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Feb 1, 2009,
By Gino Robair, Editor
Read Gino Robair February 2009 EM Editors Note, Where He Writes About the Women Working as Professional Audio Engineers Producers...
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Oct 1, 2001,
By Larry the O
I have had the good fortune to cross paths with brilliant folks in the world of sound who have done much to shape our industry yet have often gotten little...
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Dec 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
Five12’s Numerology 1.2 is a step sequencer for Mac OS X that combines a modular design with Audio Unit hosting....
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Feb 1, 2001,
Matt Gallagher
A sample of trickling water gives rise to an entire album's worth of epic noises. Michael Oster's passion is recording common environmental sounds to...
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Jun 1, 2006,
By Orren Merton
FMR's Really Nice Compressor RNC 1773 has a reputation for giving high fidelity and transparent compression for a low price ($199). FMR's latest dynamics-shaping...
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Dec 1, 2002,
By Barry Cleveland
If you're looking for a compressor with vintage styling and loads of sonic personality, look elsewhere. The FMR RNC1773 (RNC is short for Really Nice...
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Jan 1, 2004,
By Myles Boisen
The FMR RNP 8380 Really Nice Preamp is a 1/3U 2-channel mic preamp with wealth of features, such as front-panel DI inputs, inserts, and the ability to work with balanced or unbalanced signals....
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Oct 1, 2001,
By Brian Smithers
Subtitled A Practical Guide to MIDI in the Project Studio, David Miles Huber's The MIDI Manual ($29.95) could easily claim to be a guide to virtually...
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Oct 1, 2003,
By Myles Boisen
The Bob Katz book Mastering Audio: the Art and the Science covers the various aspects of audio mastering. It also covers topics such as critical listening, the monitoring environment, depth and clarity in recordings, dithering, and jitter. Practical applications include equalization, dynamics processing, noise reduction, and other types of mastering processes....
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May 1, 2007,
By Eli Crews
A convolution revolution is taking place. A huge market is developing to take classic effects-processing chains, sample their effect on audio, and come up with affordable models with all the perks of the digital realm....
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Dec 1, 1999,
Myles Boisen
Focusrite has long been known for its top-drawer (and top-dollar) studio and mastering gear. Over the past few years, the company's affordably priced...
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Feb 1, 2001,
Myles Boisen
A stereo mastering processor that lives up to its name. Mastering is both an art and a science, with a bit of voodoo sprinkled in. Some mastering engineers...
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May 1, 2002,
By Richard Alan Salz
Many recordists with personal-studio-level consoles are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to getting a signal to tape (or hard drive) unscathed...
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Eli Crews
Electronic Musician’s review of the Focusrite TwinTrak Pro, a 2-channel mic preamp that features mid-scoop EQ, compression, and a monitor section...
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Mar 1, 2004,
By Eli Crews
The Focusrite ISA 428 Pre Pack offers four high-quality transformer-based preamps and the 8-channel MH-442 A/D converter in one device....
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Jul 1, 2006,
By Doug Eisengrein
The Saffire is a digital audio interface that features two input channels, eight output channels, S/PDIF and MIDI I/O, and a collection of plug-ins that...
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Nov 1, 2001,
By Eric Leach and Bill Henslee
Money gets a bad rap. You've heard the clichs: money is the root of all evil, money can't buy happiness, and so on. Money itself can't be bad it's just...
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Feb 1, 2003,
By Michael A. Aczon
How many times have you heard someone say, Being in a band is like being married? Different personalities spending hours together in close quarters can...
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Dec 1, 2001,
By Mark Smith
Although guitarist Neil Haverstick lives in the shadow of the snow-covered Rocky Mountains, he might as well be from another planet. A devotee of microtonal...
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Jun 1, 2005,
By Rudy Trubitt
I've found a replacement for my aging portable DAT recorder: the FR-2 from Fostex. The FR-2 is a little larger than the DAT, but it's lighter than it...
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Feb 1, 2001,
Steve Broderson
Value outshines quirks in Fostex's latest multitracker.When Fostex made the leap from cassette-based multitracks to digital audio recorders, it didn't...
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Oct 1, 1999,
By Gustavo Diaz-Jerez
Most musicians have seen fractal images-those hauntingly beautiful pictures generated through mathematical equations. But how many people are aware that...
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Jul 1, 2006,
By Larry the O
In my recent interview with Geoff Emerick (see Production Values: The Long and Winding Road in the May 2006 issue of EM), the former Beatles engineer...
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Mar 1, 2004,
By Maureen Droney
Electronic Musician’s interview with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Frank Filipetti covers a wide range of subjects including miking drum kits, the difference between “good” and “bad” leakage, using polar patterns to your advantage, and much more....
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Mr. Bonzai
The year 2006 has shaped up to be a big one for Dweezil Zappa. He's releasing his first solo album since 2000's Automatic (Favored Nations), he completely...
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