Broadband Battlefield 

Scott Wilkinson

Many fundamental aspects of life in the 20th century, such as electricity, radio, the telephone, and computers, had their beginnings at the end of the...

Broken Toys 

The Bent Festival is making its way to Minne-apolis, L.A., and New York City for three days (per city) of hardware-hacking fun in late April/early May....

Buchla and Associates  

By Gino Robair

1963Series 100 Electronic Music System A discrete modular analog instrument, originally designed for the San Francisco Tape Music Center 1970Series 200...

Buchla Instrument Development 1990-Present 

By EM Editors

1990 Thunder Features an array of sensors that complements the shape of the hand and responds to impact velocity, position, and pressure 1991 Lightning...

Budget Mics, Big Sound 

By Rusty Cutchin

Decades ago, large-diaphragm condenser mics (LDCs) were the Holy Grail of gear acquisition and usually cost anywhere from several hundred dollars to several...

Build a Desktop Studio on Any Budget 

By the EM Staff

EM editors specify the products that they would buy for their personal dream studios....

BUILD A MICROPHONE CABINET ON ANY BUDGET 

ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF

BASIC COVERAGE BUDGET ($2,000) Myles Boisen (1) Sennheiser E602 ($319) (2) Sennheiser E604 ($249 each) (2) Shure SM 57 ($146 each) (2) Shure BG 4.1 ($275...

Build a Microphone Cabinet on any Budget 

BRIAN KNAVE AND MYLES BOISEN

We frequently get asked by readers which microphones are best for particular applications, as well as which are the best values. So, we've put together several possible cabinets at various prices, and we include details about the mics and some discussion of why we recommend them....

Build the EM -10/+4 Level Converter 

Peter Mosher

In the audio world, "professional" studio gear generally features line-level audio inputs and outputs on balanced, three-conductor XLR connectors, operating...

Build the EM Theremin 

EM Editor in Chief, Steve Oppenheimer, worked with Bob Moog to develop this article; it took almost a year, but when it was done, they had a classic story. Read it here....

BUILDING A REAKTOR 

Len Sasso

REAKTOR TAKES YOU WHERE FEW SYNTHS HAVE GONE BEFORE.Native Instruments' Reaktor is one of the most powerful new programs to hit the scene in years. Combining...

Building a Second Career 

Mike Lawson

I've performed in clubs, festivals, street fairs, and concert halls since I was a teenager, but I've grown tired of the normal gig scene. I started performing...

Building Character 

By Larry the O

Recently, I participated in an interesting email thread that discussed how the user interfaces of current electronic instruments tend to impede one's...

Burning Ambitions 

By Gary S. Hall

The CD has evolved as a medium for data storage and for entertainment, but it can never fully escape its roots. That accounts in large part for the different, and at times quirky, ways that CD-Rs behave....

BURTON AND PICH Cecilia 2.04 (MAC/WIN/LINUX) 

By Dennis Miller

Managing Csound using Cecilia, free public-domain sound design software....

Buying In 

Steve Oppenheimer Editor in Chief

Just when I thought we might get a breather in the recent trend toward industry consolidation, several new mergers and acquisitions were announced, starting...

By the Slice 

By Len Sasso

Beat slicing can be accomplished in several ways, but they all amount to breaking an audio file into a number of small segments (often called “slices”). Once you have the audio file cut into slices, the trick is to change the time between slices rather than altering the speed at which each slice is played. That preserves each slice’s pitch and timbre while changing its tempo....

C-Mexx MIR (MIDI Interactive Remote) 

By Brian Smithers

For every one of my students who ever cried out in frustration, Why, oh, why do we have to learn hexadecimal numbers? I have the best answer yet: the...

CAD VSM 

Erik Hawkins

The days when premium-quality, large-diaphragm condenser microphones cost a fortune are long gone. Indeed, low- and midpriced condensers now seem to be...

CAKEWALK Dimension Pro 1.2 and Rapture 1.0 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Dimension Pro 1.2 and Rapture 1.0 are the second and third virtual-instrument plug-ins released by Cakewalk since acquiring rgc:audio and the prodigious...

CAKEWALK GUITAR STUDIO 2 (WIN) 

Scott R. Garrigus

Keyboardists are often considered the most savvy music-technology users. Lately, however, guitar players have also come to embrace the computer as a member...

CAKEWALK Guitar Tracks Pro 3 (Win) 

By Orren Merton

Cakewalk has updated its Guitar Tracks Pro software to version 3, creating a real contender in the audio-only multitrack wars. Version 3 boasts a new...

CAKEWALK Kinetic 

By Rick Scott

With its new digital audio sequencer, Kinetic ($119), Cakewalk has set foot squarely in the land of the prosumer in terms of price but don't let that...

CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO 9.0 (WIN) 

Phil Darg

Most desktop music producers throughout the '90s dreamed of a seamlessly integrated MIDI and audio production environment that offered lightning speed...

CAKEWALK Project5 2.0.1 (Win) 

By Jim Aikin

Cakewalk's Project5 2.0.1 is a software update that has several improvements over the original version: the user interface has been streamlined, a great...