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Production Values: The Groove Is Out There  Aug 1, 2003, By Maureen Droney As a founding member of Nine Inch Nails, drummer-producer Chris Vrenna spent a lot of time exploring his dark side. He also spent a lot of time creating...

All Over the Map  Aug 1, 2003, By Marty Cutler Getting comfortable with MIDI’s amazingly malleable qualities can add capabilities you may not have thought possible to your studio and live performances....

The Old Two and Four  Aug 1, 2003, By Richard Alan Salz This column examines some well-known snare-drum backbeats, detailing not only key ingredients that went into making them—particular drums, tunings, and playing styles, as well as miking, processing, and so on—but also showing how you can get comparable results in your own personal studio. The point is to expand your bag of tricks, hopefully inspiring you to go the extra mile in your quest to create the perfect snare sound for a given production....

Loud, Louder, Loudest!  Aug 1, 2003, By Dave Moulton Loudness is one of those really obvious qualities that appear to be so simple that we have trouble even describing it. At the same time, it is very important to us as an expressive tool. But when we dig into what loudness is and how to control it, it isn’t simple at all. In fact, we can’t even really measure it! Meanwhile, loudness management is at the heart and soul of good audio and of expressive musicianship....

Reasonable Advice  Jul 1, 2003, By Kent Carmical How to use Propellerhead Reason....

MIDI Me  Jul 1, 2003, By Jim Aikin If you're coming into the world of desktop music production as a non-keyboard player, you may find MIDI somewhat mystifying and intimidating. Even a basic MIDI synthesizer (either a hardware instrument or a software plug-in) can add a lot to your music....

Reel Money  Jul 1, 2003, By Skip Adams Get your music into television and movie soundtracks with this guide to promoting your music to music supervisors, publishers, agents, and other music, TV, and movie professionals....

Playing in the Cracks  Jun 1, 2003, By Jim Aikin EM discusses the software tools that you can use to make music with alternate tunings. We also describe specific techniques for working with Csound, Native Instruments Reaktor, and other programs, and we point you to Web sites where you can learn more....

Smooth Operators  Jun 1, 2003, By Jim Aikin Get the most out of Native Instruments FM7 with this programming master class. You will gain mastery over algorithms and operators, as well as learn how to creating looping envelopes. The article also covers how to a stunning Fender Rhodes model...

Playing with Fire  May 1, 2003, By Mike Overlin and John Strawn FireWire (like USB) is a bus for connecting digital gear, and it is amazing for the kinds of data that it can carry at one time over a single cable. MIDI...

Time Tactics  May 1, 2003, By Jeffrey P. Fisher Does it seem as if there's never enough time to chase your musical dreams? You probably feel that if you only had more time, you'd get so much more music...

A Better Mousetrap  May 1, 2003, By Brian Smithers Even as consumers continue to flock to the low-res world of MP3, RealAudio, and Windows Media Audio, the recording industry is moving steadily in the...

DVD Creation  May 1, 2003, By Dennis Miller with Chris Armbrust Remember how exciting it was when you burned your first CD? Making your first DVD can be just as a big a thrill, and the medium offers creative musicians...

Pluggin' In to Windows  Apr 1, 2003, By Jim Aikin Windows-based musicians may have more plug-in choices than they realize. Plug-in compatibility may not necessarily be a simple yes-or-no proposition. To provide more options for users of DirectX-only host software, several developers have created wrapper applications....

Play Rights  Apr 1, 2003, By Michael A. Aczon If you make even a little bit of money off your music, including your personal studio, you could be saving big money on your income taxes. By turning your music-related business into a sole-proprietorship, you can take several write-offs and deductions that can keep your money in your pocket and out of the IRS’s....

Closing the Loop  Apr 1, 2003, By Todd Souvignier By making it possible to freely mix-and-match nearly any repeating rhythmic or melodic passage, loop slicers have changed the way many music professionals work....

Finders Keepers  Apr 1, 2003, By Nick Peck Managing a large sound-effects collection can be a lot of work, but with the proper preparation and organization, you can save yourself a lot of time and aggravation. We’ll show you how to get your personal studio in order and create an efficient and manageable sound-effects library....

Swimming in the Air  Feb 21, 2003, Olivia Mattis Lydia Kavina's fundamentals of theremin technique. from EM archives - July 1999 The theremin is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity. However,...

Field Composer  Feb 1, 2003, By Erik Hawkins Until very recently, if you wanted to use the recording and composing tools found in your home studio, you needed to be at home. The idea that you could...

Master Class: Going Live  Dec 1, 2002, Len Sasso In live performance, Ableton Live 1.5 is far more versatile than first meets the eye......

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