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May 1, 2008
Writer's block/creative block is about as common as a cold, and it's no surprise: a 40-hour work week (46 is the average in the United States), straining...
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May 1, 2008
For whatever reason, Propellerhead's flagship Reason 4 software is stubbornly different. Maybe the Swedish office has Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way...
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May 1, 2008
Since the early days of soft synths such as Propellerhead ReBirth and Native Instruments Pro-5, manufacturers have come a long way toward making them...
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May 1, 2008
How did we survive before the connected age? Cell phones, e-mail, Web browsers and other tech goodies keep us plugged into the pulse of the world on a...
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May 1, 2008
Much has been said about EastWest's ambitious Fab Four virtual instrument/soundbank, due in part to the fact that it focuses on The Beatles, probably...
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May 1, 2008
QUANTUM LEAP GYPSY SOUNDS OF THE ROMANTIC NOMADS Easily mistaken for a straight flamenco library from the box shot, Gypsy transcends many cultures (Romani/Czech,...
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Apr 1, 2008
Admittedly, I'm an absolute geek for Ableton Live. Ever since version 3, I eagerly await each new release with an excitement that verges on obsession....
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Apr 1, 2008
We humans naturally perform some interesting spatial decoding with each sound we hear. By tracking the microseconds of delay and minor timbral differences...
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Apr 1, 2008
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, (the adjective form of sibilance) is defined as having, containing or producing the sound of or a sound resembling...
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Apr 1, 2008
German engineering and ingenuity is something of a legend. Our Teutonic friends have spared no expense bringing us countless marvels over the years not...
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Mar 1, 2008
While the exorbitant price tags that come part and parcel with the majority of full-featured DAWs (digital audio workstations), and audio editors have...
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Mar 1, 2008
If you were involved in audio production at any point during the '90s, you probably knew about Sound Forge. When it burst onto the fledgling computer...
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Mar 1, 2008
After a long wait, elastic audio technology has finally come to Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4 (including Pro Tools 7.4 LE and 7.4 M-Powered). Using a set of...
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Mar 1, 2008
We all know what it sounds like to run a sound through the cranked-up amplifiers or overdrive pedals guitarists use; basically, it's the same thing that...
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Mar 1, 2008
Beyond mics, synths and all things outboard, the most contentious debate among computer-centric producers and musicians is and will always be DAWs. Which...
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Mar 1, 2008
With many things clothes, cars, restaurants, concert tickets you can do well on a budget; you can even have style. But if you really want the best, you...
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Mar 1, 2008
Unable to afford a Mellotron when it was first released, British keyboard player and engineer Ken Freeman is credited with inventing the polyphonic string...
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Mar 1, 2008
As a self-taught acoustical architect and designer, I've never been a fan of EQ for tuning studios, largely because the response of a room can change...
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Feb 1, 2008
The moonwalk. Hair gel. Pumas with fat laces. Leg warmers. Madonna, Wham, Run-DMC. Such things define the '80s, a decade of such sugary decadence that...
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Feb 1, 2008
Ableton has really shown itself to be, well, able. Those bercreative and hard-working Germans are back with the revamped and re-energized Live 7 Suite,...
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Feb 1, 2008
No need to ask, both Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and Windows Vista have enough useful new features and sexy, overhauled interfaces to make upgrading worthwhile...
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Feb 1, 2008
Most people credit the birth of electronic music to early analog synths that hit the scene back in the '60s and '70s. I'm not one to dispute the fact...
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Feb 1, 2008
Touted as an all-in-one toolset, Adobe Audition 3 (Windows-only) provides recording, mixing, editing and mastering of audio files and includes some basic...
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Feb 1, 2008
Remix’s New Products for February 2008 ...
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Jan 1, 2008
Read the Remix article on ToneMine.com. The site allows you to make and mix your own ringtones. ...
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Hearing Voices
4 on the Floor
Go DiGiLog
Review: Samplebase Satellite Pro
Review: EastWest Fab Four
One-Shots, May 2008
Infinite Beats
The Final Frontier
Diss the Hiss
Review: Magix Samplitude 10
Po' Man's DAWs
Sony Sound Forge 9
What's Up, Stretch?
Distorted Realities
Apple Logic Studio
Universal Audio UAD Xpander Xtreme
G-Force Virtual String Machine and Musicrow Vintage String MkII
IK Multimedia ARC System
Future Retro
Ableton Live 7 Suite
Smooth Operators
Native Instrument Kontakt 3
Adobe Audition 3
New Products
Go Ahead, Answer It
