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Aug 1, 2004,
By Rusty Cutchin
Electronic Musician’s review of the AKG C 414 B-XLS and C 414 B-XL II, two large diaphragm condenser microphones with expanded polar pattern selection and electronic switching....
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Sep 1, 2005,
By Larry the O
The C 542 BL ($320) is one of a handful of boundary-layer microphones made by AKG. Boundary-layer microphones are unique in their fundamental attributes:...
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Sep 1, 2003,
By Michael Cooper
The AKG K 271 Studio headphones have a closed-back design that isolates your ears from ambient noise and prevents bleed into nearby microphones....
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Jun 24, 2009
AKG has released the new DMM 4/2/2 automatic microphone mixer. ...
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Nov 1, 2002,
By Gino Robair
I love unusual instruments, especially ones that have visual appeal when played. That's why the Alesis airSynth ($249) grabbed my attention. To play it,...
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Jul 1, 2002,
By Nick Batzdorf
The Alesis ADAT was undoubtedly one of the most influential and successful recording products of all time. Today, though, hard drives and computer processing...
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Feb 1, 2002,
By Peter Freeman
Occasionally, a musical-instrument manufacturer introduces a product that marks a real departure from its usual fare, an instrument that elevates the...
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Mar 1, 2003,
By Karen Stackpole
The latest studio tool from Alesis is the CLX-440, a four-channel digital dynamics processor that includes compressor, limiter, expander, and gate functions,...
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Sep 1, 1999,
Brad Schlueter
Alesis has recently introduced the successor to its popular D4 and DM5 drum modules, the DM Pro. Surpassing its predecessors by leaps and bounds, the...
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Nov 1, 2006,
By Jim Aikin
Alesis has long had a reputation for giving musicians more power than expected at very competitive prices. The Fusion continues that trend by serving...
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Feb 1, 2004,
By Jim Aikin
The strength of the Alesis Ion is in the depth of its voice programming. No other hardware synth in this price range that can boast three oscillators, dual multimode filters, and a fully functional modulation matrix. Plus, it just plain sounds great. Two compromises keep the price down: The Ion has only 8-note polyphony, and its effects section is very minimal....
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Sep 1, 2000,
Myles Boisen
A versatile one-stop CD-mastering machine.If you had walked into your local music emporium two years ago and said you wanted a single unit that comprised...
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Jun 1, 2005,
By Doug Eisengrein
Building on the technology in its other instruments, Alesis has released the Micron, a compact digital analog-modeling synthesizer with a simplified feature...
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Oct 1, 2005,
By Len Sasso
A slew of inexpensive, compact combination MIDI and audio interfaces from a variety of manufacturers has recently hit the streets. Alesis's contribution...
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May 1, 2004,
By Rudy Trubitt
Electronic Musician reviews the Alesis ProActive 5.1, a loudspeaker system designed for surround sound applications. The system features a subwoofer, four satellites, and a paperback-book-size control unit with several input options and surround decoding schemes....
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Oct 1, 1999,
Geary Yelton
Since its introduction in 1995, the QS8 has been Alesis's flagship synthesizer. Its noteworthy success in this era of modest keyboard sales has spawned...
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Dec 1, 2001,
By Peter Hamlin
A fascinating program from Algorithmic Arts, SoftStepresponds to your playing in creative and spontaneous new ways. Play a major scale on your MIDI controller,...
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Sep 1, 2004,
By Peter Hamlin
Algorithmic Arts' ArtWonk is an algorithmic-composition program featuring real-time MIDI playback with animated graphics. The program provides a clear,...
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Dec 1, 1999,
Scott R. Garrigus
Sound Laundry from Algorithmix is a bundle of real-time audio restoration plug-ins that runs on the Windows platform. Included in the package are the...
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Nov 1, 2003,
BY BRIAN SMITHERS
FireWire (more formally known as IEEE-1394) was once considered the future of audio interfaces, but it's not anymore. It's the present. FireWire's high-speed...
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Mar 1, 2003,
Steve Oppenheimer
Every job has own its challenges and problems. As editor of EM, my job includes not only conceiving, writing, and editing stories but supervising staff,...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Vijith Assar
Chances are you occasionally send rough mixes to clients or vie for jobs using compressed audio samples. But it's surprising how little some engineers...
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Aug 1, 2003,
By Marty Cutler
Getting comfortable with MIDI’s amazingly malleable qualities can add capabilities you may not have thought possible to your studio and live performances....
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Dec 1, 2007,
Gino Robair Editor
No one likes deceptive advertising. I personally find it infuriating as an editor and as a consumer when a manufacturer plays games with pricing for a...
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Feb 1, 2002,
By Larry the O
A well-worn ancient Chinese proverb, generally attributed to Lao-tzu, says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That is very...
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