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Experimenting with SoundFonts  Apr 1, 2005, By Kurt Heiden SoundFonts are like a gift that keeps on giving. For commercially-minded musicians, SoundFonts can open the door to a potential market of millions through...

Picture Perfect  Feb 1, 2005, By Nick Peck The art of composing music for picture has a rich heritage, dating back to the very beginnings of cinema. One could easily argue that its roots date back...

MAKING TRACKS: Off the Beaten Path  Feb 1, 2005, By Babz MOTU's Digital Performer (DP) provides a variety of tools for aligning the tempo of a sequence with the tempo of recorded audio. You can make the sequence's...

SOUND DESIGN WORKSHOP: Frequency Shifting Tips for Drums  Feb 1, 2005, By Len Sasso Frequency shifting is a great way to add color and motion to almost any percussion sound. For this article, I've used the Bode Frequency Shifter module...

Just Passing Through  Feb 1, 2005, By Jim Aiken Vintage synthesizers such as the Minimoog are prized more than other synths because of the distinctive sound of their filters. In fact, the filter is...

WORKING MUSICIAN: Get Focused  Feb 1, 2005, By Jeffrey P. Fisher Do you want to get your music in front of more people and earn more money in the process? Even if you feel you know the ins and outs of your craft, it...

Mastering From the Trenches  Feb 1, 2005, By Myles Boisen Mastering has often been a job for highly trained and expensive professionals hired by major labels for major artists. Today almost anyone can attempt...

COVER STORY: Stack in the Box  Feb 1, 2005, By Orren Merton After its introduction in 1998, Line 6's Pod probably did more to popularize the concept of digital guitar-amp modeling than any other product. But another...

Add It Up  Jan 1, 2005, By David Phillips You've recorded and mixed your songs to perfection. As the saying goes, they are in the can and are ready for public consumption. With a little ambition...

The Power Within  Jan 1, 2005, By Mike Levine If you produce your music on a computer-based digital audio sequencer, the odds are good that you use its mixing features to some extent probably for...

Standing Tall  Jan 1, 2005, By Mark Ballora Ever wonder what a guitar string and a microwave oven have in common? Both work with periodic, repeating waves. Tickle them with the right frequencies,...

John Frusciante's Creative Explosion  Jan 1, 2005, By Paul Tingen John Frusciante is a man of extremes. At the tender age of 33, he's already experienced the best and worst that life has to offer. The former refers to...

Best of Reaktor  Dec 20, 2004, By Rick Scott Reaktor is a powerful and flexible software-synthesis engine. It produces almost any type of electronic music imaginable: analog-synth emulation, sequencing, (re)sampling, granular synthesis, and effects processing, to name a few. ...

Master of the Universe  Dec 1, 2004, By Brian Smithers Very little in the field of audio engineering is more shrouded in mystery than the thing we call mastering. Does the name come from the idea of creating...

DAWs R US  Dec 1, 2004, By Brian Smithers Four years ago in the August 2000 issue of EM, I declared that the preconfigured audio computer had come of age. Today, however, of the four companies...

AMBIENCE CLINIC  Dec 1, 2004, By Julian McBrowne Anyone who has ever mixed a piece of music knows how important ambience is. Adding space to an instrument or to a vocal track can bring it to life and...

Pounding the Virtual Pavement  Dec 1, 2004, By Ravi Getting yourself online is perhaps the best boost you can give to your career. In almost every industry, being accessible over the Internet is as commonplace...

Can You Believe Your Ears?  Nov 1, 2004, By Mark Ballora Portable music players are a wonder to behold. Each new compression format sounds better than the last, and the file sizes keep getting smaller. What's...

Cover Your Assets  Nov 1, 2004, By Jeffrey P. Fisher Do you own any tangible property, such as computers, musical instruments, or a home? These are assets that many of us have and need to protect. Another...

World Wide Waveforms  Nov 1, 2004, By Thad Brown Few tools are of more value to musicians than the Internet. A prominent Web presence is the only way to have your music, and information about it, available...

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