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....

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...

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...

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...

Better Tone Through Reamping 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician offers tips and advice on reamping guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and more, from a panel of top producers, engineers and musicians...

Sound Design Workshop: Caught in the Act 

By Len Sasso

Capture many takes of a randomly changing process, combine them in a multisampled instrument, and then create a composite track using the best ones...

Making Tracks: Side Order 

By Brian Smithers

Author Brian Smithers you how to adapt M-S principles to control stereo width, ensure mono compatibility, and explore new ground in effects processing....

Square One: Into the Ether 

By Brian Smithers

Read EM September 2008 Square One column on using Ethernet and OSC to improve your MIDI audio production workflow...

Making Tracks: Pitch Doctor 

By Michael Cooper

MOTU Digital Performer separates itself from the pack with its standout pitch-automation functionality. A little-known but invaluable application is nondestructive rearranging of musical parts in an audio track...

Sound Design Workshop: Foley Drums 

By Len Sasso

Layering real-world sounds with synthesized drum parts puts a new spin on your drum tracks. Industrial, household, military, transportation, and vocal sounds make excellent fodder...

Master Class: Mastering With Peak Performance 

By Larry the O

“Mastering with Peak Performance” presents a master class on mastering with the Mac audio editor Peak Pro 6, with a special focus on optimizing use of the Playlist...

Making Tracks: Creating Realistic String Parts 

By Steve Skinner

When Vienna Instruments introduced the affordable version of its Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL), Vienna Special Edition (VSE), which is Digidesign Pro...

Sound Design Workshop: One for the Rhodes 

By Len Sasso

In the world of virtual instruments, a physical-modeled electric piano is as close as you get to the real thing. The premier examples of this type of...

Square One: Snap, Crackle, Pop 

By Brian Smithers

Is the saying goes, stuff happens. No matter how hard we try to avoid it, a steady chain of events works to degrade every recording we make (see Fig....