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Jan 1, 2002
Everyone who produces music in a home studio knows the frustration of trying to achieve that professional big studio sound. The main obstacle that prevents...
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Nov 1, 2001
Outta the deep and into the street, Sonar the daddy of all Cakewalk Pro Audio upgrades offers a new name, freshly rewritten code, and a host of added...
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Sep 1, 2001
Electronic-music makers seem to fall into one of two groups: the unfortunate souls who have never heard of Fruityloops and passionate Fruityloops enthusiasts....
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Sep 1, 2001
Remember when a sampler was just a sampler? It didn't matter if you owned an Akai, an E-mu, or a llama a sampler was simply a piece of hardware used to...
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Aug 1, 2001
Think back to the first time you ever heard an electronic music tune that really moved you. Chances are it wasn't the melody that grabbed your gut as...
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Aug 1, 2001
Many DJs are discovering that working MP3s into their live sets can be just as effective as spinning vinyl or CDs. It provides an outlet for that massive...
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Jul 1, 2001
Thanks to the advent of file-sharing systems such as Napster and WinMX, CD burning is at an all-time high. Professional musicians, producers, and DJs...
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Jul 1, 2001
Intelligent Dance Music is a genre composed of computer-inspired tonalities and textures that have been skillfully edited, cut up, and processed so the...
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Jul 1, 2001
Siggi Baldursson is clearly from another planet one most likely run by a government of tabla-thumping senators and beat-tweaking prime ministers. Luckily...
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Jul 1, 2001
It's hard to beat two decks, a mixer, and a crate of vinyl when mixing songs together. But a computer has a distinct advantage when it comes to working...
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Jun 1, 2001
An innovative effects processor for 21st-century sound designers. Software programs that emulate beloved pieces of audio hardware seem to come out every...
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May 1, 2001
Muon Software's Electron is another dual-filter, envelope, and LFO application for VST 2.0 synth devotees using a Mac or PC (minimum requirements, respectively:...
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May 1, 2001
A sampler, some argue, is a producer's best friend. What other relationship gives us so much flexibility and freedom? We can sample, resample, truncate,...
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May 1, 2001
A notable upgrade to Steinberg/Native Instruments' previously released Pro-Five plug-in, Pro-52 makes a great case for going virtual the second time around....
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May 1, 2001
Based on the German-crafted PPG Wave 2.3 digital-analog hybrid synthesizer introduced way back in 1984, Steinberg/Waldorf's PPG Wave 2.V is a faithful...
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May 1, 2001
Mercury-1's all-too-brief user manual leaves plenty to the imagination, but maybe that's exactly what TC Works intended. The software's virtual front...
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Apr 1, 2001
A virtual rack of hardware that nearly does it all. During the Winter 2000 NAMM show, Propellerhead Software (creator of ReCycle and ReBirth) announced...
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Mar 1, 2001
The buzz has been building for months. Hordes of Macintosh aficionados, envying PC users' access to Sonic Foundry's superb Acid Pro program for loop-based...
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Feb 1, 2001
To become a power user with any software application, use both hands! Sonic Foundry's Acid Pro 2.0 is more fun and a great deal more efficient when you...
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Feb 1, 2001
Talented DJs everywhere can create mind-blowing remixes from stereo master tracks using little more than a sampler and some effects. But what if you could...
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Feb 1, 2001
You could describe making music in Acid Pro 2.0 as painting with sound samples. To the Mac contingent that feels that PCs are evil and complicated beasts,...
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Jan 1, 2001
AMM-1 and AMM Mic Modelers Mic-modeling hardware and software provides access to a virtual microphone collection.Chances are you've read about the expensive...
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Jan 1, 2001
Budget Samplers SMALL PRICES, BIG FEATURES, AND MASSIVE SOUNDS.If you don't have a sampler in your home studio or DJ rig by now, you have absolutely no...
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Jun 1, 2000
ACCESS VIRUS 1.0 TDM PLUG-IN The Access Virus is one of the most popular analog-modeling synths, and over the last few years Access has released several...
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Jun 1, 2000
Reaktor 2.3.1 Whereas many software synth packages provide virtual simulations of existing hardware products, Native Instruments' Reaktor takes the concept...
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