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Jan 1, 2003,
By Brian Smithers
The venerable Fender Rhodes electric piano came in two varieties: a Stage model with removable legs (for ease of lugging) and a Suitcase model with its...
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Jun 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Applied Acoustics Systems has a hands-down winner with Lounge Lizard EP-3 ($249; upgrade, $49). Physical-modeled Lounge Lizard is arguably the best virtual...
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Apr 1, 2004,
By Nick Peck
Applied Acoustics Systems Lounge Lizard EP-2 is a virtual instrument that emulates the Fender Rhodes and other electric pianos. It comes in both plug-in and standalone versions for Windows and the Mac OS....
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Physical modeling of acoustic instruments has finally reached the desktop and even the laptop, now that personal computers can handle the required calculations...
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May 1, 2005,
By Jim Aikin
The analog synths of yesteryear the Minimoogs and Prophets and their dozens of cousins have earned a permanent place in electronic musicians' hearts....
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Jan 1, 2001,
Brian Smithers
TASSMAN 1.2 (WIN) Flexible physical modeling and more in a software synthesizer. Have you ever wondered what a bowed marimba sounds like? Or how about...
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Nov 1, 2003,
By Dennis Miller
Sometimes the third time is the charm. That's certainly true with Applied Acoustics' Tassman 3.02, the third incarnation of the award-winning modular physical-modeling synthesizer. Though the previous two versions were more than adequate for live performance, Applied Acoustics has addressed many of these issues and enhanced other aspects of the program as well....
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Mar 1, 2005,
By Dennis Miller
Since the initial release of its Tassman soft synth, Applied Acoustics has been the leader in the field of physical modeling on the desktop. Not content...
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Oct 1, 2000,
Thomas Wells
Backup vocals at the push of a button.Arboretum's Harmony is a formant-based pitch shifter, corrector, and harmony processor that the company calls a...
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Oct 1, 2007,
Gino Robair Editor
If you are a regular visitor to emusician.com, you've probably noticed that some of our articles are now accessible only with a paid registration. In...
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Jun 1, 2006,
By Larry the O
I recently called the customer service desk of a major airline (considered the world's largest until a few years ago) to complain bitterly about the fact...
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Apr 1, 2007,
By Marty Cutler
Arobas Music Guitar Pro 5.1 is a fretted-instrument transcription program that lets you create, edit, and play back tablature and traditional music notation....
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Dec 1, 2000,
Julian Colbeck
Produced: 1972 Made in: United States Designed by: Alan R. Pearlman Number produced: 3,000 Synthesis system: analog, subtractive Price new: $1,995 Today's...
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Jul 1, 2008,
By Gino Robair
1970 2500 A large duophonic modular analog synthesizer that uses slider matrices to make module connections 1971 2600 The classic duophonic 3-oscillator,...
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Apr 1, 2003,
By Eli Crews
The A.R.T. DPS (DI/O Preamp System) dual-channel, tube-hybrid mic preamp/A/D converter features Variable Valve Voicing ("V3"), which lets you choose the amount of tube saturation and the EQ profile via 15 presets....
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Mar 1, 2007,
By Len Sasso
Beginning with its Moog Modular V in 2003, Arturia has released a steady stream of virtual instruments emulating classic hardware synths. Analog Factory...
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Mar 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
Several features and enhancements have been added to Storm ($99; update free to registered users) since EM reviewed version 1.5 of Arturia's all-in-one...
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Sep 1, 2005,
By Brian Smithers
The ARP 2600 V from Arturia is a cross-platform software emulation of the vintage ARP 2600 monosynth (see Fig. 1). ARP 2600 V works as a standalone program...
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May 1, 2006,
By Jim Aikin
The aim of physical-modeling synthesis is to produce realistic performance nuance in whole phrases, not just in single notes. Rather than simply playing...
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Brian Smithers
Brian Smithers reviews the Arturia CS-80V, a software emulation of the Yamaha CS-80. The original CS-80 was a pre-MIDI analog synthesizer that was a heavyweight in more ways than one....
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Geary Yelton
Geary Yelton reviews the Arturia Minimoog V, a software emulation of the Moog Minimoog Model D for Windows and the Mac OS....
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Jan 1, 2004,
By Len Sasso
There's been so much buzz about Arturia's software emulation of the classic Moog Modular synthesizer that I'll get straight to the big question: is it the real deal? The answer, as you might expect, is yes and no....
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Mar 1, 2005,
By Len Sasso
Arturia's Moog Modular V 2 ($329) raises the bar another notch for software emulations of classic synths. The upgrade includes six new modules, enhancements...
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Dec 1, 2006,
By Jim Aikin
The Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which debuted in 1978, was the world's first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer. Although the Prophet-5's total...
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Feb 1, 2002,
By Len Sasso
Version 1.5 of Storm is a major upgrade of Arturia's flagship all-in-one studio software. It now comes in Mac and PC flavors, supports ASIO and VST on...
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AROBAS MUSIC Guitar Pro 5.1
ARTURIA Analog Factory 1.2
ARTURIA Brass 1.0 (Mac/Win)
ARTURIA Prophet-V 1.0 (Mac/Win)