so far reaching that almost every club-music camp agrees it's a starting...
There are few production outfits more important to the development of modern electronic dance music than Underworld. Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith...
With the development of new technology, there has always been an accompanying threshold of creativity where eccentric pioneers such as Kraftwerk, Brian...
Rolling down a rain-slogged thruway on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., The Roots' caravan is heading toward the 9:30 Club for one of the group's sold-out,...
Trying new software is a little like traveling to new places. You take a certain period of time to try things both new and familiar and learn along the...
Since man first put finger to string to make sound or voice to melody to make song, music has been strengthened by the collaboration of two minds. It's...
First introduced as a feature in Cakewalk Project 5 Version 2, Dimension Pro is a hybrid software synthesizer that combines real instrument sounds with...
We know you're not growing mold from living under a rock. We know you know about podcasting by now. Most articles on podcasting, however, make the presumption...
For nearly a decade, three strains of the Access Virus Virus A, Virus B and Virus C have alternately swept through unquarantined music shops. Now, after...
It's hard to believe that it's been more than three years since Digidesign answered the prayers of many cash-strapped and/or traveling musicians by introducing...
DJs, bands and 2,000 fans set sail for the high seas Jan. 7 on Jam Cruise 4, a weeklong adventure of bands thrashin' and fans splashin' in the sun. The...
VINYL POOL is the handy state-by-state directory that lists some of the fine independent vinyl shops and DJ-gear retailers that carry your favorite magazine,...
It must be great to be a professional DJ, traveling around the world in a haze of loud music and bright lights. For a start, think of how much time you'd...
I've had a somewhat fairy tale ride in that I've been at Astralwerks/Caroline for 13 years now; I literally started in the trenches doing college-radio...
Over the past decade or so, a certain three-letter abbreviation has become a household name for music producers: DAW. Short for digital audio workstation,...
There's nothing amusing about purchasing a MIDI keyboard controller only to find that it can't perform all of the functions you wanted it to. Although...
So this train really doesn't stop, does it? I'm not referring to time and the stinging reality that we, and everyone we know, keep getting older every...
KORG PADKONTROL TACTILE MIDI CONTROLLER Direct from the Winter NAMM 2006 show comes Korg's poppin' fresh MIDI drum-triggering PadKontrol ($299). With...
FOR THE RECORD I am an avid reader of your magazine and a student at Full Sail, going for my recording-arts degree. I have this problem, one that I have...
LINPLUG OCTOPUS DUAL-MATRIX SYNTHESIZER Not your typical synth, Octopus is an additive FM/sampling hybrid that contains one matrix for oscillator/filter...
Style: Minimal-house/techno, tech-house and house Established: Founded in 1998 by Steve Bug and Tobias Lampe in Hamburg, Germany Artists: Argy, Detroit...
PREFUSE 73 Security Screenings (Warp) steps forward Although none other than Scott Herren himself (Prefuse 73's alter ego) has identified Security Screenings...
TRANCE BY THE BOOK Whoever said Those who can't do, teach can see us after class. In the Trance Experience ($80, www.sound.org), international DJ/producer...
You've been to the show. You've stayed up and partied all night. And you've stumbled around for hours on end taking in the sights and sounds. Now get...
High school reunions need folks like Jeffrey James Logan. Without Logan and his ilk, the Where Are They Now? segments would drag on interminably, bouncing...
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