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Jun 1, 2005
With powerful synth-making tools like Native Instruments Reaktor, it is becoming more and more common for creative minds to independently develop their...
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May 1, 2005
To some people out there coding away in Cupertino, Calif., GarageBand is their baby. To them, these are special times: the formative years of development...
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May 1, 2005
Since the release of its first ambitious software product, dubbed Storm (a competitor of Propellerhead Reason), France-based Arturia has been reintroducing...
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May 1, 2005
Longtime users of Apple Logic know that the program just keeps getting better. What was once a confusing plethora of versions covering four different...
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May 1, 2005
Several years ago, German company Hartmann launched a formidable synthesizer keyboard called, simply, the Neuron. From the high-tech toy shop (or is that...
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May 1, 2005
The world of music production has seen a shift in recent years from keyboards and sound modules to soft synths and samplers. These days, what once required...
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May 1, 2005
When DJs start talking about systems that fuse the versatility of digital audio with the hands-on feel of vinyl, it's a rare conversation that doesn't...
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Apr 1, 2005
At this point in the pro-audio industry, the quality of soft synthesizers is generally amazing; therefore, the question for developers is which company...
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Apr 1, 2005
Applied Acoustics is one of those rare boutique software houses that has a clear vision of its place within the industry focusing on its strengths, not...
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Apr 1, 2005
For musicians looking to sync a computer's tempo to live musicians, Circular Logic has the solution with its innovative InTime software. InTime listens...
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Apr 1, 2005
With electronic music, a great divide has existed between what happens in the confines of the studio and what happens on the stage. Software synths and...
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Apr 1, 2005
SoundToys, indeed: The plug-ins from the outfit formerly known as Wave Mechanics are precisely that a whole lot of fun and games. On the other hand, they...
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Mar 1, 2005
If I may be frank from the top, it's been far too long since anyone has seen any new and exciting sampler products from E-mu. With a brand name as revered...
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Mar 1, 2005
MOTU DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION for consistently providing its users with the paddle necessary to continue the journey upstream. The most recent update...
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Mar 1, 2005
It just wouldn't be winter in the audio world without the annual trip south to lovely Orange County, Calif., for the Winter NAMM convention. And say what...
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Mar 1, 2005
Timing is everything, so the saying goes. And in music production, it's definitely true. I don't know how many producers and engineers I've seen fussing...
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Mar 1, 2005
Once upon a time, there was 16-bit resolution, then 24-bit. Now, the world is tempted with 32-bit floating-point resolution. People once marveled at 44.1kHz...
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Mar 1, 2005
If human evolution is defined by increasing levels of complexity as time passes, Stylus RMX shows just how far people have come since banging bones on...
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Feb 1, 2005
A couple of years ago, when the word came in that Apple had purchased Emagic, the reactions were very mixed. Many PC users were certainly put into a tight...
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Feb 1, 2005
Cakewalk is one of the great success stories in the music-software business. With so much talk about Steinberg Cubase and Apple Logic these days, it's...
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Feb 1, 2005
In the mid-1900s, flange effects were first made possible chiefly as a side effect of tape players' design and operation. With two tapes simultaneously...
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Feb 1, 2005
Despite the blinding speed of technological progress, 21 years after its birth, the MIDI standard is still heavily in use a testament to its strength...
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Feb 1, 2005
In the late '90s, a small company called Nemesys debuted a revolutionary product that pioneered the concept of streaming samples off a PC's hard drive....
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Jan 1, 2005
There was a time only a few short years ago that digital vinyl was fresh, cutting-edge science. Stanton's FinalScratch was the trailblazer, the progenitor...
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Jan 1, 2005
In the world of recording, a sharp divide still exists between the recording engineers and the many traditional musicians (guitar and bass players among...
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