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Aug 1, 2003
The concept of completely reshaping audio is one of the most fascinating aspects of 21st-century production. But whether audio can be made as truly elastic...
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Jul 1, 2003
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...
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Jul 1, 2003
For most anyone involved with computer-based recording and production, the name Waves is synonymous with must-have signal processing. In a move that's...
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Jul 1, 2003
Some of my fondest memories of life as a music-composition major in college include the countless days and nights spent in the university's aging electronic-music...
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Jul 1, 2003
Darwin observed that identical species separated from each other by geographic boundaries (such as oceans and mountains) tend to evolve differently, developing...
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Jul 1, 2003
Few pieces of audio-production technology will ever enjoy the explosive popularity of Propellerhead Reason. In just a few short years, the program has...
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Jun 1, 2003
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;...
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Jun 1, 2003
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...
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May 1, 2003
The big buzz at this year's Musikmesse conference in Frankfurt, Germany, seemed to center around the integration of external DSP, signal processing and...
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May 1, 2003
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...
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May 1, 2003
Ever since DJs began digitizing their vinyl and showing up to gigs with laptop computers, the software world has been posing that neoclassic query, To...
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Apr 1, 2003
CAKEWALK PROJECT5 SOFT-SYNTH WORKSTATION (PC) There is no finale to the soft-synth parade. Cakewalk marches Project5 ($429) into the fray touting open...
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Apr 1, 2003
Upon its introduction, BitHeadz Phrazer was a godsend for Mac-based producers longing for a loop-composition tool to rival Sonic Foundry's PC-only phenom,...
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Mar 1, 2003
Every digital-audio sequencer has its own unique bag of tricks. Sometimes, it manifests as features that the competition lacks; other times, it's a totally...
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Mar 1, 2003
CD burners and mixers are a dime a dozen these days, so why do you and I continue to haul vinyl from gig to gig? Simple: We like our vinyl. But the hard...
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Mar 1, 2003
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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Mar 1, 2003
Many in the Macintosh community still have some serious reservations about making the move to OS X. Thankfully, the folks at TC Works have come up with...
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Feb 1, 2003
Don't blame Antares for the annoying rash of robotically pitched vocals in songs by Cher, Madonna, Kid Rock and every flavor-of-the-minute R&B diva and...
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Feb 1, 2003
The clich evolve or die applies not only to the animal kingdom but also to the cutthroat world of digital-audio-sequencer manufacturers. Among the most...
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Feb 1, 2003
If you have never heard of Sonic Foundry's Acid Pro, let me bring you into the loop. Imagine an intuitive paint-and-play remix application, in which any...
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Dec 1, 2002
CREAMER & K High-octane duo named best remixers of the year By Kylee Swenson When DJs or artists suddenly explode onto the scene, it's easy to despise...
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Dec 1, 2002
If you want a good example of value, look no further than Pluggo. This collection of more than 100 plug-ins operates under VST, MAS and RTAS environments....
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Dec 1, 2002
My back hurts. As a working DJ who carts a good 70-plus records from city to city, my spine feels like it's at least a decade older than the rest of me....
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Nov 1, 2002
The basic concept behind Kontakt, Native Instruments' flagship software sampler, certainly isn't anything new. Software samplers like Emagic's EXS24 and...
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Nov 1, 2002
In the past year or so, the virtual-instrument platform has finally spread its wings and is now reaching a comfortable cruising altitude. There are less...
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