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Dec 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
As a desktop musician, you've undoubtedly amassed a collection of audio files packed with loops of all types. The trouble is, unless you created them...
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Feb 1, 2005,
By Orren Merton
Crest Audio has long been a respected name in power amplifiers, mixers, and loudspeakers. In developing the Crest Performance line, the company applied...
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Apr 1, 2007,
By Nick Peck
Each side of the Crowley and Tripp Naked Eye ribbon microphone is voiced differently. The front of the mic has a darker sound than the rear, giving you two timbral choices in one unit....
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Jul 1, 2002,
By Dennis Miller
Csound is the latest in a long line of synthesis languages that have roots that go back to Bell Labs in the late 1950s. The language provides an almost...
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
Global commerce and the World Wide Web have connected musicians from different cultures as never before. Recordings made on six of seven continents and...
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May 1, 2001,
By Peter Drescher
In 1991, after finishing my last tour with bluesman Joe Louis Walker and the BossTalkers, I sent rs to every music-software developer I could find, hoping...
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Apr 1, 2004,
By Scott Wilkinson and Joanna Cazden
Throughout history, many of the most important discoveries have been accidental. For example, in 1778, while experimenting with certain chemicals, Joseph...
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Sep 1, 2004,
By rachMiel
Cycling '74's first audio library, Sustained Encounters ($99), delivers more than 130 files of loops and evolving textural sounds that range from a few...
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Apr 1, 2002,
By Thomas Wells with Dennis Miller
Since its introduction in 1998, Max/MSP has quickly become one of the premier development tools for sound design and music composition. Max is a powerful,...
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Dec 1, 2004,
Len Sasso
Mode is a collection of three virtual instruments and two effects plug-ins based on Cycling '74's Pluggo technology. The instruments are a monophonic...
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Oct 1, 1999,
Dennis Miller
Cycling '74 has released a remarkable new application that can be a major addition to your audio processing resources. Pluggo allows Mac users to convert...
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Jan 1, 2003,
By Doug Geers
Since its release in 1999, Cycling '74's Pluggo has become a popular tool in music recording and production studios around the world. This is due in large...
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Nov 1, 2005
If the devil is in the details, then Old Scratch must stay busy in the audio world. We deal with so many details and so much confusion that it is amazing...
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Jul 1, 2001,
By Alex Artaud
The Freque II ($1,400) is the flagship of the DACS (Digital Audio and Computer Systems) line of ring modulators. It includes wonderful enhancements made...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Brian Smithers
Unison double-tracking of a part is a standard engineering technique, whether for creative purposes (think Beatles) or for corrective purposes (think...
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Oct 1, 2001,
By David Rubin
Samplers have been the traditional tools of choice for rendering the complexities of woodwind sounds. But hardware samplers are frequently hobbled by...
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Jan 1, 2003,
By Brian Knave
As a harp player who admits to being something of a spring-reverb fanatic I own not only a reissue '63 Fender Tube Reverb tank, but also a Demeter RV-1...
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Mar 1, 2007,
By Eli Crews
For years, people in the recording industry have been predicting the death of the console. With mixing taking place inside computers and summing boxes,...
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Jan 1, 2005,
Steve Oppenheimer Editor in Chief
It all started when I wanted to check out a new version of a host program that required a dongle. I needed to work at the EM office, using my PowerBook,...
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Geary Yelton
The Dave Smith Instruments Evolver is an inexpensive monophonic synthesizer module and signal processor that combines digital and analog technology. EM explores its capabilities for producing new and unusual sounds....
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Jan 1, 2005,
By Geary Yelton
When Dave Smith Instruments introduced the Evolver, it was the first affordable synthesizer that successfully combined analog and digital oscillators...
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May 1, 2007,
By Nick Peck
Legendary synth designer Dave Smith has released the Evolver Keyboard ($1,329), a 3-octave performance version of the 1-voice tabletop Evolver....
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Feb 1, 2006,
By Gino Robair
One of the major attractions of a vintage synth, besides its sound, is the user interface, which typically gives you hands-on control over important parameters....
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Roland ED U-8 USB Digital Studio Like so many other areas of technology, studio gear is getting smaller and smaller. But who would've thought that you...
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Dec 1, 2004,
By Brian Smithers
Four years ago in the August 2000 issue of EM, I declared that the preconfigured audio computer had come of age. Today, however, of the four companies...
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