Preaching to the Converted 

By Brian Smithers

It seems we will never be rid of the analog-versus-digital debate. Far from a debate, really, it usually amounts to little more than hand-wringing over...

Q&A: Bev Green 

By Mike Levine

This is the second of two columns featuring music attorney Bev Green, a veteran entertainment lawyer in the San Francisco area who practices at the firm...

M-Audio Offers Free Torq Tutorial Videos 

Geared toward users of all levels, the tutorial video series explains the creative capabilities of Torq DJ software....

Q&A: Bev Green 

By Mike Levine

Sooner or later in your musical career, you'll need to sign a contract or make an agreement....

GET THE PICTURE 

By Brian Smithers

In this article, we will look at video basics from formats to standards to codecs....

Name That Patch 

By Babz

Apple adopted a universal MIDI patch-list management system as part of Core MIDI in Mac OS X. The scheme uses two XML (Extensible Markup Language) documents:...

The Sound of a Craving Heart 

By Jeffrey P. Fisher

The same gear used to record your music is well suited for audio postproduction for commercials, documentaries, animation, and narrative projects....

Overcoming Adversity 

By Joanna Cazden and Scott Wilkinson

Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, people have grown accustomed to blue stripes in parking lots, wheelchair-size.......

Amped Up 

By Steve Skinner

How to use guitar-amp simulator plug-ins to process vocal, drum, and other non-guitar tracks....

Truly Gritty 

By Heather Johnson

Kevin and Anita Robinson, who constitute the Portland, Oregon-based guitar-drum duo Viva Voce, like to keep their fans guessing. ...

How Your DAW Does Math 

By Brian Smithers

Much of the number crunching that occurs within your audio software remains a mystery; does your DAW treat audio as floating-point numbers or as fixed-point numbers? What’s the difference, and should you really care?...

Sonic Sculptor 

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician's Pro/File of Monsieur Leroc, who's latest CD, I'm Not Young But I Need the Money, was put together without a lot of gear, but with a lot of creativity....

Phone Tag 

By Steve Ouimette

Writing music for cell-phone games is a specialized skill. Though it may seem simple on the surface, the process is more complex than just dropping an...

Slice, Move, and Glue 

By Mitchell Sigman

The advent of digital audio sequencers has made quantized drums a fact of life. Here’s how to chop up multitrack audio drum parts and quantize them perfectly in Apple Logic Pro....

Machine Tools 

By Len Sasso

SFX Machine Pro, winner of an EM 2007 Editors' Choice Award, takes a novel and somewhat quirky approach to effects design. One of the best ways to learn...

Q&A: Michael Petricone 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's interview with Michael Petricone, VP of the Consumer Electronics Association, who tells why he thinks the major record labels are stifling technologies that could help independent musicians....

From Talking Heads to Production Whiz 

By Paul Tingen

Former Talking Head member Jerry Harrison has established himself as a successful producer. Electronic Musician talks to him about his production philosophy, gear choices and his advice for personal-studio owners....

Native Instruments Announces the Traktor Tutorial DVD 

Native Instruments has announced the Traktor Tutorial DVD, which offers comprehensive video tutorials, artist interviews, and special workshop content to help you get the most out of NI Traktor 3 DJ software....

Movin' On Up 

By Jim Aikin

The audio input/output (I/O) that's built into your computer is fine for playing games and maybe for watching movies. But once you begin to produce your...

Twelve Under a Hundred 

By Len Sasso

From time to time, EM's editors search out cost-effective solutions for common problems. Most electronic musicians use software instruments to one extent...