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Apr 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
Before you take off on your next transcontinental flight or bus ride with your laptop in hand, be sure to pick up Marcel Blum's Soundplant (Windows, $20...
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Jan 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
SWAR SYSTEMS Swar Systems has developed a series of software products for learning and composing Indian classical and folk music based on the Raga (melody)...
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May 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Tactile12000, from Tactile Pictures (www.tactile12000.com), is a standalone software emulation of a 2-turntable DJ rig. The software is a free download...
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Jun 1, 2005,
By Len Sasso
TimeToyPro 2.0 (Mac, $17) is a standalone time-stretching application created with Max/MSP and based on granular DSP technology. Author Marcel Wierckx...
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Jun 1, 2008,
By Len Sasso
Gleetchlab 2.3 (Mac) Gleetchlab (donationware) from Milanese software developer Tobor Experiment is a standalone application created in Cycling '74 Max/MSP....
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
If you subscribe to the time-honored tradition of learning a piece of music by ear but you don't have perfect pitch, Transcribe (Mac/Win shareware, $40)...
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May 1, 2008,
By Len Sasso
MFM2 ($79) is a reincarnation of Urs Heckmann's first VST plug-in, More Feedback Machine. It could be subtitled Everything you always wanted from a delay...
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Dec 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
FXPANSION VST TO AUDIOUNIT ADAPTER (MAC) If you're making the switch to OS X and sorely missing your favorite VST plug-ins in applications that support...
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Mar 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
VSTi Host 3.0 (Mac, $35), from Defective Records, is a standalone application for using VST Instrument and effects plug-ins. It allows you to use plug-ins...
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Dec 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
X-WHEEL OF FORTUNE PRO X-Wheel of Fortune Pro (Win, $38) is an algorithmic-composition tool from Gnter Hager (www.flomo-art.de/se). Created in SynthEdit...
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Jul 1, 2008,
By Len Sasso
Read about EM's profile on XO Wave download, which can be used for CD mastering, podcasting and scoring for picture....
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May 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
Until recently, Propellerhead Software's ReWire was the only tool for routing audio between Mac software applications. Now three new utilities for Mac...
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May 1, 2000,
Jennifer Hruska
None of us want our hardware to become obsolete. So what do you do when you've tired of your sound card's ROM presets or you can't stomach another General...
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Feb 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
AUDIO HIJACK 2.0.2 AND PRO 1.2.6, WIRETAP 1.0.0 Audio Hijack ($16), Audio Hijack Pro ($30), and WireTap (freeware) are Mac OS X utilities for recording...
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Nov 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
AUDIOCORDER AND SOUND BYTE You'll find some handy Mac audio utilities at Black Cat Systems (www.blackcatsystems.com). Among its offerings are amateur...
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Jan 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
It's always nice when music drives product development rather than the other way around. Musician and software developer Zeus Issariotis designed synthesizers...
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Dec 1, 2002,
By Len Sasso
AudioNerdz Delay Lama This one is pure fun. Delay Lama (Mac/Win; free) is the first creation of AudioNerdz, a group of four Dutch students three studying...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Virtual-instrument designer Andreas Ersson offers a collection of innovative VSTi plug-ins for Windows. Prices range from inexpensive for drum synths...
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Jan 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
Eqium and Firium ($99 separately or $129 bundled), two debut products from Elemental Audio Systems, might provide all the EQ you'll ever need. Both plug-ins...
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May 1, 2005,
By Len Sasso
HarpTime Pro (Mac/Win, $59.90), HarpTime Fun (Mac/Win, $29.90), and MicroRock Pro (Mac/Win, $46.90) from LiqihSynth (http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com)...
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Aug 1, 2007,
By Len Sasso
OP-X (Win, $99) and its sibling OP-X Pro (Win, $149) are excellent VSTi re-creations of the late-'70s classic synth, the Oberheim OB-X. OP-X Pro even...
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
SYNTHTEST, RAX, AND CHAINER Ever get the urge to play one of your synth plug-ins without having to go through the rigmarole of booting up your full DAW?...
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Nov 1, 2000,
Eric Bell
Drag and Drop Drummer (Win) Conjuring up realistic-sounding drum tracks can be challenging for any desktop musician. Drag and Drop Musician has produced...
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Jan 1, 2002,
By Myles Boisen
A noise gate, though not the most glamorous of components, is an essential part of any well-equipped multitrack studio. By reducing noise, including leakage...
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Nov 1, 2003,
By Myles Boisen
Drawmer, a respected British manufacturer of midpriced pro gear, is reaching out to the personal-studio and gigging musician with its Tube Station 1 (TS1)....
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Download of the Month: Soundplant
Download of the Month: Swar Systems
Download of the Month: Tactile12000
Download of the Month: TimeToyPro 2.0
Download of the Month: Tobor Experiment Gleetchlab 2.3 (Mac)
Download of the Month: Transcribe
Download of the Month: U-he MFM2 (Mac/Win)
Download of the Month: VSTi Host 3.0 
Download of the Month: X-Wheel of Fortune Pro
Download of the Month: XO Wave (Mac)
Download of the Months: Soundflower, Wormhole, and Jack Tools
Downloadable Sounds
Downloads of the Month: Audio Hijack, Audio Hijack Pro, and WireTap
Downloads of the Month: Audiocorder and Sound Byte
Downloads of the Month: Bizune and Mantragora
Downloads of the Month: Delay Lama and iONYXo
Downloads of the Month: Drumular 1.1 and Vendetta 1.0
Downloads of the Month: Eqium and Firium
Downloads of the Month: HarpTime Pro and MicroRock
Downloads of the Month: OP-X and OP-X Pro
Downloads of the Month: SynthTest, Rax, and Chainer