One for all and all-in-one. One of the primary reasons why audio-software packages have become all-inclusive is that both developers and users recognize...
If you are one of the many people just entering the desktop-recording fray, one of the first choices you will be faced with is what computer to purchase....
In a quiet apartment building at the edge of Glendale in Los Angeles, a handful of producers cook up music at a feverish pace. In one studio room, DJ...
Anyone who's been involved with music technology for at least five years or longer will surely regale bored studio interns someday with long-winded stories...
It's becoming increasingly difficult to determine just where to put Death in Vegas genrewise. Emerging in the mid-'90s as part of the ill-fated big-beat...
Groovecube Technologies Exciton VST SYNTH It used to be tough to find inexpensive software synthesizers that were stable on both Mac and PC platforms,...
Style: Basically, everything from pastoral cut-up electronics to the Scottish countryside to the return of evil Bill. Established: In 1993, by Laurence...
Amid all the usual half-nude hoochies, Hummers and fashionistas, Miami encountered something new during the Winter Music Conference the Remix Hotel which...
PlayStation2 has finally created a game to sharpen your remixing skills. Amplitude, released in March 2003, is a sequel to Sony PlayStation's 2001 game...
MACKIE TAPCO 6306 6-CHANNEL MIXER Music professionals know Mackie as one of the most trusted names in the business, but beginning and budget-minded musicians...
If a producer received a call from Madonna, he would do anything to keep the Material Girl happy, right? Not so for Paris-based veteran Mirwais Ahmadzai....
LETTER OF THE MONTH IT'S IN THE CANS I'll admit it: When it comes to pulse-pounding beats, I'm quite often turned off. It's not that I don't enjoy going...
It wasn't too long ago that a producer would be considered golden if he or she were the one person to call for a particular genre of music. Who would...
If names such as Jimmy Douglass, Alan Moulder and Frank Filipetti don't immediately ring a bell, it's okay you've probably already heard their work. Detailed...
LETTER OF THE MONTH WE ARE THE MUSIC-MAKERS I have a gripe about all this focus on music on computers. Where did we lose all of the musicians along the...
From mixing, scratching and beat-juggling to remixing and producing original works, DJs have long been pushing the limits of how music is made. In the...
There aren't many cases in which the saying slow and steady wins the race is true. But that's the way it goes for Carlos Slinger. He isn't a blaring green...
GMedia Music Oddity VST SYNTH Remaking quirky and eclectic vintage synthesizers is what GMedia Music does best. Its M-Tron software rendition of the kooky...
Listening in abstraction is really the only recourse for anyone tuned in to the intricate sonic treatments of the British duo Autechre. With an arsenal...
When Pro Tools manufacturer Digidesign and hardware synthesizer company Access Music jointly released the Access Virus TDM plug-in a few years back, it...
Whereas most programmers divulge their equipment choices with the usual Mac, software synths and plug-ins, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden builds his own PCs,...
Apogee, a company renowned within professional audio circles for its dedicated A/D/A converters, has recently unveiled the newest piece to its prodigious...
The big buzz at this year's Musikmesse conference in Frankfurt, Germany, seemed to center around the integration of external DSP, signal processing and...
Paul Oakenfold peeks around the corner of Amoeba Music in Hollywood, obviously eager to get inside. He politely finishes with the photographer while passers-by...
SET IT OFF Leave it to the Germans to solve your DJ-rig woes with the SetBase, an all-inclusive work space for the DJ with everything but the proper table....
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