Few pieces of audio-production technology will ever enjoy the explosive popularity of Propellerhead Reason. In just a few short years, the program has...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
The big buzz at this year's Musikmesse conference in Frankfurt, Germany, seemed to center around the integration of external DSP, signal processing and...
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...
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...
CAKEWALK PROJECT5 SOFT-SYNTH WORKSTATION (PC) There is no finale to the soft-synth parade. Cakewalk marches Project5 ($429) into the fray touting open...
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,...
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...
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...
ZOOM MRS-1266CD DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER The Zoom MRS-1266CD ($1,899) digital audio workstation provides 10 audio-recording tracks each with 10 virtual...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
Project-studio musicians and engineers looking for pro workstation functionality in an easy-to-use package are often faced with a daunting host of sequencers...
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PROPELLERHEAD REASON 2.5
