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Feb 1, 2008
I've always enjoyed being exposed to new things, says a young lady standing nearby. On a damp November night on New York City's Upper East Side, she wouldn't...
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Feb 1, 2008
While the fairly recent and successful Novation ReMote Zero SL control surface provided the the revolutionary Automapping and cool blue LCD strips of...
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Jan 1, 2008
Pop bottles for the 28 hottest music production and performance products of 2007...
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Dec 1, 2007
Producer/Remixer/DJs can wake up; the mixer of their dreams is here...
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Dec 1, 2007
Direct DAW control gets all touchy feely...
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Dec 1, 2007
VoiceLive's little brothers make live vocal effects a cinch...
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Nov 1, 2007
CAKEWALK SONAR 7 DAW FOR WINDOWS Cakewalk beefed up Sonar 7 (Producer Edition $619, Studio Edition $369; www.cakewalk.com), already one of the most popular...
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Oct 2, 2007
LIVID INSTRUMENTS CELL
PERFORMANCE VJ SOFTWARE
Cell ($99; www.lividinstruments.com), the new VJ software from Livid Instruments...
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Oct 1, 2007
Had Federico Aubele never left his native Buenos Aires five years ago, there's a good chance his new album Panamericana would have never come to fruition....
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Sep 1, 2007
What seems now like a long time ago and was in fact at the turn of the century, a company called Electrix (www.electrixpro.com) revolutionized the hardware...
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Jun 1, 2007
Sometimes people get way too serious about gear and lose sight of the fact that making music should be a lot of fun. It's probably a trap everyone has...
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Jun 1, 2007
With a few exceptions, post-'90s dance music has lacked any identity. Although top-flight DJs continued to thrive in clubs around the world, there was...
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May 1, 2007
When I heard that Electro Harmonix (EH) released stereo versions of some of its pedals, I rejoiced. I've used EH pedals since I got my first Wurlitzer...
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Apr 1, 2007
Nearly a decade ago, Max Gronlund developed the groundbreaking Koblo Studio 9000 bundle the first commercially successful virtual instrument among a handful...
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Apr 1, 2007
Parts one and two of this series explained the different types of microphones and recording techniques for each one. But after using this knowledge to...
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Apr 1, 2007
A few years ago when Mackie released its Onyx series of mixers with FireWire options, I got very excited at the prospect of combining my small-format...
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Mar 1, 2007
Most musicians and producers sensibly rely on musical instruments for the sounds they need. Sometimes, though, it's far more interesting to work with...
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Mar 1, 2007
Last month, part one of this series explained the different types of mics, polar patterns and basic techniques, but now it's time to discuss some specific...
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Feb 1, 2007
If guilt-free unprotected sex could be embodied in a live show, it would take the form of the Brazilian Girls. Carnivalesque costumes, punk-rock antics,...
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Jan 30, 2007
As one of the most subjective pieces of equipment in the studio, microphones forever lead record producers and engineers on chases for that elusive (or nonexistent) status of perfection....
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Jan 1, 2007
Leave it to software to be the savior of hardware. In the previous year's Remix Technology Awards, the soft stuff soaked up much of the attention, but...
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Oct 1, 2005
Would you like to romp wildly about the stage without any worry of tripping over your instrument cable? How about jumping into the crowd and singing a...
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Sep 1, 2004
SOUNDCRAFT LX7ii FRONT-OF-HOUSE MIXING CONSOLE One of the audio world's great consoles, the Soundcraft LX7, gets a specification upgrade and a facelift...
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Aug 1, 2004
EVENTIDE H8000 EFFECTS PROCESSOR Eventide brings its famed Ultra-Harmonizer effects processor into the 21st century with a new 8-channel version, the...
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Apr 1, 2004
ROLAND FANTOM-X SERIES WORKSTATION KEYBOARDS Roland's Fantom line of keyboard workstations gets a huge overhaul with the new Fantom-X Series ($2,395-$3,395):...
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