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Vampire Weekend Interview | EM Editor Mike Levine Interviews Vampire Weekend About Contra 2010 Album
Vampire Weekend interviewed by EM Editor Mike Levine About Audio Production for Contra 2010 Album
Remix Articles on Musicians | Read Interviews and Articles on Musicians
Learn about the creative process of electronic musicians, hip-hop artists, DJs, turntablists and more in these articles and interviews from Remix.
Get Smart
Routledge Music's Handmade Electronic Music In Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking Second Edition ($34.95), Nicolas Collins takes circuit-bending and hardware construction from the beginning. Starting with the tools and materials you'll need and general hacking tips, the book's 30 chapters cover everything from how to solder and Ohm's Law for dummies to how to build mixers and power
Busta Rhymes and Cool & Dre on the making of Blessed | The MC and producer discuss recording Blessed.
Read the Remix cover story on Busta Rhymes. Busta Rhymes and producers Cool & Dre talk about the trials, tribulations and 80s inspiration that brought about Rhymes latest album, Blessed.
Afrika Bambaataa on recording Dark Matter: Afrika Bambaataa returns
Afrika Bambaataa on the making of his latest electro hip-hop album, Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light. Producers Paul Daley from Leftfield and Überzone collaborate, along with guest vocalist Gary Numan.
Recording Hardware and Equipment | Electronic Musician Reviews-CD Duplicators, Headphones, Digital Audio Converters, MIDI Interfaces, Synchronizers
The online edition of Electronic Musician Magazine. Find reviews of home recording equipment, drum loops, audio samples, and much more on Emusician.com
Electronic Musician Tutorials | Audio Editing Software, Control Surfaces, DSP Software, Electronic Musical Instruments, Tutorials, How To
Check out this great archive of audio tutorials and tips from the editors of Electronic Musician. Advice and lessons for both casual and professional musicians here.
Chris Cowie: HOOKED ON TECHNO
Beyond malt whiskey, Scotland's cultural contributions seem relatively sketchy to those who don't look beneath the surface. Most people think of Scotland as the birthplace of the Loch Ness monster, bagpipes, kilts and haggis and as a country whose biggest contribution to 20th-century pop culture is Sean Connery. Scotland fares even worse when it comes to musical offerings, as few recent Scottish artists
Archive of EMusician Xtra news items, page 2
Sony licenses music for song-swapping CenterSpan LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 (Reuters) - CenterSpan Communications Corp. on Thursday said it struck a deal to distribute Sony Music Entertainment's music on its peer-to-peer service, marking the first time a major record label has licensed its content to a file-sharing company. CenterSpan agreed to pay Sony Music, a unit of Sony Corp. , about $2 million in cash
PROSONIQ
Time Factory (Mac/Win) Prosoniq's Time Factory ($390) provides professional-quality time stretching, time compressing, and pitch shifting for final mixes and other
WAVE MECHANICS SPEED 1.0 (MAC/WIN)
Change pitch and tempo with this elegant plug-in. Anyone who works with audio samples knows how important time-stretching and pitch-shifting can be in getting your sounds just right. Nearly every audio editor offers some form of these two DSP algorithms, but they are likely to be fairly basic and have limited effective ranges. To address these tasks more professionally, Wave Mechanics has released
LETTERS
APRIL FOLLY I bought the Sounds of Silence sample CD reviewed in April [see
TC ELECTRONIC M-ONE AND D-TWO
Looking for a powerful and high-quality reverb or delay unit for less than $700? Check out the new M-One and D-Two processors from Denmark's TC Electronic. TC introduced several new effects units last year, including the M3000 and Fireworx, but all cost well over $1,000. This year the company has shifted focus with the introduction of two lower-cost units, each priced at $699.The M-One dual effects
IK MULTIMEDIA T-RACKS (MAC/WIN/BEOS)
When I think of signal processors, such as compressors and equalizers, I picture classic models with glowing arrays of tubes, chunky Bakelite knobs, metal toggle switches, and large analog meters. Those were the kind of products I came in contact with when I started out in recording studios-too long ago to dare think about! Like many people, I'm working mostly from my home studio these days, where
