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A Richer Experience 

Mar 1, 2008,

Gino Robair Editor

The day after the 2008 Winter NAMM show ended, I participated in a direct-to-disc recording session at Infrasonic Sound in Los Angeles in preparation...

A Site for Sore Eyes 

Oct 1, 2006,

Steve Oppenheimer Editor in Chief

Have you visited the EM Web site recently? If not, you should make a point of doing so, because you are in for a pleasant surprise. When we last redesigned...

A Stitch in Time 

Mar 1, 2005,

By Brian Smithers

As every musician knows, pitch and time go hand in hand if you speed up the playback of a tape machine, the song's tempo will increase, and its pitch...

A SURVEY OF UNCONVENTIONAL MUSICAL INPUT DEVICES. 

Aug 1, 2000,

MARTY CUTLER, GINO ROBAIR, AND BEAN

Over the years, innovative approaches to using physical gestures in electronic music have been highlighted in the pages of EM. Although some of the technologies...

A Time for Us 

Apr 1, 2002,

Steve Oppenheimer

Until recently, music educators as a group have usually lagged behind when it comes to applying technology in the classroom, especially in the public...

A Workshop in the Garage 

Aug 1, 2006,

By Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus

Apple Computer's GarageBand is revolutionary. Never has it been easier or less expensive to record, mix, and master studio-quality audio. Though GarageBand...

A World in a Grain of Sound 

Nov 1, 1999,

By John Duesenberry

A pile of gravel being dumped off a truck may not sound much like a police whistle, a guiro, or a revving motorcycle. But all these sounds have something...

A&R Primer 

Jun 1, 2000,

Mary Cosola

Most musicians who know even the faintest bit about the music industry have heard the term A&R. Many of them, however, don't understand the full scope...

A-R EDITIONS 

May 1, 2003,

By Dennis Miller

One measure of the far-reaching success that Csound is having in the music community is the number of books cropping up that discuss various aspects of...

A.R.T. DI/O Review 

Oct 1, 2001,

By Mark Nelson

A.R.T. scored a huge hit a couple of years back with the Tube MP desktop mic preamp. Now the company has married digital converters to a 12AX7a tube to...

A.R.T. TUBE MP STUDIO 

Nov 1, 2000,

Marty Cutler

Applied Research & Technology's Tube MP Studio ($159) is a redesigned version of its original Tube MP mic preamp. The Tube MP Studio adds a VU meter for...

A.R.T. Tube MP Studio Review 

Aug 1, 2001,

By Alex Artaud

A few years back, Applied Research and Technology (A.R.T.) introduced the Tube MP, an inexpensive single-channel tube mic preamp. The stompbox-size unit...

AARDVARK AARK 20/20+ (WIN) 

Oct 1, 1999,

Zack Price

The Aardvark Aark 20/20+ is a component recording system that features rock-solid construction and high-quality sound. Like other products in its niche,...

Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 Review 

Jun 1, 2001,

By Zack Price

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Aardvark Direct Pro Q10 

May 1, 2002,

By Allan Metts

It seems that every new computer-based audio-product release offers more channels, fancier features, higher audio quality, and, on occasion, a lower price....

ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS/CHANDLER LIMITED 

Jul 1, 2007,

By Eli Crews

The TG12413 Limiter Pack plug-in ($450; $335 for the LE version; $560 for the TDM version) is the first foray into the digital realm for Abbey Road Studios...

Ableton Live 1.1 Loop Mixing Software Review 

Jun 1, 2002,

By Erik Hawkins

For some time I've dreamed of owning an application that would combine loops in real time without stopping playback to reload, like an automatic pistol...

ABLETON LIVE 2.0 (MAC/WIN) 

Jun 1, 2003,

By Len Sasso

Ableton clearly listened to their users when designing the Live 2.0 upgrade....

ABLETON Live 3.0 (Mac/Win) loop sequencer 

Apr 1, 2004,

By Len Sasso

Ableton Live 3.0 includes major enhancements in its automation capabilities, such as Clip envelopes and the ability to use a MIDI note range to play Clips....

ABLETON Live 4.0 (Mac/Win) 

Dec 1, 2004,

By Len Sasso

Ableton has once again knocked the ball out of the park, this time with its Live 4.0 digital audio sequencer. The big news with Live 4.0 is the addition...

ABLETON Live 5 (Mac/Win) 

Jan 1, 2006,

By Len Sasso

Live users have come to expect fingertip access to essential performance and tracking tools, but a few areas have long needed streamlining. Although Live...

ABLETON Live 6.0.1 (Mac/Win) 

Feb 1, 2007,

By Len Sasso

Ableton Live 6 - A stellar upgrade to a topnotch sequencer | Video support, new Sampler instrument, plug-in Racks featured in Ableton Live 6 upgrade...

About Phase 

May 1, 2004,

By Dave Moulton

Phase shift is one of those truly confusing topics in audio, yet along with frequency and amplitude, phase is one of the primary conceptual building blocks...

Absolutely Sound 

Apr 1, 2006,

By Brian Smithers

Few things can get a room full of engineers into a heated debate as quickly as the subject of monitors. Which are the best? Should they be extremely accurate...

Accelerate Your Studio 

May 1, 2009,

Mike Levine

If you're looking for excellent-sounding signal processing for your projects, you might consider a hardware accelerator such as the TC Electronic PowerCore...

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