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Nov 1, 2006,
By Dennis Miller
Noted sound designer Harm Visser has released an impressive set of Reaktor Ensembles that use physical modeling in a variety of ways. Creative Physical...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
One look at its control panel will tell you that UFO 1.0 ($139) is no ordinary synth. Its overlapping brushed-metal modules, lightning-bolt signal-path...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Charlie Otwell, Marshall Otwell, and Len Sasso
Sampled-piano virtual instruments and the computers that host them have come a long way. The world's best pianos have been recorded by outstanding engineers,...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Considering the remarkable number of rhythm-oriented loop sequencers, drum machine hybrids, samplers, and various permutations thereof, it is surprising...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Pete Prown
EZdrummer ($179) is a software drum module that offers high-quality samples in the tradition of Toontrack's flagship dfh (Drums from Hell) Superior. Sporting...
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Oct 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
Focusrite Liquid Mix Liquid Mix (Mac, $1,099) is a 32-channel DSP host from Focusrite (www.focusrite.com) that emulates modern and vintage compressors...
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
Global commerce and the World Wide Web have connected musicians from different cultures as never before. Recordings made on six of seven continents and...
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Larry the O
The ARP 2600 has been one of the most revered synthesizers in electronic music since its introduction in 1971, a scant few months after the Minimoog's...
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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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Sep 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Modelonia ($79) is the latest synth from physical-modeling expert Luigi Felici of NUSofting. It combines two physical models plucked string and blown...
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Sep 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Crow Gold Pack 1.1 ($119) is a suite of 26 instrument and effects Ensembles for Native Instruments Reaktor 5. Most of the Ensembles can be purchased separately,...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Geary Yelton
No matter what kind of music you listen to and play, you probably appreciate the sound of a fine acoustic piano. As an electronic musician, you may also...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
LinPlug Virtual Instruments has garnered a well-deserved reputation for producing great-sounding instruments with out-of-the-ordinary architectures. Its...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Acoustic rhythm guitar parts aren't easily played from a keyboard. Guitaristic chord voicings can be finger busters when laid out on a keyboard, to say...
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Aug 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
Anyone who has attempted to accurately sample, loop, and voice distorted and overdriven electric guitars can attest to the difficulty of the task. Strumming,...
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Jul 1, 2006,
By Doug Eisengrein
With the release of B4 II ($229; upgrade, $99), Native Instruments has substantially improved its already stellar Hammond B-3 and Leslie emulation, B4....
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Jul 1, 2006,
By Len Sasso
Dimension Pro 1.2 and Rapture 1.0 are the second and third virtual-instrument plug-ins released by Cakewalk since acquiring rgc:audio and the prodigious...
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Jun 1, 2006,
By Marty Cutler
The press release accompanying my review copy of Garritan Jazz and Big Band states that it is not intended to replace live jazz musicians. Garritan cites...
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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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Jun 1, 2006,
By Jim Aikin
With so many great virtual analog synths on the market, finding the one that's right for you is getting harder. The ideal synth would include not only...
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Software Eighty-Eights
TOONTRACK
Cultural Diversity
NUSOFTING
THE MUSICROW GROUP
SYNTHOGY Ivory 1.5 (Mac/Win)
BIG FISH AUDIO Raging Guitars
CAKEWALK Dimension Pro 1.2 and Rapture 1.0 (Mac/Win)