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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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Oct 1, 2003,
By Dennis Miller
Managing Csound using Cecilia, free public-domain sound design software....
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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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Sep 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
The time has arrived. With a reasonably powerful laptop computer and an affordable collection of software instruments, you can easily take your studio...
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Sep 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
LinPlug makes a variety of VST instruments for Windows and the Mac. Len Sasso reviews three virtual modular synthesizers—Albino, Delta II, and CronoX 2....
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Aug 1, 2003,
By Dennis Miller
We’ve scoured the Web for the past few months, checking out all sorts of freeware and shareware that creative programmers have made available for little or no money. We’ll focus primarily on newer software, though a few of our old favorites have received major facelifts recently, and we’ll include them as well....
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Aug 1, 2003,
By Gregory D. Moore
We’ve scoured the Web for the past few months, checking out all sorts of freeware and shareware that creative programmers have made available for little or no money. We’ll focus primarily on newer software, though a few of our old favorites have received major facelifts recently, and we’ll include them as well....
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Aug 1, 2003,
By Geary Yelton
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition is a VST instrument plug-in that plays electric guitar samples. Like the original Virtual Guitarist, VG EE effectively substitutes for a rhythm guitarist when you’re sequencing tracks in a DAW. It also includes Virtual Guitarist Electric FX, a pedalboard plug-in for processing guitar sounds....
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Jul 1, 2003,
By Brian Smithers
A review of Native Instruments FM7 version 1.1, an FM synthesizer plug-in with a friendly editing interface....
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Brian Smithers
It isn't widely known, but I invented virtual instruments. I don't like to brag about it, but I remember the moment of inspiration well. It was winter...
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Jim Aikin
Get the most out of Native Instruments FM7 with this programming master class. You will gain mastery over algorithms and operators, as well as learn how to creating looping envelopes. The article also covers how to a stunning Fender Rhodes model...
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Jun 1, 2003,
By Jim Aikin
World of Synthesizers ($99) is part of Ultimate Sound Bank’s Plugsound series of VST plug-in instruments. The plug-ins all use the same playback engine, but each product in the series has its own set of samples (over 623 MB, in this case)....
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May 1, 2003,
By Peter Freeman
Well-known for its popular software synths, Native Instruments recently put forth its bid for host-based sampling supremacy with Kontakt. This powerful...
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Apr 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
offers a number of sharewhare VSTi soft synths that use subtractive synthesis techniques as well as newer techniques, such as physical modeling and wave shaping. The instruments include the the JunoX2 , Beast, QuadraSID, PlastiCZ, and Slayer....
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Mar 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
In the early 1980s, with the introduction of drum machines from Oberheim, Linn, E-mu, Sequential, and Roland, combining step sequencing with a synthesis...
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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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Mar 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
This one's different. In the crowded world of plug-in virtual instruments, Steinberg's Plex joins the likes of Native Instruments' Absynth, Antares' Kantos,...
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Feb 1, 2003,
By Dan Phillips
Volume 3, Drums & Percs Elements (Mac/Win) Ultimate Sound Bank's Plugsound series is one of a new breed of software-based instruments, combining a self-contained...
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Feb 1, 2003,
By Jeffrey Paul Burger
BitHeadz created quite a stir several years ago when it introduced its versatile Retro AS-1 software synthesizer and its powerful Unity DS-1 software...
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Feb 1, 2003,
By Len Sasso
With the release of Reason version 2.0, Propellerhead Software has fulfilled a number of feature requests and added two excellent sound modules to their...
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