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May 1, 2004,
By Charles J. Limb, M.D.
Like many artists, musicians can be obsessive perfectionists. Modern technology offers so much control over sound that you can spend hours or even weeks...
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Jan 1, 2003,
By Myles Boisen
Bright, friendly, articulate, and ambitious, Emily Lazar has become a rising star in a profession typically dominated by males. She is the founder, proprietor,...
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Mar 1, 2006,
By Rob Shrock
Capturing a stellar recording of a drum kit is rarely simple. Typically, it involves multiple mics, multiple tracks, and lots of processing afterward....
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Mar 1, 2001,
David Rubin
Quantum Leap Brass East West's Quantum Leap Brass fills an important void in most orchestral sample libraries. Desktop musicians who strive for variety...
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Sep 1, 2000,
David Rubin
Percussive Adventures East West's Percussive Adventures ($399.95) is a rare treat: a four-disc sample collection in Akai and audio formats that is thoughtfully...
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Dec 1, 2000,
David Rubin
Symphonic Adventures Whether they work on small independent films, TV commercials, or blockbuster movies, producers and directors always seem to covet...
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May 1, 2004,
By Rob Shrock
Acoustic piano is one of the hardest instruments to sample realistically. From the thunderous 97-note Bsendorfer 290 piano, sampling master Michiel Post...
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Dan Phillips
In this loop collection from EastWest, Joey Kramer teams up with Aerosmith producer Marti Frederiksen to deliver an exciting assortment of rhythms à la carte....
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Oct 1, 2002,
By Dan Phillips
Brian Transeau, better known as BT, has been making a lot of noise (literally) as an electronica artist and film composer double-trouble wonder boy. With...
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Mar 1, 2005,
By Marty Cutler
Even with all the drum and percussion loops available, I could pick out EastWest Percussive Adventures 2 (Mac/Win, $399.95) if I were blindfolded. This...
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Oct 1, 2005,
By Marty Cutler
Whether you're looking for authentic bluegrass instruments or trying to program orchestral harp samples to sound like a kora, Ra ($995), by EastWest in...
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Mar 1, 2006,
By David M. Rubin
The four-volume EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra library broke new ground as the first 24-bit orchestral library with multilayered samples of...
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Dec 1, 2004,
By David Rubin
As computers become increasingly more powerful and mammoth hard drives become more affordable, desktop orchestrators are flocking to gargantuan multigigabyte...
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Jun 1, 2007,
By Vijith Assar
The AudioFire4 ($299), little brother of the successful AudioFire8 and AudioFire12, is Echo Digital Audio's latest offering in FireWire audio interfaces....
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Apr 1, 2001,
By Scott R. Garrigus
Since its introduction at the 1999 AES convention, Echo Digital Audio's Mona hard-disk recording system has garnered considerable praise from personal-studio...
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May 1, 2005,
By Doug Eisengrein
The Edirol PCR-M1 ($249) is a USB/MIDI keyboard controller similar to the PCR-1 but without audio I/O. The beauty of this unit is its compact size: at...
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Jun 1, 2005,
By Kerry Rose
The Edirol Audio Capture FA-101 ($625) is a half-rack-width FireWire audio and MIDI interface capable of 24-bit, 192 kHz recording. It has ten audio inputs...
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Feb 1, 2007,
By Rudy Trubitt with Bruce Koball
Edirol, a subsidiary of Roland, has several field recorders on the market, including the R-1, a stereo deck that's a bit smaller than a videocassette,...
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Apr 1, 2007,
By Vijith Assar
In a world of me-too stereo USB audio interfaces, the Edirol UA-4FX does stand out from the crowd. It's moderately priced, has a full complement of inputs and outputs, and includes built-in effects....
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May 1, 2003,
By Mark Nelson
Edirol has introduced a number of inexpensive USB audio interfaces during the past several years, making the dream of an affordable high-quality laptop...
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Jun 1, 2004,
Brian Smithers
Electronic Musician reviews the Edirol UA-1000 USB 2.0 audio interface, which features mic preamps, Word Clock, MIDI I/O, 8 channels of analog audio, 8 channels of S/PDIF and ADAT optical I/O....
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Jun 1, 2002,
Dennis Miller
If you're looking for an approach to loop manipulation other than those found here, check out the sample libraries from Ilio Entertainments (www.ilio.com)...
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Jan 1, 2002,
By the EM Staff
The 2002 batch of award-winning products field-tested over the past year by our editors and a select group of top authors....
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Metasonix TS-21 Hellfire Modulator The TS-21 Hellfire Modulator harks back to electronic music's roots. This handcrafted, fully analog tube effects processor...
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Feb 1, 2001,
ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN STAFF
Lexicon MPX 500 Lexicon's MPX 500 fills the price and feature gap between the stellar MPX 1, which snagged an Editors' Choice award in 1998, and the entry-level...
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