Pro/File: Live and Cinematic 

By Bill Murphy

Richard Linklater's 2006 film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly a jarring, rotoscope-animated view of the drug-addled future depicted by Philip K. Dick in...

Pro/File: Stark Lushness Illuminated 

By Diane Gershuny

Liz Pappademas's solo debut, 11 Songs, is gorgeous and lush in a sparse sort of way. The uncluttered arrangements and production allow her songwriting,...

Playing Concerts in Second Life 

By Jeff Klopmeyer

Picture this: you're at a gig, tuning up your guitar, when suddenly an 8-foot-tall, pointy-eared gothic elf flies into the room. He is greeted by a purple-skinned,...

Mastering Vinyl 

By Gino Robair

Nearly a quarter century after the CD was introduced, and kept alive in large part by club-based music, vinyl records are experiencing a resurgence in...

macProVideo.com Announces N.E.D. 2 

N.E.D. 2 is now available and fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)....

Option-Click: Podcast Resurrection 

By David Battino

Sometimes a Podcast doesn't download completely to iTunes. It seems to be intact, but when you try to play it and this usually happens at the most dramatic...

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) 

By Tracy Katz

In his lifetime, German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen created hundreds of performable works in myriad musical genres, from serialism, point music, and...

Pro/File: No Barriers 

By Mike Levine

What do you get when you mix synthesizers, theremins, traditional folk instruments, and electronic drums with a multitalented, multicultural, classically...

Pro/File: Truly Hybrid 

By Diane Gershuny

White Williams is the alter ego of graphic designer Joe Williams, who recorded the CD Smoke (Tigerbeat6, 2007) over the past two years while living in...

Trade or Toss 

By Tracy Katz

The holiday season has come and gone, and if you're like most people, you're wondering what to do with that old piece of gear that you just replaced with...

Master Class: Scripting in Kontakt 3 

By Len Sasso

A brief spin through the factory instrument library reveals the power of the Kontakt Script Processor (KSP). All the factory instruments have performance...

Crossing the Finish Line 

By Michael Cooper

Of all the processes involved in music production, mixing is arguably the most complex. Changing only one aspect of a mix can throw the entire balance...

Making Tracks: Good Migrations 

By David Darlington

In today's world of digital file sharing, musicians and engineers are often called upon to collaborate on files created in software other than their preferred...

Sound Design Workshop: Um's the Word 

By David Battino

Sometimes the soul of a song emerges by accident. I'd plugged a cheap sampling keyboard into a TV and started recording random shows 6 seconds at a time...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Ingrid Michaelson 

By Fran Vincent

Indie artist Ingrid Michaelson is doing pretty well these days. Her music has aired several times on the TV drama Grey's Anatomy, with her song Keep Breathing...

Get Smart 

Geary Yelton

The second edition of Surround Sound: Up and Running ($44.95), published by Focal Press (www.focalpress.com), is a comprehensive guide to the technology...

Square One: Read the Script 

By Peter Hamlin

Wouldn't it be nice to have an assistant in your studio? Someone who could take care of repetitive tasks for you? Someone who would know enough computer...

Grooveboxmusic.com Releases Pro Tools Tips and Tricks with Kenny Gioia Vol. 2 

The tutorial teaches users about Beat Detective, using Propellerhead Reason with Pro Tools, keyboard shortcuts, working faster and smarter, custom effects setups, and more....

TutorialDepot Announces How To: Logic Pro 8 

The tutorial explains a range of topics, from basic operations and audio/MIDI production to advanced techniques. ...

ASK Video Ships Reason 4 Tutorial DVD 

The DVD offers approximately five hours' worth of instruction on various Reason 4 topics from basic to advanced. ...