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Jan 1, 2000,
Larry the O
People who hire you to compose or perform music or to provide other sound-related services often lack understanding of some basic realities. This is usually...
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Nov 1, 1999,
Karen Stackpole
Books about miking techniques typically cover the subject of drum-set miking but rarely focus on percussion and almost never on world percussion. If an...
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Dec 1, 2004,
By Gino Robair
The old adage good things come in small packages has never been more true than it is for the personal studio. This year's holiday gift guide celebrates...
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Jan 1, 2007,
By Jim Aikin
In the late 1980s, sample-based synthesis was the premier technology that keyboardists used to produce a wide range of realistic sounds. Today, the synthesist...
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May 1, 2001,
By Brian Smithers
Allegroassai (formerly Sincrosoft) is making a play for the hearts and minds of well-connected 21st-century musicians. The Italian software company has...
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Dec 1, 1999,
Mary Cosola
Our annual gift story is more than just an opportunity to dress up some gadgets and parade them around in all their holiday finery: it's a chance to highlight...
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Jul 1, 2001,
Steve Oppenheimer
If there is one universal truth about personal-studio owners, it's that we wear multiple hats. In some cases, we are the songwriter, arranger, instrumentalist,...
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Feb 1, 2000,
Brian Smithers
This month we're going to wade through the morass of acronyms and abbreviations you need to know to make sense of articles and ads aimed at desktop musicians....
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Sep 1, 2000,
Brian Smithers
Custom fonts from the ivory tower to the speakeasy.Although traditional music notation uses a standardized set of markings and symbols, not all printed...
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Jan 1, 2004,
By Jennifer Conrad Seidel
Few people can deny that digital pianos are impressive instruments. They come very close to reproducing the sound and feel of true acoustic pianos, and...
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Dec 1, 2004,
By Julian McBrowne
Anyone who has ever mixed a piece of music knows how important ambience is. Adding space to an instrument or to a vocal track can bring it to life and...
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May 1, 2007,
By Steve Skinner
How to use guitar-amp simulator plug-ins to process vocal, drum, and other non-guitar tracks....
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Feb 1, 2004,
John McBain
Wellwater Conspiracy (Transdreamer/Megaforce, 2003) Stripped down and rock ready. The '60s element returns with a vengeance along with a distinctvibe...
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Mar 1, 2000,
Mike Lawson
Late in 1998, famed synthesizer guru Tom Oberheim founded SeaSound with the stated purpose of manufacturing high-quality, reasonably priced digital recording...
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Dec 1, 2000,
John Duesenberry
Learn the true meaning of the word "analog" and other '70s arcana. Analog synthesizers, real and emulated, are enjoying renewed popularity today. Indeed,...
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Sep 1, 2005,
By Dave Darlington
Many of us often find ourselves mixing in the box using plug-ins in place of analog processors and pushing a mouse instead of riding faders. As a result,...
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Jul 1, 2003,
By Gino Robair
My main instruments are modular analog synthesizers, says Olivier Gerber, who, under the name Smoo, released Traffic in My Soul (Neuronium, 2002). Working...
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Jun 1, 2006,
By Gino Robair
Although analog modular synthesizers are considered boutique items, often with prices to prove it, their influence on popular music belies their niche...
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Aug 1, 2002,
By Geary Yelton
Back in the day, real musicians played real analog synthesizers. Minimoogs, Odysseys, Putneys, and Electrocomps those were true analog machines, subject...
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Jan 1, 2003,
By Mike Peake
Analogue Solutions has upped the ante in the stompbox filter wars by introducing the Phobos Filtered Coffee ($325). The feature-packed single-rackspace...
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Jul 1, 2003,
By Mike Peake
Electronic Musician reviews a feature-packed analog synthesizer module, the Black Coffee from Analogue Solutions. This monosynth includes a Moog-style 24 dB lowpass filter and a gritty sounding oscillator....
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Feb 1, 2003,
By Mike Peake with Geary Yelton
From U.K. manufacturer Analogue Solutions comes the Vostok, a portable modular synthesizer that provides plenty of basic functions for producing and manipulating...
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Sep 1, 2002,
By Gino Robair
Analogue Systems recently added the RS240 Frequency Shifter ($795) to its roster of RS Integrator analog synth modules. The RS240 is based on the coveted...
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Sep 1, 2001,
By Julian Colbeck
Modular analog synthesis is alive and well in the 21st century. There was a time when a synthesizer was a collection of modules filled with dozens of...
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Dec 1, 2003,
By Jim Aikin
Jim Aikin reviews the Spawn, a rackmount analog synth module from Analogue Systems. The Spawn combines patch-cord versatility with MIDI capabilities, including integrated MIDI-to-CV conversion....
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