I am convinced given the number of men and women, not to mention animals, that regularly travel into outer space that this is a futuristic society. And...
Although plenty of virtual-analog synths are on the market, nothing beats the real thing. And to many musicians, the real thing is the Minimoog Model...
AES FIRST LOOK CAKEWALK SONAR 3.0 WORKSTATION/SEQUENCING SOFTWARE (PC) Cakewalk has long been a name that is synonymous with PC-based music production....
Musicians have gotten awfully jaded as of late. With so many companies throwing so many new and bizarre products at the public, it's easy for many to...
NOVATION REMOTE 25 USB MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER Novation enters the desktop-recording race with the Remote 25 ($599), the company's new 25-key MIDI control...
Vestax is a 25-year-old Japanese audio-equipment manufacturer that has enjoyed recent success as a manufacturer of mixers, turntables and other professional...
It's a fact: Full-size keyboard workstations are a serious size and space investment. Justifying the sticker price of a new all-in-one behemoth is sometimes...
GEMINI PDT-6000 DIGITAL TURNTABLE In the cutthroat world of turntables, innovation continues to be key. In the case of Gemini's PDT-6000 ($499.95) turntable,...
American Audio is one of the brands under which the American DJ group of companies sells professional audio and DJ equipment and lighting. Although American...
By no means am I old: I've never owned an 8-track. I missed the Nixon administration entirely. I still have my hair, my waistline and my teeth. And a...
MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER 4 AUDIO/MIDI SEQUENCER (MAC) It's been a long time coming, but loyal MOTU Digital Performer users finally have the greatest reason...
Denon has earned the reputation as a leader in the manufacturing of high-quality DJ equipment and is recognized worldwide for high standards of quality,...
CYCLING '74 RADIAL 1.0 LOOP COMPOSER (MAC) Musician and engineer jhno, the man behind many of Cycling '74's Pluggo plug-ins, designed Radial 1.0 ($249;...
It's hard to flip through any magazine like Remix and not stumble across an artist or producer extolling the virtues of some classic synth, compressor...
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...
NOVATION KS4, KS5 ANALOG-EMULATION KEYBOARDS The blokes and birds at British company Novation have been mad for analog emulation for many years. It comes...
When Pro Tools manufacturer Digidesign and hardware synthesizer company Access Music jointly released the Access Virus TDM plug-in a few years back, it...
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...
CAKEWALK PROJECT5 SOFT-SYNTH WORKSTATION (PC) There is no finale to the soft-synth parade. Cakewalk marches Project5 ($429) into the fray touting open...
When Pioneer's CDJ-1000 first hit the market two years ago, conventional wisdom had it that the glory days of vinyl were coming to a close. The combination...
Although there's little new about the idea of a MIDI keyboard controller, finding the one that's right for you can be tricky. A healthy number of options...
With all due disrespect to Texas, smaller is better in today's studio. Versatility is important, too. Compact devices that do double or triple duty in...
During the past 20 years, Rane has been building its reputation one rackspace at a time. DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Z-Trip and Moby stake their reputation...
ZOOM MRS-1266CD DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER The Zoom MRS-1266CD ($1,899) digital audio workstation provides 10 audio-recording tracks each with 10 virtual...
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