Envelope is not a four-letter word. If you've been limiting yourself to simple ADSR envelopes in your synth programming, you're missing out. A variety...
In its original incarnation, which featured the now-familiar H. R. Giger-esque interface and sophisticated envelope programmability, Absynth was a shoe-in...
In today's desktop environment, musicians often need to integrate sound emanating from a wide variety of sources. Although working entirely on a computer...
Guitarists with home studios constantly face the problem of recording the sound of their amplifiers while maintaining the peace. Keeping the neighbors...
Apple Loops are Apple's answer to Acidized WAV files. As you might expect, only Apple products can take advantage of Apple Loops' special features, such...
All musical instruments give musicians some types of control, including control over which notes are played as well as what sounds the instrument produces....
There's more to transitioning from personal to project studio than just opening the doors and collecting the cash. Embarking down this road means setting...
Using Beat Detective to slice up a loop into a series of individual beats is so simple that one hardly need glance at the Pro Tools manual. But there's...
The use of multiple computers has become common in studios today, because the power required for multiple tasks such as multitrack recording, signal processing,...
Most people go to great lengths to ensure that their recording studios are quiet. But not so with composer Jesper Kyd. Sirens, car alarms, and traffic...
Although recording engineers view noise as something to avoid, it has great creative potential for the synthesist and sound designer. Wind, thunder, surf,...
Just when it seemed that commercial radio couldn't possibly become more corrupt or boring, along came podcasting Internet radio by and for the people....
Let's say that one day you are leafing through the pages of the latest issue of EM, and you come across an ad for a new sample library of Central Malaysian...
If you've worked in the game industry, you know that each project presents a unique set of challenges. Some games, such as those for Xbox or for mobile...
In the days before digital audio, you could create auto mated mixes, as long as you had an expensive analog mixing console. As you moved the console's...
Unison double-tracking of a part is a standard engineering technique, whether for creative purposes (think Beatles) or for corrective purposes (think...
There's no escaping surround sound these days. Music CDs are still being produced in stereo, but the same does not hold true for movies, DVDs, and games....
It used to be that either a musician or a band that had a Web site was considered or No more. If you're serious about your music career, a Web site is...
The proliferation of home studios has not only caused a downturn in the commercial-studio business, but it has affected those personal-studio owners who...
Mastering is one of those mysterious arts that you hear a lot about but rarely get a chance to witness. So I jumped at the chance when I was invited to...
