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Nov 1, 1999,
Jennifer Hruska
By now you certainly have heard enough hype about the Web. Supposedly, any musician with a computer can make a fortune off the millions of people surfing...
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Jan 1, 2000,
Scott R. Garrigus
Streaming-audio technology has certainly matured over the past few years. Better sound quality and greater reliability, in spite of growing Internet congestion,...
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May 1, 2007,
Steve Oppenheimer Editor in Chief
It hopefully has not escaped your notice that we have increased our coverage of audio for picture lately. For example, in our February 2007 Music Business...
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May 1, 2007,
By Brian Smithers
In this article, we will look at video basics from formats to standards to codecs....
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Feb 1, 2004,
By Mark Ballora
There's a growing trend in the world of electronic-music performance. Next time you go to a show, chances are you'll see a laptop onstage, functioning...
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Apr 1, 2005,
By Mark Ballora
Have you ever wondered what's under the hood of your digital audio sequencer? Your favorite program more than likely has hundreds of thousands of lines...
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Mar 1, 2004,
By Scott Wilkinson
Music technology has progressed so much that anyone with talent and time can record and produce music that rivals almost anything done in a commercial...
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May 1, 2004,
By Scott Wilkinson
Data storage on optical discs has been of critical importance to electronic musicians and consumers ever since CDs first appeared two decades ago. Since...
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Mar 1, 2001,
Mary Cosola
You really can make money from your music on the Web.One of the major quandaries in selling music online is finding buyers. Even those musicians who establish...
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Dec 1, 2002,
BY NICK BATZDORF
It's time to work on some music. You boot up your computer, start up your sequencing program, turn on your MIDI instruments one by one, and begin setting...
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Feb 1, 2000,
Erik Hawkins
There are managers and there are personal managers. The latter are those brave souls who blur the line between best friend and career counselor, becoming...
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Nov 1, 2000,
Erik Hawkins
Without a doubt, the Internet is an incredibly powerful promotional tool. Used wisely, this inexpensive platform can help unsigned artists distribute...
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Dec 1, 2002,
Mary Cosola
If you are confused as to how a service mark differs from a trademark or whether you should copyright or trademark your band's logo, read on to learn...
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Nov 1, 2004,
By Peter Freeman
Some very convincing analog-synth emulations have been created, but until recently nobody had attempted to capture the sonic territory of the Oxford Synthesizer...
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Jan 1, 2002,
BY ZACK PRICE
Anyone who has played Tascam's GigaSampler or GigaStudio (originally developed by NemeSys Music Technology) readily understands why it is rapidly becoming...
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May 1, 2008,
Gino Robair, Editor
Do you have a personal studio and use it for pro-level, for-hire projects? Can you use an assistant engineer on some of your sessions? Got room in your...
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Mar 1, 2001,
Steve Oppenheimer
Readers of this magazine are, in general, an exceptional group of people. According to our surveys, most EM readers are well educated, and many of you...
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Sep 1, 2000,
Steve Oppenheimer
We musicians spend much of our lives honing our talent, knowing that the saying "Many are called, few are chosen" applies big-time to us. Few bands ever...
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Jan 1, 2004
To help you better understand the technical language used to describe electronic instruments like digital pianos and keyboards, we have compiled a glossary...
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Feb 1, 2001,
Julian Colbeck
Our GM/XG/GS sound module roundup reveals some winners with general appeal.In the beginning there was MIDI. Well, actually, there wasn't; there was chaos,...
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Dec 1, 2000,
Marty Cutler and Gino Robair
Even though samplers have surpassed the Mellotron in flexibility and expressiveness, the quirky, tape-based sounds of the instrument are highly prized...
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Oct 1, 2003,
By Brian Smithers
Brian Smithers reviews GMedia Oddity, a VST Instrument emulation of the classic ’70s synthesizer, the ARP Odyssey....
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May 1, 2001,
By Zack Price
Gmedia's GForce M-Tron 2.04 ($69.95) is a VST instrument for Mac and PC that emulates the classic Mellotron keyboard of days gone by. M-Tron includes...
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Nov 1, 2001,
By Scott Wilkinson
During the past 15 years, many fundamental music-technology concepts have been explained in Square One (originally titled From the Top). In 1997 EM technical...
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Feb 1, 2002,
By Eric Leach
I've seen your living room: your rig, which started out as a 4-track cassette recorder and a DX-7, now has engulfed the entire room, expanding like some...
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