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Sep 1, 2002,
Marty Cutler and Erik Hawkins
Creating great-sounding, grooving drum tracks in a personal studio can be a difficult undertaking. Hiring a professional session drummer is expensive...
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Mar 1, 2002,
By Rob Shrock
One of the biggest disadvantages of using stereo drum loops is the difficulty of processing or changing the mix of the individual sounds. Discrete Drums...
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Jan 1, 2000,
the EM Staff
ALESIS DM PRO($899)Ever since the groundbreaking HR-16, Alesis has been at the forefront of MIDI drum machine and drum module technology. The company's...
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Nov 1, 2006,
By Alec Tabak
Imagine that you have finished tracking your latest project, and the time has come to mix. You've got the vocals sounding clear and lively, the guitar...
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Aug 1, 2002,
By Dan Phillips
I'm always on the lookout for good-sounding, expressive percussion samples; when I received a copy of Wizoo's Platinum24 Latin Percussion sample collection,...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Marty Cutler
If you're an electronic musician, you can choose from an enormous variety of sample collections featuring exquisite-sounding basses that you can play...
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Nov 1, 2005,
By Orren Merton
DSound's GT Player began as a standalone host for a built-in set of guitar-oriented plug-ins that had been modeled on classic stompbox effects. The most...
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Wave Mechanics Speed 1.0 (Mac/Win) This category always proves competitive because new DSP plug-ins sprout like grass in the spring. Wave Mechanics' Speed...
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Waves C4 (Mac/Win) Waves' C4 caught our attention with its impressive combination of professional-level audio quality and flexibility. Available for Mac...
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Jan 1, 2000,
the EM Staff
CYCLING '74 PLUGGO 1.04(Mac; $74)It isn't often that a program comes along that makes everyone's jaw drop in unison, but Cycling '74's Pluggo is that...
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May 1, 2000,
Larry the O
A sage once said, "A person has control over nothing, only varying degrees of influence over things." All right, so I said it, but I think that it's true,...
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Apr 1, 2001,
By Rob Shrock
The new EverPack bundle from DUY Research contains five high-quality processor plug-ins: Max DUY, DUY Shape, DaD Valve, DUY Wide, and Z-Room. All five...
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May 1, 2003,
By Dennis Miller with Chris Armbrust
Remember how exciting it was when you burned your first CD? Making your first DVD can be just as a big a thrill, and the medium offers creative musicians...
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Aug 1, 2001,
By Gary Hall
DVD-R opens up many opportunities for the personal studio owner. How do you choose which ones to pursue?...
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May 1, 2006,
By David Weiss
Spectacular vocals, exploratory synth work, and a dark, alluring image define the British synth-pop duo Goldfrapp. The pair, Alison Goldfrapp and Will...
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Waves L2 Ultramaximizer For years, mastering engineers relied on computer-based mastering compressors to maximize a mix's overall level. Of the various...
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Jan 1, 2000,
the EM Staff
JOEMEEK C2($399.99)Photo-optical compressors have played a key role in many legendary recordings, but their high prices have kept them out of the hands...
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May 31, 2007,
By Myles Boisen
Denmark's Dynaudio Acoustics started out as an audiophile speaker and driver manufacturer. In recent years, the company successfully branched out into...
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Feb 1, 2005,
By Dennis Miller
The new series of Windows-based digital audio workstations and sampling software from E-mu will turn more than a few heads. With their high-quality specs,...
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Jun 1, 2002,
By Jeff Burger
Dance-music genres have inspired musical-instrument manufacturers to develop one-stop solutions for making music. Two new products from E-mu, the MP-7...
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Michael Cooper
The market for active close-field monitors in the under-$700 price range has become increasingly competitive over the last year and a half, with well...
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Oct 1, 2002,
By Allan Metts
It's been about 13 years since E-mu released the first Proteus, a single-rackspace sample-playback module that featured a highly effective collection...
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Sep 1, 1999,
Gary Eskow
Until E-mu introduced the first Proteus, in 1989, musicians had precious few choices if they wanted a rack- mount sample-playback synth module. Roland...
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Mar 1, 2000,
Jeff Burger
Through the years, E-mu's E-series samplers have maintained their status as heavyweights in the sampler market. The company's newest line is the Ultra...
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Mar 1, 2000,
Tim Perkis
Every instrument has its own sound. As much as some synthesizer manufacturers would like to create a universal synthesizer that can create any sound imaginable,...
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