Making Tracks: Surround in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered 

By Brian Smithers

Neyrinck Mix 51 is an RTAS plug-in that brings surround panning and mixing to Pro Tools LE and M-Powered....

Square One: Catch a Wave 

By Jim Aikin

How to interpret the waveform display in an audio editing program....

Sound Design Workshop: Klangumwandler Redux 

By Len Sasso

Virsyn Prism takes a novel, multiband approach to frequency shifting, first breaking the signal into 27 frequency bands, then letting you frequency shift each band independently....

Garrigus.com Announces Sonar 8 Power 

Garrigus.com has released the new book, Sonar 8 Power, by Scott R. Garrigus. ...

Audiolife Announces "How-To" Series for Indie Artists and Musicians 

Audiolife has launched a monthly how-to series that provides useful guides and industry tips for artists and musicians....

Essential Utilities 

By Len Sasso

It's hard to get excited about utility software; it usually does a job you'd rather not have to bother with. But when the job needs to be done, having the right tools can make it more fun with less drudgery....

Making Tracks: A Stamp in Time 

By Michael Cooper

One of the great benefits of recording with a DAW is the ease with which files can be shared to facilitate collaboration on a project by two or more parties. Here is how to keep them in in sync...

Sound Design Workshop: Talkbox Redux 

By Len Sasso

Antares Throat is an effects plug-in that applies physical modeling of the throat to an audio source. That makes it a natural for producing talkbox-like effects....

Space Is the Place, part 1 

By Myles Boisen

Electronic Musician’s feature on how to create more open-sounding mixes through three-dimensional mixing techniques, which include conceptualizing elements to be not just in the horizontal positions (left to right panning), but also vertical (EQ), and front-to-back (level)...

Square One: In Phase 

By Brian Smithers

Linear phase filters introduce phase shift in a signal, but the phase shift is proportional to the frequency....

InSession: Three Common Mistakes in Home-Studio Setups 

By Bob Hodas

Read Bob Hodas' Three Common Mistakes in Home Studio Setups in the December 2008 issue of Electronic Musician...

HowAudio.com Offers Ableton Live 7 Tutorial 

HowAudio.com has added Ableton Live 7 to its arsenal of video tutorials....

Sound Design Workshop: A Step in Time 

By Len Sasso

Although Ableton Live 7's MIDI effects collection does not include a step sequencer, it has all the ingredients for building one in a MIDI Effect Rack. Here's how...

Square One: Open Sound Control 

By Mark Ballora

OSC is a protocol that controls networked sound modules and multimedia devices. Typically, OSC is transmitted between devices via Ethernet cables, which are more commonly used to connect computers to the Internet, although in a simple configuration one piece of software can control another on the same computer...

Supersize Your Tone | Recording Guitars 

By Rich Tozzoil

Electronic Musician's feature on capturing great electric guitar tones in an apartment or small studio. A look at miking techniques, multiamp setups, controlling acoustics, and more...

Making Tracks: The Next Step 

By Tim Conrardy

Although it might be easy to draw a few notes in the piano-roll editor on your favorite DAW, better step-sequencing tools are now available as VST plug-ins. They're fun to use and their retro approach leads to more authentic results...

MusicWorks Interactive Releases Finale DVD Tutorial 

MusicWorks Interactive has released the Finale 2008-2009 Tutorial DVD-Level 1....

ASK Video Ships Logic Pro 8 Level 2 DVD 

ASK Video Interactive Media is shipping the Logic Pro 8 Level 2 DVD....

eMedia Music Announces New Guitar Master CD-ROM 

eMedia Music has announced the Guitar Master CD-ROM....

Square One: eSATA Hard Drives 

By Brian Smithers

The current trend in mobile storage is eSATA, the external version of the SATA (Serial AT Attachment) standard. As the name suggests, this standard is related to the ATA/IDE specification under which most internal drives have operated since the late 1980s. SATA drives are increasingly popular in PCs and have been standard in Mac desktops since the first G5s...