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Nov 1, 2004,
By Gary S. Hall
Technologies developed after Compact Disc standards were established make much higher data densities possible on standard 12 cm discs. New formats using...
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Nov 1, 2004,
By David Summer
You most often deal with the sonic elements of guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, and vocals in your studio, but what if you were faced with the task of recording...
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Nov 1, 2004,
By Mike Levine
In these days of high-quality, easily portable studio gear, good recordings can be made in unlikely places. One such recording is the most recent release...
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Aug 1, 2004,
Steve Oppenheimer Editor in Chief
Older, slower computers are still useful as virtual-instrument hosts, file servers, CD burners, and office machines. Electronic Musician takes a look at those tasks as well as how to time-synchronize, network, and remote control multiple computers in your studio. ...
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Jim Aikin
Steinberg’s Cubase SX 2.0 is loaded with features. This Electronic Musician Master Class explores the nooks and crannies of Cubase’s feature set for tips to facilitate your music production....
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Maureen Droney
Electronic Musician’s interview with Neal Pogue, the Grammy-winning mix engineer behind OutKast’s mega-hit "Hey Ya" talks about his mixing methods and philosophies....
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Orren Merton
Mac OS X has added Audio Units to the already overcrowded field of audio plug-in formats. Although progress has been slow, Macintosh software developers are increasingly supporting the Audio Units format in both host applications and software plug-ins....
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Pat Kirtley
This Electronic Musician column focuses on strategies and gear for the portable recording studio. Two-track and multitrack solutions will be covered with particular emphasis on setting up a temporary studio in a hotel room. ...
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Aug 1, 2004,
By Thad Brown
Older, slower computers are still useful as virtual-instrument hosts, file servers, CD burners, and office machines. Electronic Musician takes a look at those tasks as well as how to time-synchronize, network, and remote control multiple computers in your studio. ...
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Bob Reardon
The 26 DSP plug-ins in the Waves Platinum bundle offer much more than EQ, compression, and reverb. Here’s how to go beyond the basics and get a handle on some of Waves’ more esoteric processors....
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Mark Ballora
In recent years, people have used images of electronic and digital signals to examine their music. This column will give an overview of some of the "microscopes" that are commonly used for looking at music today....
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Nick Peck
Eliminate the tools you don’t use, learn the ones you do, and schedule regular studio maintenance sessions. A studio pro offers tips for simplifying your studio and preparing for work in order to maximize your musical creativity....
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Jul 1, 2004,
BY BRIAN KNAVE
Practical advice for recording drum kits. It breaks the process down into four component parts—the drummer, the drums, the recording room, and the recording gear—and shows you how to maximize each of them to improve your overall results....
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Jul 1, 2004,
By Jeffrey P. Fisher
Turn your tracks into cash with music and sample libraries. Music libraries and sample libraries are always looking for new material. You can easily write and produce tracks for these libraries in your project studio....
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Michael Cooper
When studio clients cancel sessions at the last minute, the personal studio owner is the one who is cheated out of the money to be made at the session. Clients that don’t pay their bills likewise negatively affect the personal studio owner’s cash flow. Learn how to set up booking policies and billing policies, including deposits on sessions, that let your clients know the rules up front and protect you from losing valuable session time and money....
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Maureen Droney
In this Electronic Musician feature, three pro engineer-producer-musicians who’ve recorded artists ranging from Tower of Power to Dwight Yoakam to Santana, give you the lowdown on getting great electric bass sounds. They’ll talk about the gear they like to use, how they like to set it, and the specific signal chains they employ when tracking bass. ...
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Nick Peck
Editing has been a part of music production for 50 years, but the advent of ubiquitous non-linear hard-disc editing has changed the face of music, for better and for worse. Systems like Nuendo, Pro Tools, SAW, and every other DAW give us unprecedented speed, accuracy, and flexibility in editing audio. We can fix mistakes, adjust timing, clean up recording flaws, experiment with rearranging the sections of our songs, and generally fly things around and chop them up in unexpected ways. In this article, we’ll examine a host of editing techniques that you can use to change and improve your music production....
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Will Connelly
EM looks at karaoke disc production, a fast-growing and potentially profitable business for small recording studios. Besides creating vocal backing tracks, making a karaoke disc requires specialized hardware for burning the CD+G format to disc and software for syncing music, text, and graphics files....
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Kevin Smith
Choosing a digital audio workstation requires careful preparation. Electronic Musician walks you step-by-step through the process of choosing the right computer and software. ...
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Jun 1, 2004,
By Brian Knave
Tips and strategies from Electronic Musician for getting the most from your drum tracks in the mix. Covers subjects like planning for the mix, 3-D mixing techniques, panning strategies, equalization and compression, and more....
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