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Pressing Matters - Promoting Your Music on Vinyl 

May 1, 2002,

By Markkus Rovito

The days of the demo tape are finished. CDs have taken over as the preferred demo- and DIY-album format, and producing them is easier and cheaper than...

Demos That Deliver - Tips on Mixing Your Demo Recordings 

Apr 1, 2002,

By Michael Cooper

The best musicians spend years mastering their instruments and perfecting their composition chops. But that's often not enough to guarantee success in...

Webcasting Made Easy 

Apr 1, 2002,

Todd Souvignier

A musician's introduction to the exciting and sometimes terrifying world of Internet broadcasting....

Cramped Quarters 

Apr 1, 2002,

By Gary S. Hall

Audio- (as well as video-) data reduction, also known as data compression, is one of the most important media technologies to come along in recent years....

Virtual Cables 

Apr 1, 2002,

By Brian Smithers

At the heart of any good audio education is the study of signal flow and wiring: get your inputs and outputs straight, and you can adapt to just about...

How to Pitch Your Demo 

Apr 1, 2002,

By Michael Cooper

You've just finished producing a killer demo. You're certain it will kick start your career, if only you can get the right people to hear it. But how...

Windows Washing 

Mar 1, 2002,

David Roach

Say you've just purchased or inherited a PC that you want to dedicate to audio and music production, but the computer came with all kinds of software already installed on it. You're hesitant to get rid of too much, and you're not sure what you can do without or whether any of that extra software will conflict with your musical needs. Well, don't just stand there! It's time to tune up Windows for music and audio....

Sampling and Copyright - How to Obtain Permission to Use Samples 

Mar 1, 2002,

By Michael A. Aczon

If you use samples when writing or producing songs, one of the biggest favors you can do for your career is to understand the legal and business issues...

Burning Ambitions 

Mar 1, 2002,

By Gary S. Hall

The CD has evolved as a medium for data storage and for entertainment, but it can never fully escape its roots. That accounts in large part for the different, and at times quirky, ways that CD-Rs behave....

Panning for Gold 

Mar 1, 2002,

By Randy Neiman

Once you've mastered the arcane science of signal routing, learned the ancient secrets of gain structure, and been initiated into the mysterious ways...

How to Add Multimedia to Your CDs 

Mar 1, 2002,

By David Battino

Unless you're cranking out recordings the length of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, you probably have a lot of wasted space on your CDs. Fortunately, it's...

Money on Hold - How to Make Money Recording Phone Messages 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Jeffrey P. Fisher

When you call a company and are placed on hold, you typically hear music, a radio station, or a promotional message for the company. Ask yourself: who...

Going Legit 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Eric Leach

I've seen your living room: your rig, which started out as a 4-track cassette recorder and a DX-7, now has engulfed the entire room, expanding like some...

Social Mixer 

Feb 1, 2002,

Larry the O

Use your mixer as a control surface, too... most digital mixers on the market (and even a few analog mixers) allow you to do that to one degree or another through MIDI....

Chain, chain, chain 

Feb 1, 2002,

Michael Cooper

Whether you record and mix with hardware consoles or operate in the virtual world of the digital audio workstation (DAW), you need to know the various...

Power Windows - Windows Media Encoder 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Todd Souvignier

Giving away music is a timeless promotional strategy. But when you give away a song, shouldn't you get something in return? This article will show you...

Taming of the Shrill 

Jan 1, 2002,

By Brian Knave

Although the harmonica can be played sweetly, it's not intrinsically a sweet-sounding instrument. Rather, it ranks high on the list of potentially annoying...

You Ought to Be in Pictures 

Jan 1, 2002,

By Michael A. Aczon

From its humble beginnings with pianists accompanying silent movies to the platinum-selling soundtracks for today's films and television shows, the union...

Gigasampler - Secrets of Effective Pre-Production 

Jan 1, 2002,

BY ZACK PRICE

Anyone who has played Tascam's GigaSampler or GigaStudio (originally developed by NemeSys Music Technology) readily understands why it is rapidly becoming...

Hit Men 

Jan 1, 2002,

By Michael Cooper

They say nothing succeeds like success......

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