Train REX 

By Jim Aikin

Using REX files is a great way to add prerecorded beats to almost any project. One advantage of REX files, which are available from many sound developers,...

Q&A: Michael Laskow 

By Mike Levine

Predicting the future is never easy, but trying to anticipate what it will bring can help a lot as long as you really know the subject that you're speculating...

Sounds in Motion 

By Mitchell Sigman

Vector synthesis was invented by Sequential Circuits and first appeared in the company's Prophet-VS synthesizer in 1986. Subsequent classic hardware vector...

Beat Crazy in Atlanta 

By Mike Levine

As I pulled up to the ramshackle house in the Atlanta suburbs, I was sure that I had the wrong address. This couldn't be where producer, keyboardist,...

Hest Makes Best 

By Mike Levine

After years of touring and making several indie CDs, singer-songwriter Ari Hest's career was on the rise. He signed with Columbia Records and cut a CD's...

All about Additive Synthesis 

By Scott R. Garrigus

Most desktop musicians are familiar with the term "additive synthesis," but how many know exactly what it is and how it can be used to create sound? In this article you will learn how to use additive synthesis to create sound. Learn about the basic principles behind this technique and the different ways it has been implemented over the years....

Controlled Chaos 

By Len Sasso

Used in moderation, Stylus RMX Chaos Designer is a vital creative tool....

Here's That Grainy Day 

By Jim Aikin

Granular synthesis is often used in academic and experimental music but isn't found in many commercial synthesizers. The sounds it produces are somewhat...

Texas in a Suitcase 

By Diane Gershuny

Lynda Kay Parker and Danny B. Harvey are the component parts of the quirky country duo Lonesome Spurs. Though both are native Texans, they're based in...

Q&A: Jack Rudy 

By Mike Levine

In the music-for-picture world, composers get most of the glory. But there's another group of professionals who have a big impact on which music gets...

Mic Specs Demystified 

By Brian Smithers

How to interpret microphone specifications....

ROUTLEDGE Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking 

By Tom Duff

Nicolas Collins is an instrument-building animal, and he wants you to be one too. He has spent the last three or four years touring the world, doing workshops...

Recording the Spoken Word 

By Perry Anne Norton

Opportunities for voice-over (v/o) production have increased dramatically for project studios, mimicking the DIY paradigm shift that continues to rock...

Old-School Contemporary 

By Paul Tingen

If you think that most contemporary records are constructed in the box by young musicians endlessly peering at screens and applying multitudes of plug-in...

Do-It-Yourself Mastering 

By Michael Cooper

Mastering is essentially the art of applying signal processing to finished mixes in order to enhance them or correct perceived problems, sequencing the...

Sounds in Motion 

By Jim Aikin

Read Electronic Musician's tutorial to learn about using multiple filters for creative sound design and how to combine filters with effects to add punch to ho-hum drum loops, rhythmic activity to sustaining pads, and ethereal colors to vocals....

Trouble in Paradise 

Learn about installing Vienna Instruments Symphonic Cube in this online-only article from Electronic Musician. ...

Out of the Box  

Learn the details on how to record the various elements on Gomez’s How We Operate...

Talent in the Raw, Continued 

Learn how to improve the overall voiceover performance of new talent....

Once More with Feeling 

Recording effective and compelling educational or technical copy requires that your v/o talent has at least a basic understanding of what it is he or she is voicing. Read how to record voiceovers for educational or technical copy....